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6. He shall have necessary power to enter into agreements with private 

 owners or public telephone companies with regard to establishing or operating 

 any portion of the forest fire protective system. 



7. He shall have authority to construct new roads, trails, or other routes or 

 improve existing ones in order to secure necessary fire protection. 



8. He shall establish, operate, and maintain nurseries for the production of 

 trees either for reforesting state or privately owned lands. Such trees may be 

 planted on such parts of the forest preserve as may be necessary, supplied free 

 to state institutions or sold to private owners at not to exceed cost of production. 



9. He shall have the power to make investigations in any part of the state 

 and examine into any question in regdrd to forest, conditions, reforestation, fire 

 protection, growth of timber. 



10. He shall have the power to make necessary surveys, prepare maps, and 

 otherwise determine boundaries of any lands constituting the forest preserves. 



11. He may assign any assistant to- the preparation of publications, lectur- 

 ing, or otherwise disseminating information in regard to forestry which will be 

 of public interest. 



12. He shall enforce all laws in relation to forest preserves and the other 

 provisions of this act. 



13. The forest rangers, district forest rangers, foresters, inspectors, or em- 

 ployes of this department shall perform such duties as may be assigned to him 

 by the State Forester, and all such officers shall be responsible to the State For-' 

 ester for faithful performance of their duties. 



Sec. 7. PowEBS OF Fire Service. — State rangers and patrolmen (and town 

 fire wardens) shall have the power to arrest without a warrant anyone detected 

 in the act of violating any provision of the State Forest Law or the rules and 

 regulations of the State Forestry Board and take such person before a peace offi- 

 cer having jurisdiction. 



State rangers and patrolmen (and town fire wardens) shall have power to 

 summon any able-bodied male person and to requisition teams, tools, or other prop- 

 erty of such forms to assist in extinguishing any forest fire. Any person who fails 

 to obey such summons, or fails to remain at any such fire until excused, or does 

 not render faithful service, shall be liable to a penalty of ($10 to $25) for each 

 and every day during which he fails to obey such summons. Any such officer in 

 order to suppress fires shall have the power to enter upon any lands and take 

 the proper steps to extinguish the same, and for so doing no action of trespass 

 or damage shall lie. 



Any official authorized to extinguish fire shall have the authority to employ 

 men and teams and to make any other reasonable expenditure for that purpose. 

 Employees shall receive (15 to 35 cents) per hour for time actually employed. 



Sec. 8. State Forest Reserves. — State forest reserves shall consist of lands 

 now owned by the state, which may be classified as State Forest Reserves, and 

 of other lands which may be acquired hereafter for forest reserves. 



The State Forestry Board shall have power to purchase lands (at a maxi- 

 mum valuation of per acre), to accept gifts of land, or to acquire land by 



condemnation proceedings for the purpose of state forest reserves. 



