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NEW JERSEY. 



The law of New Jersey of April 3, 1902, authorizes any 

 city, township or other municipality to raise money for 

 preventing, righting and extinguishing forest fires; and 

 where money has been so appropriated to appoint a suit- 

 able person as fire marshal, who may appoint deputies 

 and aids to assist in the prevention and extinguishment 

 of such fires, and who shall be paid reasonable compen- 

 sation. He shall report concerning forest fires to the 

 governing body which appointed him. It is made the 

 duty of the justices of the peace to investigate the origin 

 of fires, and they are clothed with authority for such 

 purpose; and if they find sufficient evidence they may 

 have the offender held to await the action of the next 

 grand jury. The fire marshal has the power of a con- 

 stable, and he may serve the necessary papers in course 

 of an investigation. The state appropriates twice the 

 amount raised by any municipality for the prevention 

 and extinguishment of forest fires, provided that the 

 amount paid by the state to any one municipality in any 

 one year for such purpose shall not exceed $200; and 

 provided that the total amount paid by the state in any 

 one year shall not exceed the sum of $ 10,000. 



PENNSYLVANIA. 



In Pennsylvania the constables are made fire wardens. 

 The towns there first pay the expense and the state pays 

 one-half, There is a Forestry Commissioner and a For- 

 estry Reservation Commission, of which the Forestry 

 Commissioner is president, that is authorized to purchase 

 any suitable land for forest preservation at not exceeding 

 $5 per acre. 



The appropriations made by the legislature of Penn- 

 sylvania for the department of forestry for the two fiscal 

 years beginning June i, 1903 (and not including expenses 



