Forest inspectors, superintendents, supervisors, surveyors, rangers, and fire patrol are to be hereafter appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture wholly with reference to their fitness and without regard for their political affiliations.
July 7, 1898, ch. 571, § 130 Stat. 673Feb. 1, 1905, ch. 288, § 133 Stat. 628(, ; , .)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
Act , transferred certain functions with regard to the administration of public forests from Secretary of the Interior to Secretary of Agriculture.