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ART. 39A]
FORESTRY.
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ARTICLE XXXIX A.
FORESTRY.
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1. State board of forestry.
2. State forester.
3. Purchase and gifts of reserves ;
regulations therefor.
4. Plans for protection, etc., of trees,
etc.
5. Forest wardens.
6. Duties of wardens; extinguishing
fires; trespass.
7. Expenses of extinguishing fires ;
proviso.
S. County commissioners to levy and
appropriate for forest protection,
etc.
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9. Forest fire warning notices; of-
fences.
10. Setting woods, etc., on fire; penalty.
11. Precautions to be taken in setting
woods, etc., on fire; evidence ;
damages.
12. Engines, etc., to be provided with
appliances to prevent fire; pen-
alty.
13. Liability to State under three pre-
ceding sections.
14. Jurisdiction of Justices of the peace ;
duty of state's attorneys.
15. Forest reserve fund.
16. Appropriation.
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1906, ch. 294.
1. There shall be a state board of forestry, consisting of seven mem-
bers, the governor, comptroller, president of Johns Hopkins University,
president of the Maryland State Agricultural College, State Geologist,
and one citizen of the State known to be interested in the advancement
of forestry, and one practical lumberman engaged in the manufacture
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 compensa-
tion, save for actual necessary expenses incurred in the performance of
their official duties.
As to the national forest reserve in Maryland, see art. 96, sections 34
and 35.
1906, ch. 294.
2. There shall be appointed by the board of forestry, a state for-
ester, 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 $2,000 per annum, and reasonable traveling and field
expenses incurred in the performance of his official duties. He shall,
under the general supervision of the state board of forestry, have direc-
tion of all forest interests, and all matters pertaining to forestry within
the jurisdiction of the State. He shall have charge of all forest war
*As to the state horticultural department and tree and fruit inspection, see art.
48, sec. 50, et seq.
As to the state conservation bureau, see art. 19 A.
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