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injurious to forest growth, and other matters affecting the 

 extent and condition of woodlands in his city or town, and 

 shall report thereon to the state forester at such times and in 

 such form as the state forester may require. He shall also 

 post in suitable places in the city or town such warnings 

 against the setting of forest fires and statements of the law 

 relating thereto as may be supplied to him by the state 

 forester. The engineers of fire departments in cities and 

 in towns in which a fire department exists and which have 

 so voted shall perform the duties and exercise the powers 

 of forest wardens with respect to forest fires. 



R. L. 32, sect. 20, as amended, 1907, 475, sect. 3. The 

 forest warden may appoint deputies to assist him in the per- 

 Appointment f rmance f his duties and may discharge the 

 of deputies same, and he or his deputies may, if in their 



andrequisi- . r /' 



tion of men judgment there is danger trom a forest tire, em- 

 and property. , . , 



ploy assistance or require any male person in 



their city or town between the ages of eighteen and fifty years 

 to aid in its extinguishment or prevention, and may require 

 the use of horses, wagons and other property adapted to that 

 purpose, and shall keep an account of the time of all persons 

 assisting them and a schedule of all property so used. 



1907, 475, sect. 4. The state forester shall from moneys 

 annually appropriated for the expenses of his office recom- 

 Com ensa P 61186 tne forest wardens for the time spent by 

 tion of forest them in making investigations under his direction 

 according to the provisions of section two of this 

 act: provided, that the state forester shall not be liable to 

 make any such payment except upon the presentation of a 

 duly itemized account, or to pay for such investigations at a 

 rate greater than that of thirty-five cents an hour, or in excess 

 of the appropriation available for such payment. 



