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day of -Vpril of each year he shall forward as many copies as he con- 

 siders needful to the several lire wardens in the State and to all railroad 

 companies, and it shall be the duty of said fire wardens to post up such 

 abstract as warning placards in twelve conspicuous places in their re- 

 spective districts. 



f>ec. 5. During a dry and dangerous season, when forest fires are 

 prevailing or are liable to break out, the chief fire warden shall use 

 suck means under his command as he may deem necessary to prevent 

 or suppress such fires, and his expenses shall be paid by the State, 

 which expenditures in one year shall not exceed five thousand dollars, 

 to be paid for out of the general fund, upon the order of the forest 

 commissioner. 



Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of each 'fire warden to take precautions 

 to prevent the setting of forest fires, and when his district is suffering 

 or threatened with fire, to go to the place of danger to control such 

 fires, and each forest fire warden shall have authority to call to his 

 assistance in emergencies any able bodied male person over eighteen 

 years of age, and if such person refuses, without reasonable justification 

 or excuse, to assist, or if any fire warden refuses or neglects to per- 

 form the duties assigned him in this act, such officer or person shall be 

 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof, be 

 punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or imprison- 

 ment in the county jail not to exceed three months. 



Sec. 7. The chief fire warden and the several fire wardens created 

 by this act shall have authority to enforce the provisions of this act, 

 and it shall be their duty to cooperate with the fire warden of any 

 adjoining district, and in the absence of such fire wardens to direct the 

 work of control and extinguishment of forest fires in such district, and 

 to arrest, without warrant, every person found violating any pro- 

 visions of this act, and to forthwith take the offender before a magis- 

 trate and make complaint against such person. The fire wardens pro- 

 vided for in this act shall inquire into the cause of each forest fire within 

 their districts, and shall report the same to the chief fire warden and 

 the methods used to control or extinguish such fires and the amount of 

 property destroyed and the number of lives lost, if any, and report such 

 other facts in regard to said fires as said chief fire warden may require. 

 During the more dangerous season of the year the chief fire warden may 

 require frequent reports from the several fire wardens in this State, 

 as to condition of forest fires and as to what is being done to control the 

 same. 



Sec. 8. Each fire warden shall receive for his actual services ren- 

 dered under this act two dollars per day, two-thirds of which shall be 

 paid by the municipality where such service is performed, and one-third 

 by the State; and any employe engaged in like service shall receive at 

 the rate of two dollars per day, and said expense shall also be paid, two- 

 thirds by the municipality where such service is rendered, and one-third 

 by the State, as hereinafter provided, but no payment shall be made to 

 any claimant under this act until he shall have presented an itemized 

 account and made oath or affirmation that said account is just and cor- 

 rect, which account shall he approved by the township board, city or 

 village council, as the case may be. The clerk of the board or council, 

 as the case may be, shall thereupon issue to eacli claimant his warrant 



