1464 ARTICLE 3 9A.

ARTICLE 39A.

FORESTRY.1

1. Department of forestry. 2. State Forester; compensation; duties; assistants. 3. Purchase and gifts of reserves; regu- lations therefor. 4. Plans for protection, etc., of trees, etc. 5. Forest wardens. 6. Duties of wardens; extinguishing fires; trespass. 7. Expenses of extinguishing fires; pro- viso. 8. County Commissioners to levy and ap- propriate for tree planting; forest protection, etc. 9. Forest fire warning notices; offences. 10. Setting woods, etc., on fire; penalty. 11. Precautions taken in setting woods, etc., on fire; evidence; damages. 12. Engines, etc., to be provided with ap- pliances to prevent fire; penalty. 13. Liability to State under three preced- ing sections. 14. Jurisdiction of justices of the peace; duty of state's attorneys. 15. Forest reserve fund.

Roadside Trees. 16-25. Planting of roadside trees ; consent of owners of land; permits; duties and compensation. 26. Appropriation. Miscellaneous. 27. Cutting, burning, etc., trees or timber; penalty. 28. State Forestry Nursery. 29-30. Appropriations. 31. State forest reserve. 32. Reforestation; purchase of land for; appropriation. 33. Board to have right of condemnation. Fire Hazard — Abatement of. 34-42. Steam railroads to maintain safety strips along certain tracks; removal of inflammable material ; enforce- ment provisions; penalty. Orange Grove Footbridge. 43-45. Bridge over Patapsco.

An. Code, sec. 1. 1906, ch. 294. 1922, ch. 29, p. 57.

1. There shall he established at the University of Maryland, at College
Park, a Department of Forestry. Said department shall have the aid,
counsel and advice, from time to time, of an advisory Board of Forestry,
consisting of five members, the President of Johns Hopkins University, the
State Geologist, two citizens of the State known to be interested in the
advancement of forestry, and one practical lumberman engaged in the
manufacture of lumber within the State, who shall be appointed by the
Governor, to serve for a term of two years, the same commencing on the
first Monday of May next ensuing their appointment; except that the
members first appointed under this Act shall be appointed on the taking
effect of this Act, and hold office until the first Monday of May, 1924, and
until their successors shall qualify.

1 Under art. 41, sec. 102, the regents of the University of Md. succeed to all the powers,
etc., of the state board of forestry.