Their successors shall be appointed by the Governor for terms of five years each, except as vacancies are filled for unexpired terms; provided that the term of a member shall continue until his successor is appointed and qualifies. The members shall receive no compensation for their services, but they shall be reimbursed for actual and reasonable expenses while performing their duties.

Sec. 2. The Commission, on the call of the Governor, shall meet at Little Rock within thirty days after appointment, and organize, and shall meet at such other times and places as may be designated by the Commission, or on the call of the chairman, or of any three members. The Commission shall elect a chairman and a vice chairman, and fix the terms and the duties of their officers. The State Forester, hereinafter provided for, shall serve as secretary of the Commission, and shall be the custodian of the books, records, and papers thereof.

Sec. 3. The duties and the powers of the Commission shall be:

(1) To employ a State Forester who shall have been technically trained in the profession of forestry, and who, in addition, shall have had adequate experience in technical and administrative work in forestry, and to fix his compensation, subject to the approval of the Governor; to provide and equip office quarters for the State Forester and his assistants, and to allow the State Forester and his assistants such expenses as are necessary to the performance of their duties; to employ such administrative, supervisory, and clerical assistants to the State Forester as may be deemed necessary, and to fix their respective compensations, subject to the approval of the Governor; and to intrust to the State Forester the immediate direction and control (subject to the approval of the Commission) of all matters relating to forestry as authorized by law.

(2) To formulate and put into effect such reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary to prevent, suppress, and control forest and woodland fires, and to encourage and promote forest, woodland, and tree planting and growing for the production of timber and wood crops and other beneficial purposes; to cause to be made such studies concerning forest conditions as may seem proper, including the subjects of marketing forest products by farmers and other owners of timber tracts;

to encourage public interest in forestry and forest conservation by suggesting school programs and using other means of publicity pertaining to the protection and extension of forests and the utilization of forest products; to coöperate with any Federal or State department, or institution, county, town, corporation, association of land owners, or individual, in the preparation and execution of plans for the management, protection, replacement, or extension of the forest, woodland, and other tree growth in the State; to control the expenditures of any and all funds appropriated or otherwise made available for the purposes of this Act; and under proper regulations and restrictions, specifically to authorize any officer or employee of the Commission to incur necessary and stipulated expenses in connection with the work upon which such person may be engaged; and to submit biennially to the Governor and the Legislature a report of expenditures, proceedings, and results achieved, together with such other matters as are deemed necessary, including recommendations concerning such legislation as is germane to the purpose of this Act.

Sec. 4. All moneys appropriated or made available for the use of the Commission shall be placed by the State Treasurer in a special fund to be known as the State Forestry Fund, out of which fund it is contemplated that moneys shall be paid for expenditures as the Commission may direct in carrying out the purposes of this Act.

Sec. 5. The Commission is authorized to receive any gifts or contributions that may be made by persons, associations, or corporations interested in promoting the cause of forestry, and may direct all or a part of such gifts or contributions to the maintenance of a chair of forestry in the University of Arkansas. The commission is further authorized to accept deeds, executed in the State of Arkansas, to lands that may be conveyed to the State for the purpose of creating a State Forest Reserve, and to provide rules and regulations for the management of such lands.

Sec. 6. It is hereby made the duty of all peace officers in this State to enforce the provisions of this Act, and the rules and regulations adopted by the Commission.

Sec. 7. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby replaced; and the immediate passage of this Act being

Their successors shall be appointed by the Governor for terms of five years each, except as vacancies are filled for unexpired terms; provided that the term of a member shall continue until his successor is appointed and qualifies. The members shall receive no compensation for their services, but they shall be reimbursed for actual and reasonable expenses while performing their duties.

Sec. 2. The Commission, on the call of the Governor, shall meet at Little Rock within thirty days after appointment, and organize, and shall meet at such other times and places as may be designated by the Commission, or on the call of the chairman, or of any three members. The Commission shall elect a chairman and a vice chairman, and fix the terms and the duties of their officers. The State Forester, hereinafter provided for, shall serve as secretary of the Commission, and shall be the custodian of the books, records, and papers thereof.

