California Forestry Law. 



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CALIFORNIA FORESTRY LAW. 



[Enacted 1905.] 



AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGULATION OF FIRES ON, AND THE PRO- 

 TECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FOREST 

 LANDS WITHIN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, CREATING A STATE 

 BOARD OF FORESTRY AND CERTAIN OFFICERS SUBORDINATE TO SAID 

 BOARD, PRESCRIBING THE DUTIES OF SUCH OFFICERS, CREATING A 

 FORESTRY FUND, AND APPROPRIATING THE MONEYS IN SAID FUND, 

 AND DEFINING AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUNISIfMENT OF CERTAIN 

 OFFENSES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT, AND 

 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION THEREFOR. 



The people of the State of California, represented in senate and 

 assembly, do enact as follows: 



Section i. State board of forestry. — There shall be a state 

 board of forestry, consisting of the governor, secretary of state, 

 attorney-general and state forester, which shall supervise all 

 matters of state forest policy and management and convene 

 upon the call of the governor or of its secretary. 



Sec. 2. State forester and his duties. — There shall be a 

 state forester, who shall be a civil executive officer, and who 

 shall be a technically trained forester, appointed by the governor 

 to hold office at the pleasure of the appointing power ; and 

 whether any candidate for the position is a technically trained 

 forester shall be determined by certificate from the secretary 

 of the United States Department of Agriculture, or from the 

 Department of Forestry of the State University after such depart- 

 ment is established. He shall receive a salary of twenty-four 

 hundred dollars per annum, and shall be authorized and empow- 

 ered to appoint two assistant foresters, whose salaries shall not 

 exceed twelve hundred dollars each per annum. He shall maintain 

 headquarters at the state capitol in an office provided by the 

 secretary of state, and shall be allowed necessary office and 

 contingent expenses. He and his assistants shall be paid reason- 

 able traveling and field expenses which may be incurred in 

 the necessary performance of their official duties. He shall act 



