THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
June 1, 1933
Bill Provides Cut in Contractors' Registration Fee Sacr4mento, M.y l7.-Presaging a saving of approximately $125,000 annually for California contractors, the senate approved A. B. 780 providing for a 50 per cent cut in the annual registration fee of contractors from $10 to $5 for renewals. The bill, as finally adopted, retains the present $200 exemption clause. The original bill, introduced in the assembly by Lawrence Cobb, Los Angeles, provided for a $50 exe,mption clause. This was raised to $100 in the lower house and was later raised to the present $200 mark by amendments adopted on the floor of the senate. The assembly has concurred in these amendments. The reduced fee, however, applies only to renewals by registered contractors, and, if approved by Governor Rolph as anticipated, the cut will be placed into effect with the issuance of licenses for the new fiscal year beginning July 1. Under the measure, the delinquent fee remains at $10 per year, while the fee for new licenses also remains unchanged at $10.00. "The amended act," according to Registrar Huntington, who is also director of the department of professional and vocational standards in the governor's cabinet, "provides for more stringent regulation of the unscrupulous fly-bynight contractor and 'jerry-builder,' but in no way will interfere with the legitimate business operations of the honest and ethical contractor."
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President Offers to Establish Forest Camps on State Lands Robert Fechner, director of Emergency Conservation Work at Washington, D. C., has wired the governors of all states outlining the terms under which the Federal
government will agree to establish conservation camps on state, county, municipal and privat'e lands, according to advice received by S. B. Show, chief of the U. S. Forest Service in California and regional coordinator for emergency conservation work in this state. The telegram states that President Roosevelt stands ready to approve the establishment of camps on State or private lands if the governor would give assurance that he would urge the State legislature at the earliest possible date to enact legislation providing "that if as a result of the work done the State derives a direct benefit from the sale of the land or its products, the proceeds will be divided equally between the State and Federal Government until the State shall have paid for the work done at the rate. of one dollar per man per day for the time spent on projects, subject to a maximum of three dollars per day per acre." "The President desires," stated the telegram, "that no rvork shall be done on privately-owned land except as may be necessary in the public interest for regional or statewide forest protection against fire, insects and disease and./or simple flood control measures to arrest gully erosion and flash run-off at the headwaters of mountain streams. Where public interest demands work on privately-owned land for these purposes, the President requests that it be conditioned on the State assuming responsibility for maintenance of works by landowners or otherwise, and obtaining contracts with the landowners by which the State reserves the right to remove at its option and without recompense to landowners any structures or other things of removable values .ivhich may result from the work done, including products of trees planted to arrest erosion." If the State of California accepts the terms offered by the Federal Government, Mr. Show states he is informed that President Roosevelt is ready to give approval to thirtyeight emergency conservation camps on state and private land in California, in addition to the 177 camps already authorized for the national forests and national parks of the State. Regional Forester Show also reports that Army officers acting under the direction of Major General Malin Craig, Commander of the Ninth Army Corps Area have examined the following camps in northern California and that the Army has authorized their construction as soon as necessary building 'materials can be secured: Sequoia Forest, Millwood; General Grant Park, Park headquarters; Sequoia Park, Ash Mountain; Yosemite Park, Wawona; Sierra Forest, Sugar Pine; Eldorado Forest, Riverton ; Plumas Forest, Challenge; Tahoe Forest, Bloomfield; Stanislaus Forest, Buck Meadow; Klamath Forest, Oak Knoll and Orleans; Lassen Forest, Big Springs; Lassen Volcanic Park, Old Boundary Spring; Modoc Forest, F{ackamore; Mendocino Forest, Patton Mill; Shasta Forest, Castella; Trinity Forest, Hawkins Bar.
