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Section 5. During a dry and dangerous season, when forest fires are 

 prevailing or are liable to break out, the State Forest Warden shall use 

 such additional means under his command as he may deem necessary to 

 prevent o^jsuppress fires, ^d the expenses thus incurred shall be paid 

 by the Stal^l^hich expeJBJkures for such emergency in any fiscal 

 year shall no^^lH^wenCTHce thousand dollars, to be paid out of the 

 general fund upon^^jrde^of the State Forest Warden. 



Section 6. It shall be the duty of each deputy and fire warden to take 

 precautions to pi-event the setting of forest fires, and when his district 

 is suffering or threatened with fire, to go to the place of danger to con- 

 trol such fires, and each deputy and 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, such person shall be deemed guilty of 

 a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof, be piinished by a 

 fine of not more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county 

 jail not to exceed three months. 



Section 7. The State Forest Warden, his deputies and the several 

 fire wardens created by this act shall have authority, and it shall be 

 their duty to enforce the provisions of this act, and to arrest, without 

 warrant, every person found violating its provisions, and to take the 

 offender before a magistrate and make complaint against him. Any per- 

 son who hinders, obstructs or interferes with, or attempts to hinder, 

 obstruct or interfere with any fire warden or other officer in the dis- 

 charge of any of the duties required of him or them by this law shall 

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

 be fined not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, together with costs 

 of suit, and in default of payment therefor shall be confined in the 

 county jail until said fine and costs are paid, provided that said im- 

 prisonment shall not exceed thirty days. It shall be the duty of the 

 deputy and fire wardens of any district to co-operate with the deputy and 

 fire wardens of any adjoining district, and in the absence of the deputy 

 of that district, the deputy of the adjoining district shall direct the work 

 of control and extinguishment of fires. 



Section 8. Each employee not serving under a contract for compensa- 

 tion fixed by the State Fire Warden shall receive for his actual services 

 rendered under this act two dollars per day: 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 correct, which account shall be certified by the deputy in charge 

 of the district and approved by the State Forest Warden, and when so 

 certified and approved shall be forwarded with the original oath to the 

 Auditor General, who shall audit the same and issue his warrant for 

 payment thereof by the State Treasurer from the general or other proper 

 fund available therefor. 



Section 9. Any person who wilfully, negligently or carelessly sets on 

 fire, or causes to be set on fire, any woods, grass lands or other com- 

 bustible material, whether or not on his own lands, by means whereof 

 the property of another is injured or endangered, or any person who 

 wilfully, negligently or carelessly suffers any fire set by himself to dam- 

 age the property of another is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be 



