12 BULLETIN" 364, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 



The attorney general of the State is directed to see that all deeds to the 

 State of lands mentioned in this section are properly executed before the gift 

 is accepted or payment of the purchase money is made. 



Sec. 4. That all moneys received from the sale of wood, timber, minerals, or 

 other products from the State forests, and penalties for trespassing thereon, 

 shall be paid into the State treasury, and shall constitute a State forestry 

 fund, and the moneys in said fund are hereby appropriated for purposes of 

 forestry in general, under the direction of the board of directors. 



Sec. 5. That for the maintenance, use, and extension of the work under the 

 board of directors, and for forest-fire protection, there is hereby appropriated 

 the sum of $10,000 annually out of any moneys in the State treasury not other- 

 wise appropriated, to be placed to the credit of the State forestry fund. 



Sec. 6. That the board of directors may cooperate with the Federal Forest 

 Service under such terms as may seem desirable. 



Sec. 7. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this 

 act are hereby repealed. 



The above law as originally drafted also contained in section 3 the 

 following : 



Said State forests shall be subject to county taxes assessed on the same basis 

 as are private lands, to be paid out of any moneys in the State treasury not 

 otherwise appropriated. 



But this paragraph was struck out by the legislature since it is 

 unconstitutional for the State to pay taxes. 



HOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL AID. 



The Federal Government offers aid in forestry to States along 

 three different lines: (1) Demonstration work at State experiment 

 stations, (2) farm woodlot management under the Smith-Lever law, 

 and (3) fire protection under the Weeks law. 



State experiment stations prepared to handle the work can secure 

 cooperative assistance in investigating the proper methods of forest 

 management, nursery practice, tree planting, and the like. 



In connection with farm woodlot improvement the Forest Service 

 is planning to get in direct touch with the farmer through the exten- 

 sion work of the United States Department of Agi'iculture and the 

 States. This work has recently received a tremendous impetus 

 through the passage of the Smith-Lever law. Under its terms a 

 Federal appropriation is made each year to further agricultural ex- 

 tension work in the States through the medium of the extension 

 staff of the State agricultural college. To avail itself of the funds 

 provided by this law a State must appropriate for this particular 

 line of work an amount equal to that made available by the Federal 

 Government. The law makes possible much cooperative work be- 

 tween the Federal Government and State agricultural colleges 

 through inspection and practical field demonstrations by agents of 

 the United States Department of Agriculture. Cooperative projects 



