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exceeding $2.50 per acre. He was required to protect 

 such lands from forest fires, from trespassers, etc. The 

 sum of $1,000 annually was appropriated for carrying out 

 the provisions of the law. The law was amended by the 

 act of June 3, 1903, by striking out the limitation of ex- 

 pense for planting the land with seed or seedlings and by 

 adding a provision to allow him to employ such local 

 assistance as he deems necessary for the protection of the 

 land from fire or trespass. 



NEW YORK. 



The State of New York in 1885 made town supervisors 

 fire wardens, and that system was in use until 1896, when 

 the Forest, Fish and Game Commission was authorized 

 to appoint a fire warden for each town in the sixteen 

 counties containing land belonging to the forest preserve. 

 In the other towns the supervisors still act as fire 

 wardens. The pay of fire wardens is $2.50 per day dur- 

 ing the time they are on duty, and those who assist in the 

 prevention and suppression of fires are paid $2 a day. 

 The expense of fire warden service is paid by the town in 

 which the service is rendered; and the state pays the towns 

 one-half of such expense. The office of Superintendent 

 of State Forests was created at the beginning of New 

 York's forestry system. His salary is $3,000 a year. In 

 1900 the office of Chief Fire Warden was created, with a 

 salary of $ i , 500 a year. He has supervision of the town 

 fire wardens. The state also employs three forestry ex- 

 perts. The appropriation for the salaries and expenses 

 of these five officers in 1903 was $12,800; and for one- 

 half of the town expenses in suppressing fires $5,000. 

 These items of course do not include printing expenses 

 nor for any experimental field work. 



