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town number twenty-five north, range four west, are hereby withdrawn 

 from sale and entry, set apart for the creation of a forestry reserve, and 

 for that purpose placed under the control of the Michigan Forestry 

 Commission created by act number two hundred twenty-seven of the 

 public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine. It shall be the duty of 

 said ^Michigan Forestry Commission, first, to investigate and determine 

 what part or portion of the lands belonging to the State, thus with- 

 drawn from sale and entry and set aside, it will be for the best interests 

 of the State and public to retain and devote to the purpose of forestry, 

 having regard both to the soil and natural characteristics and condi- 

 tions of said lands and their relative fitness for cultivation and for-estry, 

 and also the location of the various descriptions of the same with respect 

 to each other, so that the lands to be devoted to such forestry reserve 

 shall be composed of contiguous territory, or territory as nearly con- 

 tiguous as possible, so as to render practicable and desirable, the estab- 

 lishment and maintenance of forestry reserves embracing the same. Sec- 

 ond, to have care, custody, control and superintendence of the lands 

 herein or hereafter set apart for or becoming a part of the forestry 

 reserve, and to provide for the reforestation of the denuded lands so set 

 apart and belonging to the State, by planting and preserving forest 

 trees, establishing and maintaining fire lines and a system of fire patrol 

 in the forestry reserve thus created. 



Sec. 2. The Forestry Commission shall have power to appoint a 

 forestry warden who shall hold office for the term of four years from 

 the first day of January in the year in which appointed, unless sooner 

 removed by the Forestry Commission. The said forestry warden shall 

 receive an annual salary of not to exceed one thousand dollars, payable 

 in the same manner as the salaries of State oflicers are now paid, and 

 he shall be subject to the orders and directions of the said Forestry 

 Commission, which shall prescribe his powers and duties and he shall 

 have general charge, control and supervision of all deputy wardens or 

 other persons appointed or employed for the performance of duties or 

 services in respect to forestry lands or forest fires. The said forestry 

 warden may appoint, upon recommendation of the Forestry Commission, 

 a sufficient number of competent persons as forestry wardens, to hold 

 office at the pleasure of the said commission, who shall be entitled to 

 receive a sum not to exceed two dollars per day for each day actually 

 and necessarily spent under the direction of the chief warden, in the dis- 

 charge of duties under this act. Said compensation to be paid by the 

 Auditor General on the approval of the president and secretary of the 

 said forestry commission. 



Sec. 3. The said forestry commission shall have power to cut, remove 

 or sell, (or to sell to any person with the power to cut, sell or remove, 

 upon such terms and under such conditions and restrictions as it may 

 deem advisable), any trees, timber or other forest products upon or 

 derived from the said lands so set apart as forestry reserve lands, and 

 shall have power to lease or sell any lands within such forestry reserve, 

 the lease or deed therefor to be executed for and on behalf of the State 

 by the Commissioner of the State Land Office. The said forestry com- 

 mission shall likewise have authority to purchase such lands within the 

 limits of said forestry reserve as it may deem advisable in order to con- 

 nect and render contiguous separate tracts. All moneys received by or 



