18 FOREST LAWS OF CALIFORNIA. 



CHAPTER 51. 



An act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for 

 the protection and preservation of shade and orna- 

 mental trees growing and to be grozvn upon the roads, 

 highways, grounds and property within the State of 

 California; and for the planting, care, protection and 

 preservation of shade and ornamental trees, hedges, 

 lawns, shrubs and florvcrs growing and to be grown 

 in and upon such roads, highways, grounds and prop- 

 erty; and to create county boards of forestry for such 

 purposes; and to prescribe the duties and powers of 

 such boards; and to authorise such boards to appoint 

 county foresters; and to prescribe the duties and fix 

 the compensation of county foresters; and to empoiver 

 such boards to enforce all laws and adopt and enforce 

 any and all lawful and reasonable rules for the pro- 

 tection, planting, regulation, preservation, care and 

 control of such shade and ornamental trees, hedges, 

 lawns, shrubs and flowers," approved April 28, /pop. 

 [Approved April 23, 1913.] 



The people of the State of California do enact as 

 follows: 



SECTION 1. The board of supervisors in each and 

 every county or city and county of the State of Cali- 

 fornia may, in its discretion, appoint a county board of 

 forestry, consisting of five persons, one from each 

 supervisorial district, who shall serve without compensa- 

 tion, and who shall have exclusive charge and control of 

 all shade and ornamental trees, hedges, lawns, shrubs 

 and flowers growing or to be grown upon the public 

 roads, highways, grounds and property within its 

 respective county. 



SEC. 2. Whenever the board of supervisors of any 

 county or city and county in this state shall, by resolu- 

 tion or ordinance, elect to avail itself of the provisions 

 of this act, such board shall, within two months there- 

 after, appoint five suitable and competent persons, one 

 from each supervisorial district of such county or city 

 and county, as a county board of forestry in and for 

 such county, who shall serve as such without compensa- 



