104 REPORT OF THE FORESTRY COMMITTEE 



The Board shall have authority to sell such timber, under such rules and 

 regulations as to cutting, as the best utilization and perpetuation of the forest 

 demand. 



The Board shall have power to provide for the full realization of all the 

 resources of the forest reserves for the best interests of the public. Such 

 resources shall include grazing when not incompatible with forest growth, min- 

 ing, rights of way, development of water power, camping privileges, and all other 

 uses. 



The Board shall have power to formulate rules and regulations to govern the 

 use of the resources of the state forest reserves, protect them from damage, pre- 

 serve their productiveness, prevent waste, and secure to the fullest extent the ob- 

 jects for whith they were established. 



Any rule so made shall have the effect of law after being recorded in the 

 office of the secretary of state and published in not less than two newspapers 

 having a rural circulation in the locality for not less than two weeks. 



The State Forester shall be the executive officer of the State Forestry 

 Board and shall have direct charge of the State Forest Reserves, enforce all rules 

 and regulations, employ all necessary assistance, and carry out all directions of 

 the Board with respect to the management of State Forest Reserves, the en- 

 forcement of fire laws and other forestry laws, and all other matters over which 

 the Board has jurisdiction. 



Sec. 9. Finances.- — There shall be created a State Forest Fire Fund, for 



which purpose there shall be annually appropriated dollars. This sum 



shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of enforcing the state fire law, in- 

 cluding the salaries of state rangers and patrolmen. Any surplus unexpended 

 at the close of the fiscal year shall remain available for one year succeeding as 

 an emergency fund for payment of expenses incurred in fire fighting, after which 

 it shall be credited to the Forest Reserve Fund. 



There shall be created a State Forest Reserve Fund, for which purpose 



there shall be annually appropriated dollars. This sum shall be used for 



the purchase of lands to be added to the State Forest Reserves and for the im- 

 provement of lands within the forest reserves, for their protection, and for the 

 salaries of state employes engaged in such work. Any surplus remaining at the 

 close of the fiscal year shall be available until expended. 



(In a state law provision must also be made for regulation of the fire risk 

 caused by railroads and engines and for the control of other fire risks. Penalties 

 must be provided for offenses against any fracture of the forest laws. Provision 

 must be made for protection of forests from insects and fungi and for the burn- 

 ing of slash, the control of the use of fire in clearing proper taxation, and court 

 procedure against offenders. The above outline has omitted these points for the 

 sake of brevity. The essential fact in a forest law is a clearly defined policy and 

 a non-political and efficient organization. Given these essentials all other features 

 of the law will in time be developed by the suggestions and advice of the state 

 forestry force which the law has created and empowered.) 



