The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-18
CHAPTER GOAL

Speaker of House of Delegates.
[CHAPTER GOAL
AN ACT to establish a State Board of
terests and arborculture in the
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly of Maryland, That there
shall be a State Board of Forestry,
consisting of seven members, the Gov
ernor, Comptroller, President Of John
Hopkins University, President of the
Maryland State Agricultural College,
State to be interested in the advance
ment of forestry, and one practical
lumberman engaged in the manufac-
ture of lumber within this State; who
shall be appointed by the Governor. to
serve for a term of two years, which
Board shall act without compensation.
save for actual necessary expenses in
cured in the performance of their off,
cial duties.
Section O. And be it ENACTED. That
there shall be appointed by the Board
of Forestry a State Forester, who shall
have a practical knowledge of forestry,
and who shall be a trained forester;
his compensation shall be fixed by the
Board, and shall not exceed $4,000 per
annum, and reasonable travelling and
field expenses incurred in the perfor-
nance of his official duties. He shall,
under the general supervision Of the
State Board Of Forestry. have direc,
matters pertaining to forestry within
the jurisdiction of the State. He shall
have charge Of all forest wardens in
the State, and aid and direct them in
their work; take such action as is
authorized by law to prevent and eX-
tinguish forest fires; enforce all laws
pertaining to forest and wood land, and
prosecute for any violation of such
destruction and conditions; direct the
protection and Improvement of State
parks and forest reserves, and cooper
ate with land owners as described in
Section of this Act. He shall annually
deliver course of lectures at the
Maryland State Agriculture College
subject to the approval of the trustees
Of the College, and as far as his duties
as State Forester will permit, carry
on an educational course of lectures on
Forestry at the Farmers Institutes, land
similar meetings within the State. He
shall act as secretary of the State Board
of Forestry, and shall prepare for the
Board annually a report on the pro-
gress and condition of State Forest
work and recommend therein plans for
improving the State system of forest
protection, management and replace
ment.
Section 8. And be it enacted. That
the State Board of Forestry shall have
the power to purchase lands in the
name of the State. suitable for forest
culture and reserves, at price which
shall not exceed five dollars per acre,
using for such purposes any surplus
money not otherwise appropriated
which may be standing to the credit
of the Forest Reserve Fund; and to
make all rules and regulations govern
Ing State Reserves; and that the Gov
ernor of the State Is authorized, upon
Board of Forestry to accept gifts of
land to the State, the same to be held,
protected and administered by the State
Board of Forestry as State Forest Re-
strate the practical utility of timber
culture and as breeding place for
game. Such gifts must be absolute
except for the reservation of all min
eral and mining rights over and under
said lands, and a stipulation that they
shall be administered as State Forest
Reserves, and the Attorney General of
the State is directed to see that all
deeds to the State of lands mentioned
above are properly executed, before the
gift is accepted.
Section 4. And be 1t enacted, That
the State Forester, shall upon request,
of Forestry, and whenever he deems it
essential to the best interests of the
people Of the State, cooperate with
counties, towns. corporations. and in
dividuals in preparing plans for the
protection, ma nagement, and replace
ment of treen, woodlots and timber
tracts, under an agreement that the
parties obtaining such assistance pay
at least the field expenses of the men
employed in preparing said plans.
Section 8. And be it enacted. That
1t necessary. he may apply to the Gov
ernor to commission such persons as
he may designate to act as Forest
Wardens Of this State, to enforce the
purposes of this Act. If the Governor
approve of such persons he may ap-
point them Forest Wardens for a term
Of two years, but they shall be subject
of he T11a "a
of the Governor. Such Wardens shall
receive no salary from the State, but
only such compensation from time to
time as the Forester may allow them
for special services actually rendered.
Forest Wardens thus appointed shall
before entering upon the duties of
their oaeh office, ia take the proper official
the county in which they reside: after
which they shall, while holding said
office. possess and exercise all the au-
by constables.at common law under the
statues of this State, so far as arresting
and prosecuting persons for all viola
tons of any of the laws or rules and
regulations enacted or to be enacted
for the protection of the State forestry
reservations. or for the protection OF
the fish and game contained therein,
Section 6. And be it enacted. That
It shall be the duty of the Forest War
dens to enforce all forest laws of this
state; TO protect the state Forest Re-
serves and see that all rules. regula-
ttons and laws are enforced; to report
any violation of law to the State Fores-
ter at the time of it's occurance; to
assist in apprehending and convicting
offenders. and to make an annual re-
port to him as to forest conditions
in their immediate neighborhood.
When any Forest Warden shall see or
have reported to him a forest fire it
shall be his duty to Immediately repair
to the scene of the fire and employ such
persons and means as in his Judgment
seem expedient and necesL Ary to eX-
tinguish said fire. He shall keep an
itemized account of all expenses thus
incurred and send such account i'm
mediately to the State Forester
Section 7. And be it enacted That
the expenses incurred in fighting or
extinguishing any fire under the direc-
ton of the State Forester or 4 Forest
Warden shall 10 horne NJ