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trespass shall be brought by any owner of land for entry made upon 

 his premises by persoDS going to assist in extinguishing a forest fire, 

 although such fire may not be upon his laud. The compensation for 

 services of persons who may assist in extinguishing forest fires shall be 

 a town charge, and shall not exceed the sum of two dollars per day for 

 each person employed; but all bills for such services must be approved 

 by the firewarden of the town in which the fire occurred before pay- 

 ment shall be made. 



§ 109. Supervisors to be town protectors of lands. The supervisor of 

 every town in the state not within or a part of the forest preserve, 

 in which wild or forest la ids belonging to the state are located, 

 shall be, by virtue of his office, the protector of such lands, sub- 

 ject to the instructions he may receive from the forest commis ion. He 

 shall report to the district attorney for prosecution any acts of spoliation 

 or injury that may be done, and such district attorney shall institute 

 proceedings for the prevention of further trespass and for the recovery 

 of all damages commit ed, with costs of prosecution. The supervisors 

 shall report their proceedings therein to the forest commission. In 

 towns where the forest commission deem it necessary, they may t-erve 

 a notice upon the supervisor, requiring him to appoint one or more 

 forest guards; and if more than one in a town, the district of each shall 

 be properly defined. The guards so appointed sha 1 have such powers, 

 perform such duties, and receive such pay as the forest commission may 

 determine. 



§110. Supervisors ex-officio firewardens. — Every supervisor of a 

 town in this state, in which there are no wild or forest lands of the 

 forest preserve, and in which no firewarden is appointed by the forest 

 commission, shall be ex-officio firewarden therein; but the supervisor 

 may divide towns particularly exposed to damages from forest fires 

 into two or more districts, bounded as far as may be by roads, streams 

 of water, or dividing ridges of land or lot lines, and appoint in writing 

 one resident citizen in each district as district firewarden therein. A 

 description of these districts, and the names of the district firewardens 

 thus appointed, shall be recorded in the office of the town olerk. The 

 supervisor may also cause a mip of the fire districts of his town to be 

 posted in some public place with the names of the district firewardens 

 appointed. The cost of such map, not exceeding five dollars, shall be 

 a town charge, and the services of the firewarden shall also be deemed 

 a town charge, and shall not exceed the sum of two dollars per day for 



