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

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

 rate of one and fifty one-hundredths ($1.50) dollars per day, and said 

 expense shall also be paid, two-thirds by the county 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 correct, which account shall be approved by 

 the board of township supervisors, and shall be audited by the county 

 commissioners, when satisfied of the justice of the claim and left on 

 file with the county auditor; in case of unorganized townships, the 

 board of county commissioners alone shall approve and audit such ac- 

 counts. The county auditor shall thereupon issue to each claimant 

 his warrant upon the county treasurer for the entire sum to which such 

 claimant is entitled, and the treasurer shall pay the same. Such county 

 auditor shall transmit the original oath and copy of the warrant to the 

 state audilor, who shall audit such claim, and one -third thereof thall be 

 paid out of the state treasury from the general revenue fund by war- 

 rant issued by the state auditor upon the state treasurer in favor of the 

 county thereof paying the same, and forward the same to the auditor 

 of said county. Provided, that no firewarden shall be paid, in any 

 one year, for more than ten (10) days' service in extinguishment and 

 preventing forest or prairie fires, nor for more than five (5) days' service 

 in each year in posting notices and making the reports required by this 

 act; nor, in the aggregate, for more than fifteen (15) days' service, of 

 whatever character, in any one year; nor shall any one person, 

 employed by firewardens to assist in extinguishing or preventing 

 forest or prairie fires be paid for more than five (5) days of such ser- 

 vice in any one year. No county shall expend more than five hundred 

 ($500) dollars of public money in any one year under this act. 



§ 9. Any person who willfully, negligently or carelessly sets on fire, 

 or causes to be set on fire, any woods, prairies or other combustible 

 material, whether or not on his own lands, by means whereof the prop- 

 erty of another is injured or endangered, or any person who willfully, 

 negligently or carelessly suffers any fire set by himself to damage the 

 property of another, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished 

 by a fine not exceeding one hundred ($100) dollars, or by imprisonment 

 in the county jail not exceeding three months. Any person who 

 maliciously sets on fire, or causes to be set on fire, any woods, prairies 

 or other combustible material whereby the property of another is 

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