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(or longer) (and the law should providej in case of nominated members, that the 

 terms of the individual members overlap to prevent the replacement of more 

 than one or two members at one time). The board shall serve without salary, 

 but shall be allowed their traveling and office expenses in performance of their 

 official duties. The board shall elect its own chairman and may, if deemed nec- 

 essary, elect an executive committee and delegate to them such authority over 

 administrative details as will facilitate the transaction of business. The chair- 

 man shall hold office for one year and until his successor is elected. 



Sec. 2. Meetings. — The board shall meet at intervals of three months upon 

 a day determined by them and at other times when called together by notice from 



the chairman or upon the request of ( ) members. 



, Sec. 3. Appointment oe State Forester. — The State Forestry Board shall 

 appoint (or employ) a State Forester (the governor is, under no circumstances, 

 to make this appointment), who shall act as secretary of the board (unless mul- 

 tiplicity of work makes it advisable to employ a secretary in addition to the for- 

 ester). (The State Forester shall not be a member of the board.) He shall be a 

 technically trained forester, a graduate of a forest school which offers entire 

 four years' undergraduate or two years' post-graduate course in forestry, and 

 shall have had (at least two and preferably five) years' experience in the prac- 

 tice of forestry, lumbering, or other practical subjects. His salary shall be ($3,- 

 500 to $4,000) per year. The forester shall serve at the option of the State For- 

 estry Board (since this board is free from political influence; experience has in- 

 dicated that it is unnecessary to prescribe a term of office or other civil-service 

 requirements for the State Forester). He shall be furnished with suitable of- 

 fices (at the state capital) and allowed all reasonable traveling expenses. 



Sec. 4. Executive and Clerical Service oe Forester's Office. — The State 

 Forester shall, subject to the confirmation of the board, appoint an Assistant 

 State Forester (or Assistant State Foresters), who shall be graduates of forest 

 schools of the same standard as required for the State Forester and shall, sub- 

 ject to the confirmation of the board, determine their compensation. They shall 

 be allowed reasonable traveling expenses while in the performance of their duty. 



The State Forester shall, subject to the confirmation of the board, employ 

 such clerical assistance as is necessary to perform the duties imposed by this act, 

 including the auditing of fire accounts, and shall determine their compensation. 



Sec. 5. Forest Fire Service. — The State Forester shall divide the area of 

 the state (or the forested area) into districts (the number to be determined by 

 the appropriations available for salaries and the size of the area to be protected) 

 and appoint over each a district ranger (or superintendent), who shall have en- 

 tire charge of the enforcement of the forestry laws in his district and shall be re- 

 sponsible to the State Forester. The Forester may remove him at any time and 

 appoint his successor. (Should there be danger that either the board or the 

 Forester would be actuated by political motives in making such appointments, it 

 would be better for such rangers to receive appointments as a result of com- 

 petitive civil-service examinations and hold office during good behavior. But a 



