The Division of Forestry, on behalf of the state and subject to the restrictions mentioned in s. 589.08, may acquire lands, suitable for state forest purposes, by gift, donation, contribution, purchase, or otherwise and may enter into agreements with the Federal Government, or other agency, for acquiring by gift, purchase, or otherwise, such lands as are, in the judgment of the division, suitable and desirable for state forests. The acquisition procedures for state lands provided in s. 259.041 do not apply to acquisition of land by the Division of Forestry.

s. 1, ch. 17027, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 4151(10-y); ss. 14