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ARTICLE 39A
ARTICLE 39A.
FORESTRY.1
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1. Department of forestry.
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Roadside Trees.
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2. State Forester; compensation; duties;
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16-25. Planting of roadside trees; consent
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assistants.
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of owners of land; signs or notices;
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3. Purchase and gifts of reserves; regu-
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permits; duties and compensation.
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lations therefor.
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4. Plans for protection, etc., of trees, etc.
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Miscellaneous.
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5. Forest wardens.
6. Duties of wardens; extinguishing fires;
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20. Cutting, burning, etc., trees or timber;
penalty.
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trespass.
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27. State Forestry Nursery.
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7. Expenses of extinguishing fires; proviso.
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28. State forest reserve.
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8. County Commissioners to levy and ap-
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29. Reforestization ; purchase of land for;
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propriate for tree planting; forest
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appropriation.
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protection, etc.
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30. Board to have right of condemnation.
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9. Forest fire warning notices; offences.
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31. Auxiliary forest preserves.
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10-11. Setting woods, etc., on fire; letting
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32. Gifts from Federal Government;
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fire escape to adjoining lands; pen-
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Agreements with.
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alty; precautions taken in setting
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33. Rules and Regulations.
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woods, etc., on fire; evidence;
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Fire Hazard — Abatement of.
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damages.
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12. Engines, etc., to be provided with ap-
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34-42. Steam railroads to maintain safety
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pliances to prevent fire; penalty.
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strips along certain tracks; removal
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13. Liability to State under three preced-
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of inflammable material; enforce-
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ing sections.
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ment provisions; penalty.
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14. Jurisdiction of justices of the peace;
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duty of state's attorneys.
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Orange Grove Footbridge.
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15. Forest reserve fund.
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43-45. Bridge over Patapsco.
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An. Code, 1924, sec. 1. 1912, sec. 1. 1906, ch. 294. 1922, ch. 29, p. 57.
1. There shall be 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.
An. Code, 1924, sec. 2. 1912, 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
1 Under art. 41, sec. 145, the State Board of Forestry was abolished and the regents
of the University of Md. succeeded to all its powers, etc.
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