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liable to civil action for trespass committed in the discharge of 

 his duties. Any fire warden who has information which would 

 show with reasonable certainty that any person had violated 

 any provision of such forest laws, shall immediately take action 

 against the offender, either by using his own powers as a peace 

 officer or by making complaint before the proper magistrate, 

 or by information to the proper district attorney, and shall obtain 

 all possible evidence pertaining thereto. Failure on the part of 

 any paid fire warden to comply with the duties prescribed by 

 this act shall be a misdemeanor, and punishable by a fine of 

 not less than twenty dollars, nor more than two hundred and 

 fifty dollars, or imprisonment for not less than ten days nor 

 more than three months, or both such fine and imprisonment, 

 and the state forester is hereby authorized to investigate and 

 prosecute such violations. 



Sec. id. Assistance of citizens in fighting fires. — All fire 

 wardens shall have authority to call upon able-bodied citizens 

 between the ages of sixteen and fifty years, for assistance in 

 putting out fires, and any such person who refuses to obey such 

 summons, unless prevented by good and sufficient reasons, is 

 guilty of a misdemeanor, and must be fined in a sum not less 

 than fifteen dollars, nor more than fifty dollars, or imprisonment 

 in the county jail of the county in which such conviction shall 

 be had, not less than ten days, nor more than thirty days, or both 

 such fine and imprisonment; provided that no citizen shall be 

 called upon to fight fire a total of more than five days in any one 

 year. 



Sec. II. Fire patrol. — In times and localities of particular 

 fire danger the state forester may maintain a fire patrol through 

 the fire wardens, at such places in brush or forest land as the 

 public interest may require, the expense of such patrol to be paid 

 by the county in which such patrol is maintained; and, further- 

 more, he may, upon written request by counties, corporations or 

 individuals, maintain a fire patrol on their forest lands, provided, 

 that the expense of said patrol be paid by the party or parties 

 requesting same. 



Sec. 12. District attorneys to prosecute vigorously. — 

 Whenever an arrest shall have been made for violation of any 

 provision of this act, or whenever any information of such 

 violation shall have been lodged with him, the district attorney 

 of the county in which the criminal act was committed must 

 prosecute the cfiPender or offenders with all diligence and energy. 

 If any district attorney shall fail to comply with the provisions 

 of this section he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 



