io ORGANIZATION 



states in the handling- of their forest resources has also furnished 

 examples which may prove suggestive of the work which Colorado 

 should undertake. 



Organization and Lines of Work Followed Since the 



New Law 



Following' the passage of this law and the coming 

 into office of the present incumbent, Mr. \Y. W. Robbins, instruct- 

 or of Botany and Forestry, was appointed deputy. The first ap- 

 portionment of the appropriation for carrying on the work of this 

 office was not received until during January, 1912. Believing that 

 the protection of our forests from fires was the most important 

 thing to be taken up, work was at once started in the organizing 

 of the county officers concerned in the control of forest fires under 

 previous enactment. The services of two special deputies, who were 

 men of wide acquaintance and considerable experience in public 

 affairs, were secured as special deputies. Mr. I. W. Bennett, of Fort 

 Collins, and Mr. James F. Kyle, of Montrose, were appointed to 

 assist in this work. The matter was first taken up with the County 

 Commissioners and the sheriff of Larimer County and the follow- 

 ing set of resolutions was duly passed by the Board of County Com- 

 missioners : 



Fort Collins, Colo., Apr. 15, 1912. 

 Tt) JJ 7 Jio)ii It May Concern : 



This is to certify that the foregoing resolution was adopted 

 by the Board of County Commissioners of Larimer County, Colo- 

 rado, in regular session on the I2th day of April, 1912. 



A. P. GREENACRE, County Clerk. 



By T. H. GARRETT, Deputy Clerk. 

 (Seal) 



Whereas, on the loth day of April, 1912, the Board of County 

 Commissioners of Larimer County met in consultation with a com- 

 mittee from the State Board of Agriculture, consisting of A. A. 

 Edwards, President of the Board; B. O. Longyear, State Forester; 

 J. W. Bennett, and J. F. Farrar, Attorney for the Board of Agri- 

 culture, together with Harold A. K. Marshall, Supervisor of the 

 Colorado National Forest, for the discussion of a plan for the pre- 

 vention and control of forest fires; and 



Whereas, the law of the State of Colorado, Revised Statutes of 

 1908. Sec. 1280 and 1281. provides that the Sheriffs of the respec- 

 tive Counties of the State shall act as fire wardens in cases of prairie 

 or forest fires, and authorizes the sheriff, under-sheriff or deputies, 



