236 KEPORT OF TEE FOREST COMMISSION. 



COLORADO. 



ACT CEEATING A FOREST COMMISSION. 



[As originally enacted April 4, 1885, and amended March 3, 1887.] 



AN ACT relating to woodlands and forestry in Colorado, and to 

 create a forest commission for said state. 



Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado : 



Section 1. All lands now owned or controlled, or which may be 

 hereafter owned or controlled by the state of Colorado, and which are 

 now, or shall hereafter be, covered with forest growth, or devoted to 

 forest uses, are, for the purposes of this act, declared to be woodlands. 



§ 2. By and with the advice and consent of the senate, the governor 

 shall appoint one forest commissioner, a suitable person, skilled in mat- 

 ters relating to forestry, who shall be a resident and citizen of this 

 state, and who shall be known as the forest commissioner of the state 

 of Colorado; the said commissioner shall hold his office for the term of 

 two years, or until his successor shall be duly appointed and confirmed, 

 unless sooner removed by the governor for cause. 



§ 3. The forest commissioner shall, at the expense of the state, be 

 provided with an office at the capital, where his official records shall be 

 kept. He shall be paid a salary of fifteen hundred dollars {$ 1,500) 

 per annum, and his reasonable and necessary traveling expenses, not to 

 exceed five hundred (500) dollars in any one year. Such salary and 

 traveling expenses shall be payable in monthly installments, by the state 

 treasurer, on warrants drawn by the state auditor. Before entering 

 upon the duties of his office, he shall take and subscribe the oath required 

 by the constitution, and give a bond to the state of Colorado in the sum 

 of two thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the 

 duties of his office. Said bond shall be approved by the governor and 

 attorney-general, and be deposited in the office of the secretary of 

 state. 



§ 4. Said forest commissioner shall have the care of all woodlands 

 now owned, or controlled, or which may be hereafter owned or con- 

 trolled by the state. He shall cause all such lands to be located 

 and duly recorded, and shall make and publish reasonable rules 

 and regulations for the prevention of trespass upon said lands, for 

 the prevention and extinguishment of fires thereon, and for the con- 

 servation of forest growth. He shall also, as far as possible, pro- 

 mote the gradual extension of the forest area, encourage the planting 



