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amount of their property that is not ex- 

 empt from execution, and furnish a copy of 

 the same to the state forester. 



Sec. 24. The supervisors, constables and 

 clerlis of towns, mayors of cities and presi- 

 dents of village councils, are hereby con- 

 stituted 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 extinguish the same. 



All towns, villages and cities are hereby 

 authorized and directed to take necessary 

 precautions to prevent the starting and 

 spreading of forest or prairie fires and to 

 extinguish the same and are hereby fur- 

 ther authorized to annually levy a tax of 

 not more than five mills upon the taxable 

 property of such municipalities, which, 

 when collected, shall be known as the "Fire 

 Fund" which may be used in paying all 

 necessary and incidental expenses incurred 

 in enforcing the provisions of this act. 



In all townships constituted within any 

 of the forest patrol districts which may be 

 established by the state forestry board, the 

 respective town and village officers shall 

 cooperate as far as possible with and act 

 under the general supervision and direc- 

 tion of the state forestry officers. 



Sec. 25. All moneys received as penalties 

 for violations of the provisions of this act, 

 less the cost of collection and not other- 

 wise provided for, shall be paid into the 

 treasury of the county in which the penal- 

 ties for said violation of the provisions of 

 this act were imposed. 



Sec. 26. There is hereby appropriated 

 from the general revenue funds of the state 

 out of any moneys not otherwise appro- 

 priated the sum of $15,000 for the fiscal 

 year ending July 31, 1911, $75,000 for the 

 fiscal year ending July 31, 1912, and $75,000 

 for the fiscal year ending July 31, 1913, 

 which shall be credited to the Forest Serv- 

 ice to be used therefor as provided in this 

 act. The manner of presenting claims to 

 the state auditor and payment of the same 

 shall, so far as practicable, be in accord- 

 ance with Chapter Ninety-six (96) of the 

 General Laws of Minnesota for 1905. Item- 

 ized vouchers of all expenses shall be ap- 

 proved as directed by the forestry board. 



Sec. 27. Whenever the word "board" is 

 mentioned or referred to in the forestry 

 laws of the state of Minnesota it shall 



mean the state forestry board herein 

 created. 



Sec. 28. Chapter 22, Revised Laws 1905 

 and Sections 2505, 2506, 2507, 2508, 2510 

 and 2515, Revised Laws, 1905; Chapters 82 

 and 310 of the General Laws of Minnesota 

 for 1905; Chapter 182 of the General Laws 

 of Minnesota for 1909 and all acts and 

 parts of acts inconsistent with this act are 

 hereby repealed. 



The New Hampshire Timberland Association 



The lumber companies of the North 

 Country of New Hampshire, who organ- 

 ized an association last year to protect 

 their timberlands from fire, and in co- 

 operation with the forestry commission 

 erected several lookout stations at their 

 own expense, have formed a corporation 

 under the general laws, to be known as 

 the New Hampshire Timberland Associa- 

 tion. The objects of the corporation are 

 to preserve the forests from loss by fire, 

 to enlist the aid of the United States and 

 state governments in the work, and to en- 

 courage the enactment of such laws as will 

 best serve these objects. The incorpora- 

 tors of the association are the Berlin Mills 

 Company, E. Libby Sons Company, Connec- 

 ticut Valley Lumber Company, Interna- 

 tional Paper Company, and the Odell Man- 

 ufacturing Company. 



Oregon 



The new state forestry board is made 

 up as follows: A. T. Buxton, of Forest 

 Grove, recommended by the state grange; 

 George H. Cecil, of the United States For- 

 est Service, recommended by that depart- 

 ment to Governor West; L. S. Hill, of 

 Junction City, recommended by the Oregon 

 jind Washington Lumbermen's Associa- 

 tion; A. P. Sprague, of Portland, recom- 

 mended by the Oregon Forest Fire Associa- 

 tion; Dan P. Smythe, of Pendleton, of the 

 Oregon Wool Growers' Association; Gov- 

 ernor West and George W. Peevy, of Cor- 

 vallis, head of the department of forestry 

 at the Oregon Agricultural College. 



An Oregon journal predicts lively times 

 in this board since Mr. Smythe, a wealthy 

 sheep man, is an old-time foe of the United 

 States Forest Service, which has a repre- 

 sentative on the board. 



