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Whereas the said State has provided by law for a system of 

 forest-fire protection ; 



Noiv Therefore, the said parties do mutually promise and 

 agree with each other as follows : 



1. To establish and maintain a cooperative fire-protective 

 system covering any or all private or State forest lands within 

 the State of Maine and situated upon the watersheds of navi- 

 gable rivers ; and to furnish for this purpose Federal and State 

 patrolment or to take such other protective measures as may be 

 deemed advisable, under the conditions hereinafter provided. 



2. The State land agent shall furnish maps showing the 

 watersheds and areas which are proposed to be protected under 

 this agreement. The cooperation shall be limited to such water- 

 sheds and areas in so far as they shall be approved by the said 

 Secretary. The said land agent shall indicate the periods dur- 

 ing which protection from forest fires is proposed under this 

 agreement ; the number of patrolmen, with their stations, which 

 will be employed by the State ; the character and extent of other 

 protective measures which it is proposed to put into efifect at 

 the expense of the State; and the localities in which it is desired 

 to place Federal patrolmen furnished by the Forest Service. 



3. The State land agent shall be appointed collaborator in 

 the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture at a salar}' of one dollar ($1) a month, and acting in 

 such capacity shall have direct charge of the force of Federal 

 patrolmen employed under this agreement. The said land agent 

 shall select the Federal patrolmen, subject to approval by the 

 said Secretary, instruct them in writing as to their duties, super- 

 vise their work, and certify to their services on pay rolls of the 

 Forest Service. 



4. The Federal patrolmen so selected shall be appointed as 

 temporary laborers in the Forest Service at a per diem rate not 

 exceeding two and one-half dollars ($2.50) ; provided that they 

 shall be employed exclusively in the protection of areas on the 

 watersheds of navigable rivers which shall have been approved 

 by the said Secretary. 



5 This agreement contemplates the employment in the ter- 

 ritory within the Maine Forestry District of not to exceed 

 twenty-four (24) Federal patrolmen under ordinary conditions 

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