STREET AXD II Kill WAY PLANTING. Ill 



and competent person as county forester to serve as such during the pleasure of the 

 board and to prescribe the duties of such employee. 



SEC. 6. Such forester, when appointed, shall execute a bond to said board, in 

 the sum of one thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of his duties. He 

 shall be the secretary of said board and shall perform such other duties as said 

 board shall prescribe. Said forester shall have power and it shall be his duty to 

 enforce the provisions of this act and all lawful orders of said board. 



SEC. 7. Every county board of forestry appointed under the provisions of this 

 act shall, within its respective county, have power over and jurisdiction to decide 

 upon the variety, kind and character of trees, hedges, shrubs, lawns and flowers 

 that shall be planted upon said roads, highways, grounds and property ; and to 

 determine all questions respecting the pruning, cutting and removal of any trees or 

 hedges now growing and to grow thereon and the necessity therefor and the extent 

 of and the manner in which said work shall be done; and, under the authority of 

 the board of supervisors of its respective county, to plant and properly care for 

 such trees, hedges, shrubs, lawns and flowers; and to enforce, carry out and effec- 

 tuate the provisions of this act; provided, however, that said board, in the exercise 

 of its powers and the performance of its duties hereunder, shall not interfere with 

 the jurisdiction of the board of supervisors over the roads, highways, grounds and 

 property in the improvement, care and general control thereof. 



SEC. 8. It shall be unlawful for any person or corporation (except said board 

 of forestry or its employees) in any county or city and county. where a county 

 board of forestry has been created and appointed under the provisions of this act, 

 to trim, prune, cut, deface, destroy or remove any shade or ornamental tree or 

 hedge growing or to grow upon any such road, highway, ground or property or to 

 paint, place, attach to or put upon any such trees, hedges, shrubs, lawns or flowers, 

 any sign, notice, advertisement or advertising device without the consent in writing 

 of said board first obtained, or to plant any tree or hedge, on any such road, highway, 

 ground or property without such written consent ; provided, however, that nothing 

 in this act shall give such county board of forestry any jurisdiction over any fruit 

 or nut trees now growing along said roads, highways, grounds or property, except 

 that such trees may not be removed without the consent of the said board of forestry. 



SEC. 9. Every person who shall violate any of the provisions of section 8 of 

 this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 



SEC. 10. All moneys received as penalties for the violation of the provisions of 

 of this act, shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the county board 

 of forestry fund : which fund is hereby created, and the money thereof hereby 

 appropriated for the expenses of said board in the carrying out of the provisions of 

 this act and the policy and purposes herein provided. 



SEC. 11. County boards of supervisors, whenever the provisions of this act are 

 availed of, shall appropriate money for the use of said county board of forestry 

 sufficient to pay the compensation of said county forester and for the necessary 

 expenses of said county board of forestry. 



SEC. 12. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act 

 are hereby repealed. 



CITY ORDINANCES. 



There are many ordinances in the several counties directed toward 

 the planting and subsequent care of shade and ornamental trees. Some 

 of these have proved most satisfactory, while others are of little value. 

 The ordinance, which is effective in Riverside, is a simple one, and yet, 

 from all reports, it is altogether effective in its operations. 



