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 the 

 name of the State, suitable chiefly for the production of timber, as State 

 forests, using for such purposes any special appropriation or any surplus 

 money not otherwise appropriated, which may be standing to the credit of 

 the State forestry fund. 



The Attorney General of the State is directed to see that all deeds to 

 the State of land mentioned in this section are properly executed before 

 the gift is accepted or payment of the purchase money is made. 



Section 4. All monies received from the sale of wood, timber, miner- 

 als or other products from the State forests, and penalties for trespassing 

 thereon, shall be paid into the State Treasury and shall constitute a State 

 forestry fund, and the moneys in said fund are hereby appropriated for 

 purposes of forestry in general, under the direction of the Board of 

 Directors. 



Section 5. For the maintenance, use and extension of the work under 

 the Board of Directors, and for forest fire protection, there is hereby ap- 

 propriated the sum of ten thousand ($10,000) dollars annually out of any 

 moneys in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be placed to 

 the credit of the State forestry fund. 



Section 6. Co-operation with Federal Forest Service. The Board of 

 Directors may co-operate with the Federal Forest Service under such terms 

 as may seem desirable. 



WORK OF THE FORESTRY DEPARTMENT. 

 Co-operation With Federal Government in Forest Fire Prevention. 



An Act of Congress known as the Weeks Law (March 1, 1911) authoris- 

 ing the acquisition of lands on the watersheds of navigable streams for 

 the purpose of conserving their navigability, also enables the Secretary of 

 the United States Department of Agriculture to co-operate with any State, 

 when requested to do so, in the protection from fire of the forested water- 

 sheds of navigable streams. In order to co-operate under the terms of 

 the Weeks Law, each State must have provided by law for a system of 

 forest fire protection. In no case shall the amount expended in any State 

 by the Federal Government exceed in any fiscal year the amount appropri- 

 ated by that State for the same purpose during the same fiscal year. The 

 Law is administered by the Forest Service of the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture under an agreement between the Secretary of Agricult- 

 ure and the State. No State receives more than ten thousand ($10,000) 

 dollars in any one year. The interpretation of what constitutes a navigable 

 stream is the report of the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army 

 on the navigability of streams. In general a broad and liberal interpreta- 

 tion has been allowed. The expenditures made by the Federal Government 

 are exclusively for the salaries of Federal patrolmen and lookout watchmen. 

 The States' expenditures, which are to offset those of the Federal Govern- 



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