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of its powers and the performance of its duties here- 

 under, shall not interfere with the jurisdiction of the 

 board of supervisors over the roads, highways, grounds 

 and property in the improvement, care and general con- 

 trol thereof. 



SEC. 8. It shall be unlawful for any person or corpo- 

 ration (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 grow- 

 ing 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; pro- 

 vided, 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 vio- 

 lation of the provisions 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 

 moneys 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 for- 

 ester 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 provisions of this act are hereby repealed. 



