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bers to act as forestry commissioner of the state of Vermont, 

 it shall be the duty of the member of the board of agriculture 

 so designated to perform all acts and duties hereinafter re- 

 quired of the forestry commissioner during his term of oftice 

 as member of the board of agriculture. 



Sec. 2. The forestry commissioner shall biennially, on or 

 before the lirst day of July in the year in which the legislature 

 meets, report to the governor his acts under this law, the material 

 facts he may have ascertained and such recommendations as he 

 deems pertuient. Such report shall be printed in the report of 

 the secretary of the board of agriculture. 



Sec. 3. The first selectman in each town shall be, and is 

 hereby constituted, forest fire warden in and for his town. The 

 services of such selectman while acting as fire warden shall be 

 paid for by the town at the same rate as he is paid for his other 

 ofhcial services. It shall be the duty of tlie forest fire warden 

 of a town in which a forest fire is discovered to take such meas- 

 ures as may be necessary for its prompt control and extinguish- 

 ment. For this purpose he may call upon any person in the 

 town for assistance, and persons so assisting shall be paid by the 

 town at the rate of fifteen cents per hour. But no town shall be 

 held liable in any year for an amount greater than five per cent, 

 on its grand list for the purpose of extinguishing forest fires. 

 Expenditures in any town for the purpose of extinguishing for- 

 est fires in excess of the amount above authorized shall, if au- 

 thorized by the state forestry commissioner be paid by the state. 

 On receipt of the bills for such expenses duly approved by the 

 forestry commissioner,, the auditor shall draw an order for same 

 which shall be paid by the state treasurer out of the general 

 funds of the state. If any person called upon by a forest fire 

 warden for assistance, and not excused for good reason, fails 

 or refuses to so assist he shall be fined not exceeding ten dollars. 



Sec. 4. The state forestry commissioner may in his dis- 

 cretion appoint for any unorganized town or gore a fire warden 

 who shall hold oftice for one year from the date of his appoint- 

 ment and who shall have the same powers and duties as a town 

 fire warden and may also call for assistance on persons not resi- 

 dents of the unorganized town or gore in question. Expenses in- 

 curred by fire wardens for such unorganized towns and gores in 

 extinguishing forest fires, shall on approval of the forestry com- 

 missioner, be paid by the state. No bills, however, in any one 

 such town or gore shall exceed one hundred dollars in a single 

 year. 



Sec. 5. Any person or persons who builds a fire in or ad- 

 joining any woods in this state shall, before leaving the same, 

 totally extinguish such fire. Any person failing to comply with 



