The wages and expenses of men so employed or sum- 

 moned to set, watch or control any such fire, shall be 

 fixed and paid by the state forester; and the amount 

 thereof shall be paid by the owner of the land on which 

 such burning is done within thirty days thereafter ; and 

 if such owner or owners shall fail to make such pay- 

 ment within said period, the state forester shall certify 

 such expense to the county auditor of the county in 

 which said property is situate, and said county auditor 

 shall enter said expense on the tax lists of said county 

 as a special charge against the real estate on which 

 such burning is done, and the same shall be collected 

 as other taxes and when collected shall be paid into the 

 state treasury and credited to the forest service fund. 



Section 6. Any person summoned by the state for- 

 ester or any district ranger to assist in setting, watch- 

 ing or controlling any fire set pursuant to the provisions 

 hereof, who is physically able and refuses so to assist, 

 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction 

 thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five 

 ($5.00) Dollars nor more than Twenty-five ($25.00) 

 Dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not 

 more than thirty (30) days. 



Section 7. This act shall take effect and be in force 

 from and after its passage and approval. 



TO PROVIDE FOR THE BETTER PROTECTION 

 OF MINNESOTA TOWNS 



A BILL FOR AN ACT 



To Amend Section 3806 of Chapter 22, General Sta- 

 tutes 1913, and Acts Amendatory Thereto, Relating to 

 Forestry and Forest Fires. 



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