12 FOREST COMMISSIONERS REPORT. 



ments made hereby to be advertised for three weeks successively in the 

 State paper, and in some newspapers, if any, in the county where 

 the land lies, within three months after such tax is due. Such ad- 

 vertisement may be consolidated with the advertisement required by 

 Revised Statutes Chapter 9, Section 42, as amended. 



The said land shall be held to the State for the payment of the 

 tax hereby assessed, with interest at twenty per cent, per annum, to 

 commence six months after such tax is due as herein provided. 



Sect. 5. Owners of lands so assessed and advertised may redeem 

 them by paying to the treasurer of the State the tax with interest 

 thereon, within one year from the time when such interest commences. 

 Each owner may pay for his interest in any tract, whether in common 

 or not, and upon filing with the State treasurer a certificate showing 

 the number of acres, and describing the property on which he de- 

 sires to pay the tax, and where the sam.e is located, and paying the 

 amount due, shall receive a certificate from the treasurer of the State, 

 discharging the tax on the number of acres or interest upon which 

 such payment is made. 



Each part or interest of every such township or tract upon which 

 the tax hereby imposed so advertised is not paid, with interest, within 

 the time limited in this section for such redemption, shall be wholly 

 forfeited to the State and vest therein free of any claim by any former 

 owner. 



Sect. 6. The tax assessed by authority of this act shall be held by 

 the State treasurer as a fund to be used to protect from fire the for- 

 ests situated upon and within the district hereby created, and to pay 

 expenses incidental thereto and for no other purpose. 



The State treasurer shall from such fund pay bills for tins purpose 

 and also expenses incurred in assessing, advertising and collecting said 

 tax. Such payment shall be made immediately upon approval by the 

 State forest commissioner and auditing by the State auditor. 



Sect. 7. The forest commissioner shall take measures for the pre- 

 vention, control and extinguishing of forest fires in said forestry dis- 

 tricts, and to this end he shall establish such sub-forestry districts as 

 he may deem necessary for effective protection against loss or dam- 

 age by fire. He shall have authority to establish lookout stations con- 

 nected by telephone, and to equip and maintain depots for necessary 

 tools for the extinguishment of forest fires. 



Sect. 8. The said comm.issioner shall appoint in and for each of 

 said districts so established, a chief forest fire warden, and he shall 

 also appoint within such districts sr.ch number of deputy forest fire 

 wardens as in his judgment may be required to carry out the provisions 

 of this act, assigning to each of the latter the territory over and 

 within which he shall have jurisdiction. AH chief and deputy forest 

 fire wardens, so appointed, shall hold the office during the pleasure of 

 said commissioner, be sworn to the faithful discharge of their duties 

 by anv officer authorized to administer onths. and a certificate thereof 

 shall be returned to the office of such commissioner. 



