﻿Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
  73 
  

  

  before 
  local 
  granges. 
  He 
  also 
  accompanied 
  the 
  Demonstration 
  

   Train 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  

   on 
  one 
  of 
  its 
  tours. 
  We 
  installed 
  an 
  exhibit 
  of 
  forestry 
  work 
  at 
  

   the 
  State 
  Fair. 
  This 
  exhibit 
  consisted 
  of 
  thirty-six 
  large 
  trans- 
  

   parancies 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  sample 
  forest 
  plantation. 
  

  

  Protection 
  Against 
  Fires 
  

   This 
  State 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  northeastern 
  State, 
  except 
  Maine, 
  whose 
  

   State 
  Forest 
  Department 
  does 
  not 
  exercise 
  some 
  jurisdiction 
  or 
  

   look 
  after 
  forest 
  fires 
  generally 
  throughout 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  amend- 
  

   ment 
  to 
  the 
  Town 
  Law, 
  chapter 
  630, 
  Laws 
  of 
  1910, 
  provides 
  that 
  

   the 
  supervisor 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  shall 
  have 
  authority 
  to 
  prevent 
  and 
  

   extinguish 
  forest 
  fires, 
  but 
  experience 
  has 
  shown, 
  not 
  only 
  in 
  this 
  

   State, 
  but 
  in 
  other 
  States, 
  that 
  there 
  must 
  be, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  secure 
  

   adequate 
  protection, 
  some 
  power 
  of 
  supervision. 
  The 
  supervisors 
  

   need 
  instructions 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  their 
  duties 
  and 
  the 
  people 
  at 
  large 
  

   must 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  realize 
  the 
  consequences 
  that 
  follow 
  continued 
  

   and 
  extensive 
  fires. 
  During 
  the 
  past 
  years 
  large 
  areas 
  have 
  been 
  

   burned 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  the 
  supervisors 
  have 
  made 
  little, 
  if 
  any, 
  

   attempt 
  to 
  extinguish 
  these 
  fires. 
  This 
  department 
  has 
  been 
  called 
  

   upon 
  many 
  times 
  this 
  season 
  and 
  asked 
  to 
  see 
  that 
  the 
  supervisors 
  

   fully 
  discharge 
  their 
  duties. 
  Under 
  the 
  present 
  Town 
  Law 
  this 
  

   department 
  is 
  apparently 
  without 
  any 
  authority 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  

   towns 
  enumerated 
  in 
  section 
  73 
  of 
  the 
  Forest 
  Law, 
  yet 
  the 
  Com- 
  

   missioner 
  is 
  charged 
  with 
  the 
  " 
  enforcement 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  for 
  the 
  

   protection 
  of 
  fish 
  and 
  game 
  and 
  the 
  forests," 
  * 
  and 
  " 
  make 
  rules 
  

   for 
  the 
  prevention 
  of 
  forest 
  fires 
  and 
  cause 
  the 
  same 
  to 
  be 
  posted 
  

   in 
  all 
  proper 
  places 
  throughout 
  the 
  State." 
  \ 
  The 
  experience 
  in 
  

   this 
  State 
  under 
  the 
  old 
  fire 
  warden 
  system 
  will 
  be 
  equally 
  applica- 
  

   ble 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  supervisors. 
  The 
  old 
  town 
  warden 
  

   system 
  was 
  never 
  effective 
  until 
  a 
  Chief 
  Fire 
  Warden 
  was 
  ap- 
  

   pointed, 
  whose 
  duty 
  it 
  was 
  to 
  visit 
  these 
  local 
  wardens, 
  instruct 
  

   them 
  in 
  their 
  duties, 
  also 
  ascertain 
  if 
  they 
  were 
  rendering 
  efficient 
  

   service, 
  and 
  securing 
  proper 
  fire 
  protection. 
  The 
  large 
  areas 
  of 
  

  

  ♦Section 
  5, 
  chap. 
  24, 
  Laws 
  of 
  1909. 
  

   t 
  Section 
  40, 
  chap. 
  24, 
  Laws 
  of 
  1909. 
  

  

  