64 FOREST PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION 
twenty cents for each hour of service so rendered by him and be provided by 
subsistence during such period. Deputy forest fire wardens shall perform 
such duties, at such times and under such rules and regulations, as the com- 
missioner, or the chief fire warden of the district, with the approval of the 
commissioner, may prescribe and they shall receive as compensation two 
dollars and actual necessary expenses for each and every day of actual service. 
Section 70. Whenever a fire occurs on, or is likely to do damage to forest 
lands within the district of any chief forest fire warden, he shall take imme- 
diate action to control and extinguish the same. If such fire occurs upon or 
is likely to do damage to forest lands within the territory of a deputy forest 
fire warden and the chief fire warden of the district is not present, the deputy 
forest fire warden having jurisdiction of the territory shall forthwith proceed 
to control and extinguish the same, and he shall meanwhile, with all consistent 
dispatch, cause the said chief fire warden of the district to be notified of the 
occurrence of such fire. Until the arrival of the chief warden at the place of 
fire, the deputy warden shall be in charge of the control and extinguishment 
of the same. For the purpose of controlling and extinguishing fires, chief 
forest fire wardens, and deputy forest fire wardens, when in charge of the 
control and extinguishment of forest fires or when so directed by the chief 
warden, may summon to their assistance any person found within the State 
and each person so summoned and assisting shall be paid twenty cents for each 
hour of service rendered by him and be provided with subsistence during such 
service. Immediately after the extinguishment of a fire, the deputy forest fire 
warden who for any time may have been in charge of the same, shall make 
return to the chief warden of the district of the expense thereof during the 
period of his being in charge, including the names of the persons so summoned 
and assisting, with their postoffice addresses and the hours of labor actually 
performed by each under his direction. The return shall be made upon oath 
and the chief warden is hereby authorized and empowered to administer such 
oath. Upon receipt of such return, the chief fire warden shall carefully exam- 
ine and audit the same and he may direct the deputy to amend and correct 
any return found to be incomplete, incorrect, or insufficient in form. If upon 
examination and auditing of said return, and investigation of the subject 
matter thereof, the chief fire warden believes said return to be just and cor- 
rect, he shall endorse his written approval thereon and forward the same so 
approved to the forest commissioner. The chief fire warden of every district 
burned by a forest fire shall, upon the extinguishment of such fire, promptly 
forward an exact and detailed statement of the expense, if any, which he 
may have incurred in connection with the extinguishment of such fire, to the 
forest commissioner, who may confirm, reject or recommit either or both the 
approved return of said deputy or the detailed statement of the chief fire 
warden if justice so requires. 
Section 71. All expenses incurred under the provisions of sections 60 to 73, 
both inclusive, shall be paid from the funds raised and created under the 
provision of section 61. 
Section 72. For the purpose of the better carrying out the provisions of 
this act it is hereby provided that the chief clerk of the land agent shall be a 
deputy forest commissioner. The said deputy forest commissioner shall hold 
office during the pleasure of the forest commissioner and perform such duties 
as the latter may prescribe. For such services the deputy forest commissioner 
