1226 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 722

it is the declared policy of the State to acquire control of
and title to such lands as rapidly as financial resources of
the State will permit.

54. (Definitions. ) In this sub-title the following defi-
nitions shall apply, unless the context clearly requires
otherwise.

Natural resources shall be deemed to include forests,
fish and game, water and water power, soils, minerals, and
all other like sources of wealth. Woodlands or forest lands
shall be construed as meaning any land of an area of three
acres or more, held by the same owner or owners, and pri-
marily devoted to the growth of forest products. The State
Commission shall be deemed to refer to the Commission of
State Forests and Parks. The District Board shall be
deemed to refer to a District Forestry Board created under
the conditions of this sub-title. Land owners shall be
deemed to include every person, partnership, association,
corporation, estate or other party owning woodlands,
located in the State and residing in the United States or
foreign countries.

55. (State Forestry Commission. ) The administration
of the forest conservation practices on privately owned
forest land and the management of publicly owned forest
lands is vested in the Department of State Forests sand
Parks. To assist that Department, as at present constituted
by law, and without interfering with any of its powers and
duties as heretofore established by law, the regularly con-
stituted State Forests and Parks Commission of five mem-
bers is hereby empowered to administer this law. Repre-
sentatives of the U. S. Forest Service and the Agricultural
Extension Service may meet with such Commission in an
advisory capacity. The Commission shall keep a record of
its proceedings. The State Commission and the District
Boards hereinafter provided for, shall co-operate with
existing public agencies in forest management practices,
flood control, recreation, wild life management, and related
activities. The Commission of State Forests and Parks
shall have power to direct and coordinate the activities of
the District Boards hereinafter provided for and shall have
power to hear appeals from orders or decisions of such
local Boards. Any person aggrieved by 'any order or deci-
sion of the State Commission may appeal therefrom, on
matters of law, to the Circuit Court of the County in which
he is a resident or, if he is a resident of Baltimore City, to
the Baltimore City Court but the findings of the facts
established by such State Commission shall be final.