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12 - �' �Uc'G <br /> STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA <br /> Department of <br /> Environment & Natural Resources <br /> $141 , 613 . 00 <br /> Total Cooperative Appropriation <br /> 8 84 , 968 . 00 60% <br /> State <br /> $ 56 . 645 . 00 401 <br /> County <br /> AGREEMENT FOR THE PROTECTION, ° DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT <br /> OF FOREST LAND IN ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA <br /> THIS AGREEMENT, made under authority of "An act to authorize <br /> Counties to cooperate with State in Forest Protection, <br /> Reforestation and promotion of Forest Management, " (Section 113- <br /> 59 of the general Statutes of North Carolina - 1943) , and also <br /> under authority of another Section of the General Statutes, <br /> namely Section 113-54, by the North Carolina Department of <br /> Environment & Natural Resources (hereinafter called the <br /> Department) , party of the first part, and ORANGE COUNTY in the <br /> State of North Carolina (hereinafter called County) , party of <br /> the second part, witnesseth: <br /> That WHEREAS County, recognizing the need for active forest <br /> protection, development, reforestation, management and <br /> improvement in ORANGE COUNTY, has accepted the offer of the <br /> Department for cooperation in accomplishing this object : <br /> Now THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants <br /> hereinafter set forth, the said parties contract and agree to <br /> maintain a legally appointed and equipped Forest Ranger <br /> organization in said county at the joint cost of the State and <br /> County, insofar as the joint funds will permit, as follows : <br /> Part I. THE DEPARTMENT AGREES : <br /> 1 . To select, employ and appoint, after consultation with <br /> the Board of Commissioners of County a County Forester or County <br /> Forest Ranger for the purposes of controlling forest fires in <br /> said County; for detecting and extinguishing fires that break <br />