76 FOREST PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION 
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SUMMARY OF FIRES OUTSIDE OF MAINE FORESTRY DISTRICT. 
County. Acreage. Damage. 
Aroostook....................00-. 63 $20.00 
Androscoggin. ................005. . 8 * 
Cumberland...................... 167 355.00 
Franklin. ........0..0.0....0..00.. 2 
Hancock.....................0... 300.00 
a 20Q 300.00 
Sagadahoc.....................0.. 10 
Somerset................00.00 005. 75 1,300.00 
Washington...................... 15 200.00 
York... 0.00.00... 000. 00..020004. 2614 150.00 
oo 66814 | $2,625.00 
* Not mentioned. 
Causes of Fires: Unknown, 3; Campers, 4; Lumbering, 6, Railroads, 2, Burning brush, 1, Total, 18, 
FOREST FIRE LAWS OUTSIDE THE MAINE FORESTRY DISTRICT 
CHAPTER 8, REVISED STATUTES 
Section 29. The selectmen of towns shall be forest fire wardens therein, 
and the services of such selectmen acting as said fire wardens shall be paid 
for at the same rate as is paid for their other official services. Whenever a 
fire is discovered, fire wardens shall take such measures as may be necessary 
for its contro) and extinguishment. For this purpose they may cali upon any 
persons in the town for assistance, and such persons shall receive such com- 
pensation, not exceeding twenty cents per hour, as said selectmen may deter- 
mine, the same to be paid by the town; provided that no town shall be holden 
to pay for extinguishing forest fires in any year an amount greater than two 
per cent. upon its valuation for purposes of taxation. If any person so or- 
dered to assist and not excused from said service by said forest fire wardens 
on account of sickness; disability, or some important business or engagement 
shall neglect to comply with any such order he shall forfeit the sum of ten 
dollars, to be recovered in action of debt in the name and to the use of the 
town, by the treasurer thereof. If any person shall suffer damage from fire 
in consequence of the negligence or neglect of the selectmen of any town to 
perform the duties required by this section such person shall have an action 
on the case to recover from the town where the fire occurs to the amount of 
his damages so sustained not to exceed two per cent. of the valuation of said 
town. This section shall also apply to cities. The chief engineers of the fire 
departments of cities shall be forest fire wardens and shall have the same 
powers and duties in carrying out the provisions hereof as selectmen of towns. 
Section 36. Selectmen shall erect in a conspicuous place at the side of 
every highway as they may deem proper, and at suitable distances alongside 
the rivers and lakes of the State frequented by camping parties, tourists, 
hunters and fishermen, in their respective towns, notices in large letters to be 
furnished by the forest commissioner substantially in the following form: 
“Camp fires must be totally extinguished before breaking camp, under pen- 
alty of not to exceed one month’s imprisonment or one hundred dollars fine, 
or both as provided by law. , Forest Commissioner.” The 
forest commissioner shall furnish owners of woodlands situated within this 
State when called upon so to do, notices of similar tenor to be posted at the 
expense of said owners upon their respective lands. 
