70 FORESTRY. [ART. 39 A.

trustees of the college, 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 act as secretary of the State board
of forestry, and shall prepare for the board annually a report
on the progress and condition of State forest work, and recom-
mend therein plans for improving the State system of forest
protection, management and replacement.

1906, ch. 294, sec. 3.

8. The State board of forestry shall have the power to pur-
chase lands in the name of the State suitable for forest culture
and reserves, at a price which shall not exceed five dollars per
acre, using for such purposes any surplus money not otherwise
appropriated, which may be standing to the credit of the forest
reserve fund; and to make all rules and regulations govern-
ing State reserves; and the governor 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 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 S tote is directed to
see that all deeds to the State of lands mentioned above are
properly executed before the gift is accepted.

Ibid. sec. 4.

4. The State forester shall, upon request, under the sanction
of the State board of forestry, and whenever he deems it essen-
tial to the best interests of the people of the State, co-operate
with counties, towns, corporations and individuals in prepar-
ing plans for the protection, management and replacement of
trees, wood-lots and timber tracts, under an agreement that the
parties obtaining such assistance pay at least the field expenses
of the men employed in preparing said plans.

Ibid. sec. 5.

5. Whenever the State forester considers it necessary, he
may apply to the governor to commission such persons as he