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§ 5. During a dry and dangerous season, when forest and prairie 

 fires are prevailing or are liable to break out, the chief firewarden 

 shall use such 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 revenue fund, upon the order 

 of the forest commissioner. 



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

 prevent the setting of forest or prairie 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 forest firewarden 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 firewarden refuses or neglects 

 to perform 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 ($100) 

 dollars or imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed three (3) 

 months. 



§ 7. The chief firewarden and the several firewardens created by 

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

 it shall be their duty to co operate with the firewarden of any adjoin- 

 ing district, and in the absence of such firewardens to direct the work 

 of control and extinguishment of forest or prairie 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 

 magistrate and make complaint against such person . The chairman 

 of boards of township supervisors, presidents of villages and firewar- 

 dens appointed by the chief firewarden shall inquire into the cause of 

 each forest or prairie fire within their districts, and shall report the 

 same to the chief firewarden 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 firewarden may require. During the more 

 dangerous season of the year the chief firewarden may require 

 frequent reports from the chairman of township boards, or in unorgan- 

 ized towns from firewardens appointed by the said chief firewarden 

 as to condition of forest and prairie fires and as to what is being done 

 to control the same . 



§ 8. Each firewarden shall receive for his actual services rendered 

 under this act two ($2) dollars per day, two-thirds of which shall be 