Sec. 3. The duties and the powers of the Commission shall be:

(1) To employ a State Forester who shall have been technically trained in the profession of forestry, and who, in addition, shall have had adequate experience in technical and administrative work in forestry, and to fix his compensation, subject to the approval of the Governor; to provide and equip office quarters for the State Forester and his assistants, and to allow the State Forester and his assistants such expenses as are necessary to the performance of their duties; to employ such administrative, supervisory, and clerical assistants to the State Forester as may be deemed necessary, and to fix their respective compensations, subject to the approval of the Governor; and to intrust to the State Forester the immediate direction and control (subject to the approval of the Commission) of all matters relating to forestry as authorized by law.

(2) To formulate and put into effect such reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary to prevent, suppress, and control forest and woodland fires, and to encourage and promote forest, woodland, and tree planting and growing for the production of timber and wood crops and other beneficial purposes; to cause to be made such studies concerning forest conditions as may seem proper, including the subjects of marketing forest products by farmers and other owners of timber tracts;

to encourage public interest in forestry and forest conservation by suggesting school programs and using other means of publicity pertaining to the protection and extension of forests and the utilization of forest products; to coöperate with any Federal or State department, or institution, county, town, corporation, association of land owners, or individual, in the preparation and execution of plans for the management, protection, replacement, or extension of the forest, woodland, and other tree growth in the State; to control the expenditures of any and all funds appropriated or otherwise made available for the purposes of this Act; and under proper regulations and restrictions, specifically to authorize any officer or employee of the Commission to incur necessary and stipulated expenses in connection with the work upon which such person may be engaged; and to submit biennially to the Governor and the Legislature a report of expenditures, proceedings, and results achieved, together with such other matters as are deemed necessary, including recommendations concerning such legislation as is germane to the purpose of this Act.

Sec. 4. All moneys appropriated or made available for the use of the Commission shall be placed by the State Treasurer in a special fund to be known as the State Forestry Fund, out of which fund it is contemplated that moneys shall be paid for expenditures as the Commission may direct in carrying out the purposes of this Act.

Sec. 5. The Commission is authorized to receive any gifts or contributions that may be made by persons, associations, or corporations interested in promoting the cause of forestry, and may direct all or a part of such gifts or contributions to the maintenance of a chair of forestry in the University of Arkansas. The commission is further authorized to accept deeds, executed in the State of Arkansas, to lands that may be conveyed to the State for the purpose of creating a State Forest Reserve, and to provide rules and regulations for the management of such lands.

Sec. 6. It is hereby made the duty of all peace officers in this State to enforce the provisions of this Act, and the rules and regulations adopted by the Commission.

Sec. 7. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby replaced; and the immediate passage of this Act being

necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

FORESTRY PROBLEMS IN SHORTLEAF PINE
By FREDERICK DUNLAP

SECRETARY, MISSOURI FORESTRY ASSOCIATION

The forestry problems we encounter in shortleaf pine are not very different from the problems presented in other forests. Such differences as do exist are mainly differences in the emphasis we must place on the different phases of our common problem.

There is an old English recipe for Baked Hare that starts with the admonition, "First, catch your hare." In applying forestry to shortleaf pine it is necessary not only first to catch your pine but to catch it in the hands of an owner whose resources permit him and whose disposition inclines him to follow forestry practice. There are, in the language of the silviculturist, certain minimum requirements owners must have— minimum requirements in financial resources and minimum requirements in the importance they attach to the business of growing timber. An owner may have the best of intentions but lack capital; he may have large capital but be averse to this use of it. He is as negligible in the one case as in the other.

No doubt the day is approaching in the shortleaf pine country when investments in growing timber will be sought after. But for the present the problem presents itself as one not for the investor with free choice, but for the owner who finds himself in possession of cutover land for which there is no acceptable market.

Foresters of course recognize that it is easier to begin the practice of forestry with a stand of timber than with cut-over land, but there are few such opportunities. It is usually the lumberman who has cut out and failed to find a market for his cut-over land who turns to us for help. What can we do for him?

For the sake of brevity and to open this discussion, I propose to assume certain conditions which are fairly general and