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tulip, ash, ba.sswood, oak, black walnut, hickory, birch, beech, .spruce, 

 pine, apple, i)ear or cherry trees, not more than sixty nor less than 

 forty leet apart, along any public highway, shall be entitled to receive 

 an annual bountj' from the state of twenty-flve cents for each tree; 

 but such l)Ount\' shall not be paid for more than five years nor any 

 longer than such trees arc maintained. Trees planted under the pro- 

 visions of this section shall Ijc not less than one and one-half inches 

 in diameter measured two feet frona the ground. 



Sec. 2144. Electric companies not to injure trees on higl.way. 

 Every person who shall cut or injure any tree growing on any highway 

 or public ground, for any purpose connected with the erection or main- 

 tenance of any telegraph, telephone or electric light or power wires or 

 fixtures, without the consent of the tree warden and the proprietor of 

 the land abutting such highway or public ground, shall be fined not 

 more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned in a jail not more than 

 one year or both. Any such cutting or injury of any tree by an agent 

 •or employee of any corporation connected with the ei»ection or main- 

 tenance of any telegraph, telephone or electric light or power wires or 

 fixtures shall be deemed to be the act of such corporation, and the 

 officers of such corporation shall be subject to the penalties herein pro- 

 vided. 



Sec. 2145. Tree wardens; duties. The selectmen of every town 

 shall appoint a tree warden who shall serve for one year from the date 

 of his appointment and until his successor lias been appointed and 

 qualified. Said tree warden may appoint such number of deputy tree 

 wardens as he deems expedient, and may at any time* remove them 

 from office. He and his deputies shall receive such compensation for 

 their services as the town may determine, and, in default of such deter- 

 mination, as the selectmen hiay prescribe. He shall have the care and 

 control of all public shade trees in the town, except those in public 

 parks or open places under the jurisdiction of park commissioners, and 

 of these he nhsdl take the care and control if so requested in writing 

 by the park commissioners. He shall expend all funds appropriated 

 for the setting out and maintenance of such trees. lie may prescril^e 

 such regulations for the care and preservation of such trees, enforced 

 by fines, not exceeding twenty dollars in any one case, as he may deem 

 just and expedient; and such regulations, when approved by the select- 

 men and posted on the public signpost in the town, shall have 'the force 

 ^nd effect of town by-law^s. He shall enforce all provisions of law for 

 the preservation of such trees; provided, such provisions do not conflict 

 with any city or borough ordinance. The provisions of this section 

 shall not apply to any town which includes within its limits a city 

 having boundaries identical with the boundaries of said town. Y\'hen- 

 -ever any tree warden proposes, in the exercise of his powers and duties, 

 to cause any tree to be removed or trimmed, he shall, at least five days 

 before such removal or trimming, post on such tree a suitable notice 

 stating his intention to remove or trim such tree. 



Sec. 2146. Tree warden may cause removal or trimming of trees. 

 Whenever, in the opinion of the tree warden, the public welfare or 

 safetv demands the trimming or removal of any tree under his control, 

 he may. by and with the consent of the sele(?tmen cause such tree or 

 its branches to be trimmed or removed at the expense of the town, and 

 the selectmen of the town shall pay to the person jDerforming such 

 work such reasonable sum as may be determined and approved in 

 writing bv the tree warden. 



Sec. 2150. State forester. The board of control of the Connecticut 

 Agricultural Experiment Station shall appoint a state forester to hold 

 -office during the pleasure of the board; he shall have an office at the 



