The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-11
LETTERS TO JUDGES
ARE ASKED TO GET PAY FOR
 FOREST wARDENs.
hesoiuuon of State Commission of Forestry To Be Put Uu Tn County Commissioners for.
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pursuant to resolution adopted by the State Commission of Forestry last week. secretary John If. Wallace, Jr, yesterday addressed letters to the Probate Judges of all counties request Ing them to lay before the County Commissioners at their next meetinr r the proposition of appropriating S250 quarterly for the payment of county forest wardens. Attention is called to the Tact that the last Legislature con- terred upon the Courts of County Commissioners and Boards of Revenue priation
 The resolution of the Forestry Com mission declared In favor of memoral- izing the commissioners of each county 10 appropriate such amount as they may deem practicable to be paid to inc forest wardens of the State in return Tor their services in enforcing the laws relating to the protection and bama."
 The opinion Is expressed that several or the counties will concur in this pro- ingly. The letter of Secretary Wallace +o tne Probate Judges and the resolution or the Commission on the subject. fol low: -'' Montgomery. Ala. Sept. 10. 1908. My Dear Sir:
 T have been directed by the State commission of Forestry to request that you lay before the next meeting of vour Court of County Commis. :oners inc contents of the enclosed resolution which was adopted at a most enthu- sisatic meeting of the Commission of Forestry on Saturday, September 5. IsVs You are especially urged to use your influence and good offices in ma AIns an eHort to secure some appro- prlation Tor the forest warden as com nsation for his labors in preserving the timber assets of this State, The oeVastatfon and destructi.n worked by forest fires Is most direfuI and disas- trous to the economic welfare of Ala bama.
 No public servant feels called upon 10 demonstrate any great degree of ac- tivity unless compensated, and since me matter of preserving the timber as- sets or your county is so close to the taxpayers. 1t Is the earnest hope of the St~te Commission of Forestry that your Court of County Commissioners VIII take occasion to make some ap- propriation that will be adequate to pay the wardens for prosecuting all who offend against the forestry laws of this State.
 Very Truly.
 John H. Wallace, Jr,. O state Game and Fish Commissioner
 Secretary State Commission of
 Forestry"
 The resolution:
 Whereas. experience has demon strated the fact that it is impossible to enforce the provisions of any criminal statute that is not entrusted to a spe- cially constituted service, and which service must be compensated for exc outing the law, and
 ''Whereas Section g of an act, ap- proved November 30, 1907, for the pro- tection of the forests of Alabama pro- vides as follows:
 Sec. 9. That the Courts of County Commissioners, or Boards of Revenue in this State. be and they are herepy authorized to appropriate a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty dol- lars annually, to be paid quarterly as salary and compensation to the Forest Warden of the county in which saId County Commissioners or Boards of Revenue hold office.
 4 Therefore, be 1t resolved by the State Commission of Forestry that ths various Courts of County Commission CTS and Boards of Revenue of this State be and are hereby memoralized to appropriate such amount as they may deem practicable to be paid n the forest wardens of this State in re- turn for their services in enforcing the laws relating to the protection and preservation of the forests of Ala bama"