The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1911-03-31
Measure Was Amended so That Chief
Forester's Salary be Changed
From $4,000 to $4,000.
DYER VISITS STATE CAPITOL
Detroit is Given Fish Hatchery
Speaker Dunn Still Unable to
Preside Over House.
(By r. A. Wi1sOn)
Remidji Pioneer Legislative Burea

(By r. A. Wilson)
Remidji Pioneer Legislative Bureaa
st. Paul, March 31.-Without a
dissenting vote, the bill revolution
izing the protection of Minnesota
forests was passed by the house yes
terday afternoon.
The bill was amended so that the
salary of the chief forester was re-
duced from $4,000 to $4,000, the
amendment being presented by r. c.
Dunn and adopted by vote Of 81
to "a, after lively debate Another
amendment, offered by Representa-
tive J. J. Moriarity of Belle Plain,
reducing the salary of the secretary
OF the forestry board from $4,000 to
$500 was carried by a vote of Sc
to IA. A third amendment reduces
the number of persons to be appoint
ed to the forestry board by the uni
versity board of regents to two, in
stead of three as the original bill
provided, >.~-. ,...
There was no discussion as to the
bill itself but some pyrotechics
were exploded when Mr.. Dunn moved
to cut down the forester's salary.
The bill provides that there shall
be state forestry board to consist
OF nine members for term of four
years each and that $50 far as prac-
tical all such appointees shall be ap-
pointed with reference to their
knowledge of and interest in the
planting and cultivation of trees
and the preservation of natural for
ests''
The bill which was drawn by the
house forestry committee of which
T. M. Ferguson is chairman, further
provides:
The board shall have the manage
ment Of the forest reserves and OF
all other property acquired therefor,
supervise all matters of forest pro-
lection and reforestation and have
charge of all moneys appropriated
thereof or accruing therefrom, in
Guiding the forest reserve fund and
the forest service fund. It shall
ascertain and observe the best
methods of reforesting cut-over and
denuded lands, fOresting waste and
prairie lands, preventing destruction
of forests and lands by fire, admins
tering forests on forestry principles,
encouraging private owners to pre-
serve and grow timber for CONNER
cial purposes, and conserving the
forests around the head waters of
streams and on the watersheds of the
state, and shall collect Information
regarding the timber lands owned
by the state. On or before the first
Monday in December of each year
the board shall report it's doings,
conclusions and recommendations,
and any damage caused by forest and
prairie fires and any trespassing up
on state lands to the Governor,
which report shall be printed and
distributed to the members Of the
legislature and otherwise as the
board may direct.
The state forester shall become
familiar with the location and area
of all state timber and cut-over lands
and prepare maps of forest reserves
and each of the timbered counties
showing the state lands therein, and
shall supply such maps to the dis
trict rangers, to the officials of the
state and counties requiring them,
and in all ways that are practical
and feasible shall protect such lands
from fire and the i'll, gal cutting of
timber; he shall report from time to
time to the board, such information
as may be of benefit to the state in
the care and management of it's tim
Der; it shall be his duty to inquire
into the extent, kind, value and con-
dition of all timber lands; the
amount of acres and value of timber
that is cut or burned, and he shall
also report the quantity and species
of second-growth timber, and shall
not later than the first of December
of each year make written report
to the state forestry board upon all
such data ascertained by him, and
shall recommend therein plans for
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