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before incurring any expense to be paid by the United States for 

 the purpose of extinguishing the fire, report the fire to a properly 

 authorized Forest officer, who will authorize such expenditure as 

 is necessary to control the fire ; not exceeding, however, the amount 

 which may be available from any appropriation then subsisting 

 made by Congress for that purpose. 



TENTH. It is further agreed and understood that for the pur- 

 pose of this agreement all Forest officers who have been or may 

 hereafter be appointed fire wardens by the Governor of the State of 

 Colorado, as provided for in the laws of 1909, Section i, page 394, 

 shall be considered officers of the Forest Service and not officers 

 of the State of Colorado, and all provisions of this agreement apply- 

 ing to other Forest officers shall apply equally to them. 



ELEVENTH. It is further understood and agreed that the re- 

 sponsibility of the respective parties hereto shall not in any wise be 

 extended beyond the express or necessarily implied provisions of the 

 laws of the State of Colorado and of the United States of America, 

 and the respective rules and regulations made pursuant thereto. 



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the hand and seal of the party of the 

 first part, on the date first hereinbefore written, and the signature 

 and seal of the Secretary of Agriculture, are hereunto affixed this, 

 the 1 2th day of November, 1912. 



STATE OF COLORADO, 



By B. O. LONGYEAR, 

 State Forester and State Board of Agriculture. 



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 By JAMES WII^ON. 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



The securing of this agreement is considered as one of the most 

 important results of the work in this office during the year. It 

 is believed that it will not only facilitate the matter of protecting 

 our forests from fires by establishing a basis for harmonious work- 

 ing of the Forest Service and the county wardens, but will also 

 greatly increase the interest in forest fire protection among all the 

 county authorities. 



A four-page pamphlet of instructions for county and state fire 

 wardens has been compiled. This pamplet includes the co-opera- 

 tive agreement with the Government Forest Service, together with 

 some special instructions. 



An effort has been made to secure a similar agreement with 

 the Department of the Interior concerning the public lands in this 

 state, but such an agreement has not yet been reached. An arrange- 

 ment has been made, however, with the Denver office whereby the 



