The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-20
roa STATE BOARD OF FORESTRY
Hitchcock Bill for Establishing New
State Department.
The following is the full text of

the HltCncOck Forestry DILL
Sec. The state board OF for
estry is hereby created consisting of
the governor, the directors of the
Vermont Agricultural Experiment
station and the secretary of the
state board of agriculture, ex-officio,
and two citizens of the state, known
to be interested in the advancement
of forestry who shall be appointed
by the governor The term of office
of such appiontees shall, except as
herein otherwise provided, be four
years, beginning on the first day Of
December following their appoint
ment. The first appointments under
this act shall be made on OF before
December l, 1908, and shall be one
for q term OF four years and one for
the term of two years Appointments
TO FIJI vacancies shall be for the un.
expired term, and succeeding ap-
pointments for full terms shall be
for four years. Each such appointee
shall continue In Office until his sue
cessor is appointed. The members OF
the board shall receive no compens-
alton for services but shall be paid
their actual necessary expenses In
cured in the performance of the ser
vices required Of them by law.
Sec. 2-The board shall appoint,
to hold Office during its pleasure, a
state forester, who shall be a pro
fessionally trained forester. His COM
pensation shall be fixed by the board
and shall not exceed $4,000 annually
and actual necessary travelling and
field expenses incurred in the per
formance of his official duties. He
shall, under the general supervision
of the board, have direction Of all
forest interests and all matters per
tanning 10 forestry in the state. He
shall be eXofiiciO, state fire warden.
He shall by complaint to the proper
prosecuting officer, cause the prose
cution of all persons violating any
provisions Of the penal laws of the
state relating to forests and forest
fires and shall cause suits to be in
stituted by the attorney general in be-
half of the state against all persons
trepassng upon or iniuring any
state forest property. He shall manage
the state forest reserves. He shall col
lect data and make expert studies
relative to state forest conditions
and conduct experimental investiga-
tons pertinent to forestry, which,
subject to the approval of the board,
may be made in cooperation with the
| Vermont Agricultural Experiment sta
! ton and with the United States for
| est service; provided however. that
said experiment station bear it's pro-
| mort tomato aIeawa of fofnn
involved IN such studies and inyestig.
atoms. He shall be eX-ofIicio. forester
In charge Of the nursery for forest
seedlings He shall make a full re-
port Of his work and The matters in
his charge biennially to the General
Assembly. He may, 50 far as his 9th
er duties permit, prepare bulletins.
deliver addresses, lectures aud dem
onstrations in forestry and personal.
ly advise owners Of forest lands In
this state relative TO the management
of the same, provided, however. that
all travelling and field expenses in
cident thereto are met by those re-
questing such services.
Sec 3-The governor is hereby
authorized upon recommendation of
the board. to accept gifts of land TO
the state, the same to be held pro
tected and administered as a state
| forest reserve. The board may In It's
discretion purchase lands In the name
! OF the state 10 be held as state forest
reserves. All proceeds from the sales
! of timber or other products from said
lands shall be added at the discre-
| ton OF the board in the furtherance
OF the forestry interests Of the state
All lands held as state forest re-
serves shall be appraised and set to
the state In the grand list of the town
! where located and the state shall pay
taxes thereon. At each quadrennial
appraisal Of real estate. the state
forester shall be notified by the list
ers Of the appraisal of all lands in
the state forest reserve. The state
forester may appeal from such APP
praisal to the County court, which
shall, IN open court or by commission,
1 hear the state forester and local
representatives OF the town and by
It's order fix the appraisal Of such
lands, which appraisal shall be GER
tilted by the clerk OF the County
court TO the town clerk and shall
stand as the appraisal for the quad
rennial period Such appeal shall be
] taken 10 the term OF the County
court OF the county where the lands
are situate next following the filing
Of the appraisal OF the listers and
notice Thereof shall be given to one
OF the selectmen Of the town by the
state forester at least IL days before
the sitting Of the court.
Sec i-The state forester may.
at the discretion OF the board use
such proportion OF the sum hereinaft.
or appropriated as seems reasonable
for the further development of the
nursery for forest seedlings and for
the purpose OF supplying such seed
lings for the planting of state forest
reserves and OF private lands. as pro
vided in section 800 OF the Public
Statutes.
Sec. 5-All the authority and du
ties now deyolving upon the forestry
commissioner shall hereafter deyolve
upon aud be exercised by The state
forester and the words state forest
or" are hereby substituted for The
words forestry commissioner Ci
commissioner" wherever they appear
In chapter "a OF the Public Statutes
The state forester may. n his discre
tion, exercise all the authority OF th'
fire warden In any IOWA or gore IN
the state, and may do each and every
thing hich the fire warden Tor such
town or gore might DO under the pro
visions OF chapter "a IF the luhll,
Statutes. and every person aud tow
shall be governed aud bound by his
acts as u the same were periorme,
by the fire warden But the FOREGOING
provision shall not affect The author
ity of the local FIRE warden.
Sec. 6-The sum of $4,000 4
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