676 AMERICAN FORESTRY 



less just the right methods are pursued ACTIVITIES UNDER THE NEW LAW. 



the results are of little value and since ^he State Board of Forestry believed 



spraying by one person of the trees^in t ^ at t ^ e mos t good could be accom- 



his neighborhood would not accomplish pH s hed at once by instituting an or- 



sufficient results unless his neighbors g an i ze d campaign against the sign 



also adopted such measures. The neces- board nuisance and designated June 



sity of having such work controlled by 20th as Sign Board Day, the day on 



the State is perfectly evident in the case w hi c h an organized cleaning up of un- 



of Massachusetts and other states authorized advertising signs, billboards, 



where the damage by caterpillars and etc ^ s hould be made along all the roads 



leaf-eating insects is much more severe in the g tate 7^6 State Forester mailed 



than it is at present in Maryland. The opies of the law an( j letters asking for 



initiative in applying for the planting ^ name s of people who would be apt 



and care of trees can be taken by the tQ ass i st m this work to a long list of 



County Commissioners, the Road Sup- p eO pl e who would presumably be in- 



ervisor of any County, the State Roads t erested, such as Presidents of Banks, 



Commission, the Town Council of any c ounty Commissioners, States Attor- 



incorporated town, or by any orgamza- neys ^ ^embers of the State Roads Com- 



tion or person, but the plan of pro- m i ss i orii School Superintendents and 



ceedure cannot go into effect without g c h O ol Teachers. The support accord- 



the approval of the State Forester or gd the movemen t was very general, and 



his agent. The organization desiring ^ names o f a g rea t many responsible 



the work done must then guarantee the and mter ested people were sent in, and 



cost of the original planting and also of tQ thege peop i e t h e State Forester sent 



such subsequent care as may be neces- a sig n _Board Day badge, copies of the 



sary. l aw and printed instructions as to how 



It is provided that the State Forester tQ p rocee( j j n tearing down unauthor- 



may at his discretion without being re- ; zed s ig nS; together with a warning not 



quested as above, plant, care for and to mo lest signs on private property 



protect roadside trees with the consent w hi c h had been erected with the per- 



of the adjoining property owner, and mission of the owner of the land, 

 pay for such work out of any unex- The Boy Scouts were also enlisted in 



pended balance to the credit of the the work and did valuable service, for 



Board, but since the Roadside Tree which a number of medals are to 



Law itself carries no appropriation it distributed to them, 

 would be out of the question for the After this 



State Forester to do such planting ex ^^ 



cept on a very small scale as a demon- atter w 

 stration of what can be done. An ap- y J 



propriation to carry on this work is ^ a to P enforce the law against 



urgently needed and will presumably be trimmi of trees without a permit, 

 provided by the next Legislature. w i t hout any unnecessary friction, the 



It is made a misdemeanor punishable ^^ Forester called at his office a con- 

 by fine for any person in any manner ference o f representatives of the vari- 

 to post any advertising signs or bill- , lg compan i es operating pole lines in 

 boards other than such notices which ^ g tate The conference was well at- 

 are posted in pursuance of law on any ten( j e d, and great interest was mani- 

 stone, tree, etc., which is upon a public f este d, and a disposition to co-operate 

 highway or which is on the property w j t h the State Forester for the benefit 

 of another without first obtaining the o f a il concerned. The pole line corn- 

 written consent of the owner. This is pan ies, since they are obliged to bear 

 a much needed reform and as a means the expenses of the supervision of any 

 of beautifying the roads goes hand in trimming by the Forest Wardens, read 



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