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gating the necessity, reasonableness and legality of such bills. 



Resolved further, That this Board desires to co-operate, in-so- 

 far as it legally can do so, with the officers of the United States 

 Government in the control of fires upon the Colorado National For- 

 est, in-so-far as that forest lies within Larimer County, Colorado, 

 and will be glad to receive the aid and assistance, financially and 

 otherwise, of said United States Government officials. 



Resolved, further, That if a definite agreement can be reached 

 by the State Forester with the Forest Service of the United States 

 Government this Board will enter into such agreement in-so-far as 

 their jurisdiction lies, provided the same be equitable and in accord- 

 ance with law. 



The counties of the state which contain forest lands, forty-two 

 in number, were equally divided between these two deputies. The 

 principal work of these deputies consists in visiting the county seats 

 of the counties, placing the matter before the sheriff and County 

 Commissioners, and securing, if possible, a favorable set of resolu- 

 tion^ concerning the financing of the work of fire control. In most 

 cases, no active opposition to the carrying out of the law has been 

 met after its meaning was made clear and in the majority of cases 

 where resolutions have been passed they are the same as those 

 passed by the County Commissioners of Larimer county. 



The counties in which this organization work is being carried 

 on are given in the following list which also shows the number of 

 deputy sheriffs that have been named for appointment. Those coun- 

 ties in which the boards of commissioners have, up to this time, 

 passed resolutions favoring forest fire control by the county fire 

 wardens are marked with an * : 



Name of County. Number of Deputies Named 



Archuleta 



Boulder* 1 1 



Chaffee 18 



Clear Creek 17 



Conejos 



Costilla 



Custer 



Delta 7 



Dolores 



Douglas* 13 



Eagle 



El Paso 



Fremont 9 



Garfield* . 21 



