Forest Fires. 



General Forest Fire Act. 



2 Comp. Stat., pp. 2332-2339, as amended, P. L. 1911, 

 pp. 52-58. 



Ax ACT for the appointment of firewardens, the prevention 

 of forest fires and the repeal of sundry acts relating 

 thereto. 



38. (As amended 1911.} The State Forest Park Reser- 

 vation Commission shall have power to ap- . 

 point a State firewarden, and not more than sion Vre^ardens! 

 six division firewardens, and to fix their sal- 

 aries. Each shall give his whole time to the forest fire 

 service and shall hold office during the pleasure of the 

 commission. Members of said commission and such of its 

 officers as it may designate shall be ex- . 

 officio firewardens, but shall receive no war dens. 

 compensation in virtue thereof. (P. L. 



1911, p. 52.) 



39. The township committee (see 55a), or governing 

 body of every township in this State shall, Township fire- 

 within thirty days after receiving notice in wardens. 



writing from the State Board of Forest Park Reservation 

 Commissioners, appoint some suitable person to act as 

 township firewarden for the entire township, or such part 

 thereof as said commission shall determine, for a term of 

 one year and until his successor shall have been appointed, 

 and on failure so to do, the State Board of Forest Park 

 Reservation Commissioners, shall make such appointment 

 Such appointment, when accepted, shall be promptly certi- 

 fied to the State Firewarden. The person so appointed 

 may be summarily removed by said com- 

 mission. If any person so appointed is so 

 removed, said commission shall promptly notify the gov- 

 erning body making such appointment, and said governing 

 body shall, at its next meeting, fill the vacancy for the un- 



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