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APPENDIX. 



TEXAS FORESTRY LAW. 



(Act of 1915.) 



SECTION 1. State Forester Appointment Qualifications Compen- 

 sation and Expenses Assistants and Employes Action re Fires Pros- 

 ecution by Forest Data Co-operation Reports by. There shall be 

 appointed by the Board of Directors of the Agricultural and Mechanical 

 College of Texas a State Forester, who shall be a technically trained 

 forester of not less than two years experience in professional forestry 

 work; his compensation shall Ije fixed by said board at not to exceed 

 three thousand ($3000) dollars per annum, and he shall be allowed 

 reasonable traveling and field expenses incurred in the performance of 

 his official duties. He shall, under the general supervision of said 

 board, have direction of all forest interests and all matters pertaining 

 to forestry within the jurisdiction of the State. He shall appoint, 

 subject to the approval and confirmation of said board, such assistants 

 and employes as may be necessary in executing the duties of his office 

 and the purposes of said board, the compensation of such assistants and 

 employes to be fixed by the said board. He shall take such action as 

 may be deemed necessary by said board to prevent and extinguish 

 forest fires, shall enforce all laws pertaining to the protection of forest 

 and woodlands, and prosecute for any violation of such laws ; collect 

 data relative to forest conditions, and to co-operate with land owners 

 as described in Section 2 of this act. He shall prepare for said board 

 annually a report on the progress and condition of State forestry work, 

 and recommend therein plans for improving the State system of forest 

 protection, management and replacement. 



SEC. 2. Co-operation in Preparing Forest Working Plans Expense. 

 The State Forester shall, upon request, under the sanction of the Board 

 of Directors, and whenever he deems it essential to the best interests of 

 the people of the State, co-operate with counties, towns, corporations or 

 individuals in preparing plans for the protection, management and re- 

 placement of trees, wood lots, and timber tracts, under an agreement 

 that the parties obtaining such assistance pay at least the field expenses 

 of the men employed in preparing said plans. 



SEC. 3. State Forests Acquirement of Lands Use of Funds Avail- 

 able -for Title Deeds. The Governor of the State is authorized upon the 

 recommendation of the Board of Directors to accept gifts of land to 

 the State, same to be held, protected and administered by said board 

 as State forests and to be used so as to demonstrate the practical utility 

 of timber culture and water conservation, and as refuges for game. Such 

 gifts must be absolute, except for the reservation of all mineral and 

 mining rights over and under said lands, and a stipulation that they 

 shall be administered as State forests. 



The Board of Directors shall have the power to purchase lands in 



