FORESTRY COMMISSIONER 13 



station building. To post them on small out-buildings or tele- 

 graph poles, as is sometimes done, is not a compliance with the 

 law. 



Frequently when a station building is newly painted and a 

 placard is removed it is not again put up, which shows gross neg- 

 lect of duty. Conductors and trainmen are often neglectful in 

 noticing and reporting fires that occur along the line of their road. 

 The public looks to railroad companies and their employes for the 

 exercise of more than ordinary care. Let us see if improvement 

 in this matter of forest and prairie fires cannot be made without 

 having to resort to harsh measures. 



C. C. ANDREWS, 



Forestry Commissioner. 



FIRE WARDEN ACCOUNTS. 



( STATE OF MINNESOTA, 



Circular No. 28 < OFFICE OF FORESTRY COMMISSIONER, 

 I St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 2, 1907. 



To FIRE WARDENS: 



Accounts for patrolling will not be approved unless the warden 

 reported to the Forestry Commissioner the facts showing the need 

 of such service and received permission to patrol. 



The law requires that forest and prairie fires be promptly in- 

 vestigated and reported. Unless that be done, an account for 

 fighting the fire will not be approved. 



Wardens sometimes include in their accounts the service of 

 other persons. In all such cases a receipt from such person for 

 the amount of his service, as a sub-voucher, must be attached to 

 the warden's voucher. It is better, however, that each person 

 who is to be paid any amount should make a separate account. 

 Wardens frequently overlook signing the receipt for their pay in 

 advance. 



It sometimes appears that a warden has neglected to post the 

 warning notices until late in the season. Such notices ought to be 

 posted very soon after they are received, and unless this is done 

 pay for the posting will not be allowed. 



Very respectfully, 



C. C, ANDREWS, 



Forestry Commissioner. 



