Pennsylvania Act 1925-346 — FOREST LAND, PURCHASE OF

Act text

FOREST LAND, PURCHASE OF
                  Act of May 13, 1925, P.L. 643, No. 346              Cl. 32
                                  AN ACT

     To provide for the purchase by the Commonwealth of agricultural
        land suited to the growing of forest tree seedlings, and
        fixing a maximum amount that may be paid therefor.

        Compiler's Note:  Section 302(h) of Act 18 of 1995, which
            created the Department of Conservation and Natural
            Resources and renamed the Department of Environmental
            Resources as the Department of Environmental Protection,
            provided that the Department of Conservation and Natural
            Resources shall exercise the powers and duties conferred
            upon the Department of Forests and Waters and the State
            Forest Commission by Act 346 of 1925.
        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That the Department of
     Forests and Waters, with the approval of the State Forest
     Commission, shall have the power to acquire in the name of the
     Commonwealth by purchase any suitable tract or tracts of
     agricultural land within the State for the purpose of growing
     forest tree seedlings, subject to such reservations, if any, of
     mineral rights, rights-of-way, or other encumbrances as the
     Department of Forests and Waters and the State Forest Commission
     deem to be consistent with such holding, which lands the
     Commonwealth shall hold, manage, control, protect, maintain,
     utilize, and regulate as State forests.
        Section 2.  That the maximum price paid for such agricultural
     land shall not exceed one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) per
     acre, and that the amount expended for the acquisition of such
     land shall not exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000).