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FORESTRY.

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ARTICLE XXXIXA.

FORESTRY.

2. State Forester; compensation; du- ties ; assistants. 3. Purchase and gifts of reserves; regulations thereof. 5. Poorest wardens; compensation; oath ; authority. 7. Expenses of extinguishing fires ; proviso. 8. County Commissioners to levy and appropriate for tree planting; forest protection, etc. Roadside Trees. 15A-15J. Planting of roadside trees ;- consent of owners of land ; per- mits; duties and compensation

of forest wardens; advertise- ments and signs on trees, fences, etc., without consent of owner; violations of law; forest nurser- ies ; caring for existing trees ; cutting down and trimming trees, how done and paid for. Miscellaneous. 17. State Forestry Nursery. 1S-19. Appropriations. 20. State forest reserve. 21. Eeforestization ; purchase of land for ; appropriation. 22. Board to have right of condemna- tion.

1906, ch. 294. 1914, ch. 823.

2. There shall be appointed by the State Board of Forestry a State
Forester, who shall be a technically trained forester of not less than
two years' experience in professional forestry work; his compensation
shall be fixed by the Board and he shall be allowed 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 direction of all forest interests and all matters pertaining to for-
estry and the forest reserves within the jurisdiction of the State. He
shall appoint, subject to the approval and confirmation of the State
Board of Forestry, such assistants and employes as may be necessary in
executing the duties of his office and the purposes of the Board of For-
estry ; the compensation of such assistants and employes to be fixed by
the State Board of Forestry. He shall have charge of all Forest War-
dens in the State and aid and direct them in their work; take such
action as is authorized by law to prevent and extinguish forest fires,
enforce all laws pertaining to forest and woodland, and prosecute for
any violation of such laws; collect data relative to forest destruction
and conditions; direct the protection and improvement of State parks

The act of 1912, chapter 742, authorized the Governor to appoint a commission
to he known as the Maryland Country Life Commission, to study and investigate
and formulate remedies and policies looking to the development and improvement
of country life and agricultural interests.