FORESTRY. 1465

An. Code, sec. 2. 1906, ch. 294. 1914, ch. 823. 1922, ch. 29 (p. 57).

2. There shall be appointed by the Regents of the University of Mary-
land a State Forester, who shall be a technically trained forester of not less
than two years' experience in professional forestry work; his compensa-
tion shall be such as the budget provides, and he shall be allowed reasonable
traveling and field expenses incurred in the performance of his official
duties. He shall be the head of the Department of Forestry of the Univer-
sity of Maryland, and shall under general supervision of the Regents of
the University of Maryland have direction of all forest interests and all
matters pertaining to forestry and the forest reserves within the juris-
diction of the State. He shall appoint, subject to the approval and confirma-
tion of the Regents of the University of Maryland, such assistants and
employees as may be necessary in executing the duties of his office and the
purposes of the Regents. He shall have charge of all Forest Wardens 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 violations of such
laws; collect data relative to forest destruction and conditions; direct the
protection and improvement of State parks and forest reserves and co-
operate with landowners as described in Section 4 of this Article. He shall
annually deliver a course of lectures at the University of Maryland, Col-
lege Park, bearing upon forestry and agriculture, subject to the approval
of the Regents of said University, and as far as his duties as State Forester
will permit, carry on an educational course of lectures on forestry at the
Farmers' Institutes and similar meetings within the State. He shall pre-
pare for the Regents annually a report on the progress and condition of
State Forest work and recommend therein plans for improving the State
system of forest protection, management and replacement.

An. Code, sec. 3. 1906, ch. 294. 1914, ch. 823.

3. The State Board of Forestry shall have the power to purchase lands
in the name of the State, suitable for forest culture and reserves, using for
such purposes any special appropriation or any surplus money not other-
wise appropriated, which may be standing to the credit of the Forest Re-
serve Fund, and to make all rules and regulations governing State Reserves,
and to employ such labor and do such work as they deem wise in developing
and protecting State Reserves under their jurisdiction; and that the Gov-
ernor of the State is authorized upon the recommendation of said State
Board of Forestry to accept gifts of land to the State, the same to be held;
protected and administered by the State Board of Forestry as State Forest
Reserves, and to be used so as to demonstrate the practical utility of timber
culture, water conservation and as a breeding place for game. Such gifts
must be absolute except for the reservation of all mineral and mining rights
over and under said lands, and a stipulation that they shall be administered
as State Forest Reserves, and the Attorney-General of the State is directed
to see that all deeds to the State of lands mentioned above are properly
executed before the gift is accepted.