240 Report of the Forest Commission. 



CALIFORNIA. 



AN ACT to create a state board of forestry, and to provide for 



the expenses thereof. 



[Approved March 3, 1885.] 



The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and 



Assembly, do enact as follows : 



Skction 1. There shall be established a state board of forestry, 

 consisting of three persons, appointed by the governor of the state. 



§ 2 Each member shall hold office for the term of four years, and 

 until his successor shall be qualified. 



§ 3. The board may appoint and prescribe the duties of its secretary, 

 and elect one of its own members treasurer, both to hold office at the 

 pleasure of the board. 



§ 4. The duty of the board shall be to collect statistics and other 

 information with regard to forestry, tree culture, and tree preservation, 

 throughout the state; to correspond with various forestry societies and 

 individuals, for the purpose of obtaining such information ; to learn by 

 investigation and experiments the adaptability of various trees to the 

 different sections of the state; to disseminate such information through- 

 out the state in su jh a manner as to aid and encourage the purpose for 

 which this board is formed; to assist in enforcing and carrying out all 

 national and state forestry laws, as far as practicable; to act with a 

 special view to the continuance of water sources that may be affected 

 in an^ measure by the destruction of forests near such sources; to do 

 any and all things within their power to encourage the preservation 

 and planting of forests, and the consequent maintenance of the water 

 sources of the state. 



§ 5. The board shall report biennially to the governor a detailed 

 statement of the work, which shall include all disbursements that may 

 have been made All printing required to be done by the board for 

 their official use shall be done by the superintendent of state printing. 



§ 6. There is hereby appropriated for the use of this board, out of 

 any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum 

 of five thousand ($5,000) dollars for the two years beginning the first 

 of April, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, said sum to be used for the 

 payment of the salary of the secretary, not to exceed the sum of one 

 hundred and twenty-five dollars per month, the necessary traveling 

 expenses of the members of this board, the employment of assistants, 

 and such other needful expenditures as this board may incur, and the 

 state controller will draw his warrants on the state treasurer in favor 

 of the treasurer of the board for the same. 



