SECTION 29. 



Federal co-operation. The said commission is hereby authorized 

 to arrange with the United States forestry department in regard 

 to co-operation in such instances as may be deemed necessary and 

 of advantage to the State; provided, that in all co-operative work 

 a sum of money shall be expended by the said United States for- 

 estry bureau equivalent to that expended by the State commission,, 

 and that the said commission may accept or reject the work of the 

 United States forestry bureau. 



PART II. FIRES 



(For localized fire provisions chiefly concerning protection of the 

 forest lands owned by the State and the private lands adjacent 

 thereto, see Part IV.) 



(1) PROTECTIVE SYSTEM. 



(This sub-division comprises the provisions of law, if any, defining 

 the personnel, and the executive and administrative powers and 

 duties, af the general State-wide organization charged with the pre- 

 vention, including provisions for slash disposal after lumbering, 

 detection, control and extinguishment of forest fires.) 



SECTION 18, CHAPTER 195, LAWS 1914. 



Forest wardens, appointment Compensation Powers of, for pro- 

 tection of State forests, and fish and game. Whenever the State 

 geological commission considers it necessary, it may apply to the 

 governor to commission such persons as it may designate to act as 

 forest wardens of this State, to enforce the forest laws, and, under 

 the direction of the board, to aid in carrying out the purposes of 

 this act; but they shall be subject to removal at any time at the pleas- 

 ure of the State geological commission. Such wardens shall receive 

 such compensation from time to time as the State geological 

 commission may allow them for special services. Forest wardens 

 thus appointed shall, before entering upon the duties of their office, 

 take the proper official oath before the clerk of the court of the 

 county in which they reside, after which they shall, while holding 

 said office, possess and exercise all the authority and power held 

 and exercised by constables at common law and under the statutes 

 of this State, so far as arresting and prosecuting persons for viola- 

 tions of any of the laws or rules and regulations enacted or made, 

 or to be enacted or made, for the protection of the State forestry 

 reserves, or for the protection of the fish and game contained therein, 

 are concerned. 



SECTION 19. 



Duties of wardens Arrests Fires; assistance Expenses; report 



on. It shall be the duty of the forest wardens to enforce all forest 

 laws of this State; to protect the State forest reserves, and to see 

 that all rules, regulations and laws are enforced; to report viola- 

 tions of the law to the State forester; to assist in apprehending and 

 convicting offenders, and to make an annual report to him as to 

 forest conditions in their immediate neighborhood. When any for- 



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