POREST LAWS OF CALIFORNIA. 



^ ORGANIZATION OF STATE FOREST WORK.^ ! 



yk Chapter 264, Laws of 1905 (p. 235). 15 I " 



\ An act to provide for the regulation of fires on, and the 

 ^ protection and management of, public and private for- 

 C3 est lands within the State of California, creating a 

 ~~3 State Board of Forestry and certain officers subordi- 

 nate to said board, prescribing the duties of such 

 officers, creating a forestry fund, and appropriating 

 oo the moneys in said fund, and defining and providing 

 ^ for the punishment of certain offenses for violations 

 v, of the provisions of this act, and making an appro- 

 e-i priation therefor. 



^ SECTION 1. State Board of Forestry. There shall 

 < be a State Board of Forestry, consisting of the Gov- 

 ernor, Secretary of State, Attorney General and State 

 Forester, which shall supervise all matters of State 

 forest policy and management, and convene upon the 

 U] call of the Governor or of its secretary. 

 Oj SEC. 2. State Forester and his duties. There shall 

 l_ be a State Forester, who shall be a civil executive 

 J officer, and who shall be a technically trained forester, 

 3 appointed by the Governor to hold office at the pleasure 

 J of the appointing power; and whether any candidate 

 K for the position is a technically trained forester shall be 

 ~ determined by certificate from the Secretary of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, or from the 

 Department of Forestry of the State University after 

 such department is established. He shall receive a 

 salary of twenty-four hundred dollars per annum, and 

 shall be authorized and empowered to appoint two 

 assistant foresters, whose salaries shall not exceed 

 twelve hundred dollars each per annum. He shall main- 

 tain headquarters at the State Capitol in an office pro- 

 vided by the Secretary of State, and shall be allowed 

 necessary office and contingent expenses. He and his 

 assistants shall be paid reasonable traveling and field 



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