The Governor may, upon the recommendation of the State Forestry Commission, accept gifts of land to the state, the same to be held and administered by the State Forestry Commission as state forests and to be so used as to demonstrate the practical utility of timber culture. Such gifts must be absolute, except the mineral and mining rights over and under said lands (but no reservation of any timber rights in connection therewith) may be reserved and except for a stipulation that they be held and administered as state forests; and the Attorney General shall see that all deeds of gift or other grants to the state of land mentioned above are properly executed and convey good title before the gift is accepted.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.
Chapter 13 - Forests and Forest Products.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 9-13-1 - Gifts of Lands for State Forests.
Section 9-13-2 - Distribution and Expenditure of Receipts From National Forests.
Section 9-13-4 - Alabama Forestry Commission Fund.
Section 9-13-5 - Designation or Appointment of Forest Wardens; Duties.
Section 9-13-6 - Forest Fire Wardens - Appointment; Duties Generally.
Section 9-13-8 - Forest Fire Wardens - Issuance to and Use of Fire-Fighting Equipment.
Section 9-13-9 - Forest Fire Wardens - Compensation.
Section 9-13-10.2 - Rulemaking Authority; Violations; Enforement.
Section 9-13-14 - Equipping of Locomotives, etc., With Appliances to Prevent Escape of Fire.
Section 9-13-22 - District Attorneys to Prosecute Violators of Provisions of Chapter.
Section 9-13-23 - Jurisdiction of Prosecutions Under Chapter.
Section 9-13-24 - Fees of Arresting Officers, etc.; Informers' Fees.