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fire-fighting force should be chosen on merit and capacity to fight fire and handle 

 men, and the above arrangement, in proper hands, is preferable.) 



The district ranger shall select and, subject to the confirmation of the State 

 Forester, appoint rangers (patrolmen) and assign them to definite subdistricts. 

 District rangers and patrolmen shall receive ($50 to $150) per month and ex- 

 penses vifhile traveling on state business. (These men are employed on an annual 

 or monthly basis.) 



To supplement the state ranger force thus created the governing body of 

 each organized town (township supervisors, etc.) shall appoint a town fire 

 warden, subject to the approval of the State Forester (or District Ranger): The 

 State Forester shall have the power to remove the town fire warden and request 

 the township board to appoint a successor. On failure of said board to appoint 

 a fire warden or fill a vacancy created in any manner, when requested to do so 

 by the State Forester, the Forester shall make said appointment. (The nomina- 

 tion of existing town officials as fire wardens is a complete failure.) The town 

 fire warden shall, with the advice of the district ranger, divide his town into divi- 

 sions, and shall appoint a division fire warden in charge of each of these divi- 

 sions, subject to the approval of the district fire warden. Town fire wardens 

 shall serve for one year and until their successor is appointed. District fire 

 wardens shall serve during the term of office of the town warden by whom they 

 were appointed. The town warden shall have f)Ower, subject to the approval of 

 the district warden, to remove any division fire warden and appoint his successor. 

 Town and division fire wardens shall be paid by the town for services actually 

 rendered (and, in addition, shall receive an annual salary of $10 to $25). (In 

 organized districts these town wardens shall be replaced by the appointment by 

 the district warden of local residents as fire ^^ardens. The purpose of the town 

 and local warden force is that of a resident or stationary patrol, since in no in- 

 stance will it be advisable even to attempt to handle the fire problem exclusively 

 by the employment of rangers and patrolmen on state salaries. In sparsely in- 

 habited regions, with private cooperation in funds and men, patrol may be de- 

 veloped to a point where it will take care of the problem. In most regions sta- 

 tionary or local wardens should be appointed in numbers twenty to fifty times as 

 great as the force of state rangers.) 



Sec. 6. Powers and Duties oe State Forester and Subordinates. — 1. 

 The State Forester, and during his absence the Assistant State Forester, shall 

 have direct charge of, and be held responsible by the board for the execution of. 

 all work assigned to him by them, together with the enforcement of all laws or 

 rules contained in this article. 



3. He shall purchase necessary equipment for forest fire prevention or ex- 

 tinguishment as may be required. 



4. He shall prepare, print, post, or distribute necessary posters, pamphlets, 

 or circulars as public interest requires. 



5. He shall construct, equip, maintain, and operate any lookout mountain 

 .stations, telephone lines, or other structures as may be established by order of 

 the board. 



