crative work Educational work Reports and recommendations. 

 The State forester shall have the supervision and direction of all 

 forest interests and of all matters pertaining to forestry within the 

 State; he shall have charge of all forest wardens who may be ap- 

 pointed by said commission, and the appointment, direction, and 

 superintendence of the persons and laborers whom the commission 

 may deem it necessary to employ to perform labor in the forest res- 

 ervations or the nurseries herein provided for; he shall take such 

 action as is authorized by law to prevent and extinguish forest fires; 

 enforce all laws pertaining to forest and woodlands; prosecute any 

 violation of such laws; collect information relative to forest de- 

 struction and conditions; direct the protection and improvement of 

 all forest reservations; make the investigation required by section 

 seven of this act with reference to the streams and navigable rivers 

 within and bordering upon the State, and report in writing with re- 

 gard thereto to the said commission; co-operate with land owners 

 as provided in section eight [thirteen] of this act; and, as far as 

 his duties as State forester will permit, carry on an educational course 

 on forestry at the University of Virginia for credit toward a degree 

 of farmers' institutes and similar meetings within the State. He 

 shall also recommend to said commission and prepare for its use 

 plans for improving the State system of forest protection, manage- 

 ment, and replacement, and prepare for said commission, annually, 

 and also whenever required so to do by said commission, a report on 

 the progress and conditions of State forest work. 



SECTION 17. 



Salary, etc., of State Forester. The salary of the State forester 

 shall be fixed by the said commission, and shall not exceed two 

 thousand dollars per annum, and he shall be paid reasonable trav- 

 eling and field expenses actually incurred in the performance of his 

 official duties. 



SECTION 27. 



Disposition of fines Forest Reserve Fund; use of. All money 

 received as penalties for violations of the provisions of this act, less 

 the cost of collection and not otherwise provided for, together with 

 any amount obtained from the State forestry reserves, shall be paid 

 into the State treasury, to the credit of the forest reserve fund, which 

 fund is hereby created; and the moneys in said fund are hereby ap- 

 propriated for purposes of forest protection, management, replace- 

 ment, and extension, under the direction of the commission. 



SECTION 28. 



University of Virginia to defray expense of administration. Prior 

 to the meeting of the general assembly of Virginia in nineteen hun- 

 dred and sixteen, the commission herein provided shall organize and 

 put into operation the purposes of this act, and tjie expenses in- 

 curred by this organization and its operation for that period of time 

 shall be paid out of the budget of the University of Virginia. 



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