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Sierra Club Bulletin. 



The other bill related to the administration and personnel of 

 the State Forestry Department. This bill passed the Assembly 

 without opposition, but was amended in the Senate in such form 

 that it threw a greater burden on the State than on the several 

 counties. On this account it was vetoed by the Governor. The 

 opposition to this bill in the Senate was led by Senator Weed, 

 a former lumberman, and at present chairman of the Board of 

 Supervisors of Siskiyou County, who objected principally to the 

 section giving power to the State Forester to compel lumber 

 companies to clear up dangerous slashings, and to compel county 

 officials to clear the brush from their rights of way. By the loss 

 of this bill the department was forced to forego some improve- 

 ments that were contemplated, but as the old law containing the 

 provisions objected to still stands, the power to compel lumber 

 companies to take care of their cut-over land and counties to 

 clear their rights of way is retained. 



