74 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF THE 



forest conditions in their respective counties. When any 

 forest firewarden shall see or have reported to him a forest 

 fire, it shall be his duty to repair immediately to he scene 

 of the fire and to summon such persons and means as in 

 his judgment seem expedient and necessary to extinguish 

 said fire. If any person fall to respond to the warden's 

 call for his assistance or for the use of his property, he shall 

 be liable to a fine of not exceeding Sio. The owners of all 

 property which is used in the extinguishment of a forest 

 or brush fire under requisition of a forest firewarden shall 

 receive reasonable compensation therefor. In case the 

 forest firewarden and the persons called to assist him or 

 to furnish the use of property shall at any time fail to 

 agree upon the terms of compensation therefor, the dis- 

 pute shall be referred to the board of supervisors of the 

 county in which the fire occurred for final settlement. 



Sec. 9. That the expen es incurred in fighting or 

 extinguishing any forest or brush fire under the direction 

 of a forest firewarden shall be borne by the county in which 

 the fire occurred, and shall be payable in full by the board of 

 supervisors of each county immediately upon the receipt 

 of an itemized account, provided that the total sum so 

 expended by any county shall not exceed $200 in any one 

 year. 



Sec. 10. That the State Forester shall furnish notices 

 printed in large letters upon cloth calling attention to the 

 dangers of forest fires and to forest fire and trespass laws 

 and their penalties. Such notices shall be distributed by 

 the forest firewardens and deputy firewardens and posted 

 by them at the courthouses, stores and postoffices, and 

 in conspicuous places along the highways. Any person 

 who shall destroy, deface, remove or disfigure any sign, 

 poster or warning notice posted under the provision of 

 this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable 

 upon conviction by a fine of not less than $10 nor more 

 than $100, or imprisonment in the county jail for a period 

 of not less than ten days nor more than three months, or 

 both such fine and imprisonment. 



Sec. II. That every individual or corporation that 



