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  775 
  

  

  681 
  

  

  Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
  29 
  

  

  Counties 
  1909 
  1910 
  

  

  St. 
  Lawrence 
  175 
  

  

  Saratoga 
  , 
  

  

  Warren 
  

  

  Delaware 
  

  

  Greene 
  

  

  Ulster 
  

  

  Sullivan 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  The 
  law 
  should 
  be 
  amended 
  and 
  distinctly 
  authorize 
  the 
  appoint- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  two 
  kinds 
  of 
  patrolmen. 
  They 
  could 
  be 
  designated 
  regular 
  

   and 
  special. 
  The 
  former 
  to 
  be 
  employed 
  either 
  during 
  the 
  fire 
  

   season 
  or 
  throughout 
  the 
  entire 
  year 
  and 
  paid 
  a 
  salary 
  and 
  devote 
  

   their 
  entire 
  time 
  to 
  the 
  work. 
  The 
  latter 
  to 
  be 
  selected 
  on 
  account 
  

   of 
  their 
  special 
  fitness 
  and 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  and 
  location. 
  

   They 
  should 
  be 
  competent 
  men 
  who 
  could 
  be 
  employed 
  as 
  regular 
  

   patrolmen 
  under 
  salary 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  extreme 
  drought 
  and 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  

   fire 
  originating 
  in 
  their 
  locality, 
  have 
  full 
  authority 
  to 
  employ 
  men 
  

   and 
  take 
  general 
  charge 
  of 
  extinguishing 
  any 
  such 
  fire. 
  They 
  

   should 
  be 
  paid 
  jointly 
  by 
  the 
  town 
  and 
  State 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  fire 
  fighting, 
  

   but 
  if 
  employed 
  temporarily 
  on 
  regular 
  patrol 
  duty, 
  they 
  should 
  

   be 
  paid 
  a 
  salary 
  by 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  supervisors 
  should 
  either 
  be 
  

   eliminated 
  from 
  the 
  fire 
  force 
  or 
  be 
  made 
  responsible 
  for 
  the 
  

   duties 
  imposed 
  under 
  the 
  fire 
  law. 
  The 
  supervisors 
  are, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  

   business 
  or 
  professional 
  men, 
  usually 
  too 
  busy 
  to 
  attend 
  to 
  fires 
  

   and 
  often 
  without 
  sufficient 
  experience 
  to 
  properly 
  undertake 
  the 
  

   work. 
  If 
  they 
  were 
  entirely 
  eliminated 
  from 
  the 
  force 
  in 
  the 
  

   forest 
  towns, 
  the 
  desirable 
  ones 
  could 
  be 
  appointed 
  special 
  patrol- 
  

   men 
  or 
  other 
  persons 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  locality 
  could 
  be 
  so 
  appointed. 
  

   If 
  the 
  special 
  patrolmen 
  were 
  competent, 
  able 
  men, 
  selected 
  by 
  the 
  

   Commissioner 
  with 
  the 
  advice 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  land 
  owners 
  who 
  are 
  

   most 
  interested 
  in 
  preventing 
  and 
  promptly 
  extinguishing 
  fires, 
  a 
  

   much 
  better 
  force 
  would 
  result 
  and 
  better 
  protection 
  would 
  be 
  se- 
  

   cured. 
  The 
  law 
  should 
  be 
  further 
  amended 
  to 
  permit 
  the 
  payment 
  

  

  