STATE AT LARGE 
FOREST LAWS APPLICABLE TO THE STATE AT LARGE 
CHAPTER &. Revised Statutes. 
Section 28. The land agent shall be forest commissioner of the State. He 
shall make a collection and classification of statistics relating to the forests 
and connected interest of the State, and institute an inquiry into the extent to 
which the forests of the State are being destroyed by fires and by wasteful cut- 
ting, and ascertain so far as he can as to the diminution of the wooded surface 
of the land upon the watersheds of the lakes, rivers and water powers of the 
State and the effect of such diminution upon the water powers and on the 
natural conditions of the climate. The information so gathered by him, to- 
gether with his suggestions relative thereto shall be included in the report 
to be made by him biennially to the governor on or before the first day of 
December. The chief clerk to the land agent shall be deputy forest commis- 
sioner. He shall hold office during the pleasure of the forest commissioner 
and perform such duties as the latter may prescribe. 
Section 34. Fish and game wardens are hereby made State fire wardens; 
they shall, while in and about the woods, caution all sportsmen of the danger 
from fires in the woods, and extinguish all fires left burning by any one, if 
within their power; and shall give notice to any and all parties interested 
when possible, of fires raging and beyond their control, to the end that the 
same may be controlled and extinguished. 
Section 35. Whoever by himself, or by his servant, agent or guide, or as 
the servant, agent or guide of any other persori, shall build a camp, cooking 
or other fire, or use an abandoned camp, cooking or other fire in or adjacent 
to any woods in this State shall, before leaving such fire, totally extinguish 
the same, and upon failure to do so, such person shall be punished by a fine 
of fifty dollars, provided that such fires built upon the sea beach in such situa- 
tion that they cannot spread into forest land, woodland, or culivated lands 
or meadows, shall not be construed as prohibited by this section. One-half 
of any fine imposed and collected under this section shall be paid to the 
complainant. _ 
Section 37. All persons engaged in hunting game on any of the wood- 
lands within any town or unincorporated place in this State, shall use non-com- 
bustible wads in the loading of firearms used by them. 
Section 38. Whenever, during an open season for the hunting of any kind 
of game or game birds in this State, it shall appear to the governor that, by 
reason of drought, the possession of firearms in the forest is liable to cause 
forest fires, he may, by proclamation, suspend the open season and make it a 
close season for such time as he may designate. 
Section 39. During the time which shall by such proclamation be made a 
close season, all provisions of law covering and relating to the close season 
shall be in force, and a person violating a provision of the same shall be sub- 
ject to the penalty therein prescribed. Whoever enters upon the wild lands 
