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or town annually thereafter, in the same manner in which 

 other taxes are assessed, until the debt incurred by said loan 

 or loans is extinguished. 



FOREST FIRE LAWS. 

 Forest Wardens in Cities and Towns. 



R. L. 32, sect. 16, as amended, 1907, 475, sect. 1, and 

 1913, 600. The mayor and aldermen in cities and the select- 

 men in towns shall annually, in January, appoint Appoint- 

 a forest warden, and they shall forthwith give frest 

 notice of such appointment to the state forester. wardens ' 

 The appointment of a forest warden shall not take effect 

 unless approved by the state forester, and when so approved 

 notice of the appointment shall be given by the mayor and 

 aldermen or by the selectmen to the person so appointed 

 and approved. Whoever having been duly appointed fails 

 within seven days after the receipt of such notice to file with 

 the city or town clerk his acceptance or refusal of the office 

 shall, unless excused by the mayor and aldermen or by the 

 selectmen, forfeit ten dollars. Nothing in this act or in any 

 other act shall be construed to prevent the offices of tree 

 warden, selectman, chief of fire department and forest warden 

 from being held by the same person. 



1907, 475, sect. 2. The forest warden shall take precautions 

 to prevent the spread of forest fires and the improper kindling 

 thereof, and shall have sole charge of their extinguishment. 

 He shall investigate the causes and extent of Duties ot 

 forest fires and the injury done thereby, the forest 

 values of forest lands, the character and extent 

 of wood-cutting operations, the prevalence of insect pests 



