Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of 

 Minnesota : 



Section 1. That Section 3806 of Chapter 22, General 

 Statutes 1913, be and the same is hereby amended to 

 read as follows: 



Section 3806. The state forester may appoint su- 

 pervisors, constables and clerks of towns, mayors of 

 cities and presidents of village councils, fire wardens 

 for their respective districts, and it is hereby made 

 their duty to do all things necessary to protect the 

 property of such municipalities from fire and to ex- 

 tinguish the same, or the forester may appoint one or 

 more fire wardens in each township who are selected 

 and recommended by the town board on account of 

 special knowledge of fire prevention work and interest 

 in forest conservation. The officer so designated shall 

 promptly report all forest, prairie, brush or peat fires 

 which occur within his jurisdiction to the district for- 

 est ranger for the district in which he is located. 

 Blanks for this purpose shall be furnished by the state 

 forester. 



The expense incurred under the fire warden's direc- 

 tion in the protection of property in each municipality 

 shall be paid out of its special or general funds, except 

 when under the direction of the ranger the fire warden 

 is engaged in fire fighting work, in which case he shall 

 be paid by the state. 



There shall be an advisory committee consisting of 

 one member from each county in which there may be 

 danger from forest and prairie fires, or in which forest 

 conservation or planting is a matter of public concern, 

 and each member of said committee shall be appointed 



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