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experiment station, but shall receive no compensation other than his 

 regular salary as a member of the station staff. 



Sec. 2152. State forester to be state forest fire warden. The state 

 forester shall be, ex ofjficio, state forest fire warden, and shall receive no 

 additional compensation therefor, but shall receive his necessary travel- 

 ing and other expenses, to be paid in the manner provided in section 

 2170. 



Sec. 2153. Town and district fire NA^ardens, terms of. The select- 

 men of any town, except as hereinafter provided, shall, upon the re- 

 quest of the state forest fire v/arden and with his concurrence, appoint 

 a town fire warden who shall act for the term of one year, or until his 

 successor shall have been appointed, under the instructions of said 

 state warden. When required by the state warden such town fire 

 warden shall, and any such town fire warden may, establish two or 

 more fire districts in the town for ^which he is appointed, and appoint 

 a resident of such district as district fire warden; in the absence of 

 town and disti*ict fire wardens, the first selectman may act as fire 

 warden. In towns having a consolidated town and city government 

 where the boundaries and limits of said town and city are coterminous, 

 the chief of the fire department of the city shall be ca- officio town fire 

 warden and shall possess all the powers and be subject to all the duties 

 provided by this chapter, under the supervision of the state forest fire 

 warden. 



Sec. 2154. Duties of forest fire warden. The state forest fire 

 warden shall have supervision of town fire wardens, shall instruct 

 them in their'duties, enforce the law as to fire districts in towns, issue 

 such regulations and instructions to the town and district fire wardens 

 as he may deem necessary for the purposes of this chapter, and cause 

 violations of the laws regarding forest firds to be prosecuted. 



Sec. 2155, Duties of town and district fire warderfs. Town and 

 district fire wardens shall prevent and extinguish forest fires in their 

 respective towns, and enforce all statutes for the protection of forest 

 and timber land from fire, and they shall have control and direction of 

 all persons and apparatus while engaged in extinguishing forest fires, 

 outside the limits of boroughs. Any fire warden may arrest, without 

 warrant, any person or persons taken by him in the act of violating 

 any of the said laws for the protection of forest and timber lands, and 

 bring stfch person or persons forthwith before a justice of the peace 

 or other magistrate having jurisdiction, who shall proceed without 

 delay to hear, try and determine the matter. During a season of 

 drouth the town fire warden may establish a fire patrol in the town, 

 and in case of fire in or threatening any forest or woodland the town 

 and district fire wardens shall attend forthwith, and use all necessary 

 means to confine and extinguish such fire. The said fire wardens may 

 destroy fences, plow land, or, in an emergency, set back-fires to check 

 any fire. They may summon any male resident of the town between 

 the ages of eighteen and fifty years to assist in extinguishing fires, and 

 may also require the use of horses and other property needed for such 

 purpose; any person so summoned and who is physically able who re- 

 fuses or neglects to assist or to allow the use of horses, wagons or other 

 material required, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than five nor 

 more than one hundred dollars. No action for trespass shall lie against 

 any person crossing or working upon lands of another to extinguish fire. 



Sec. 2158. Penalty for kindling fire in the open air where same 

 results in injury. Every person who shall kindle or authorize another 

 to kindle, at any time, a fire in the open air, which fire occasions an 

 injury to another, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars or 

 imprisoned not more than six months or both. 



