The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-23
DUTIES OF rrRE wARDEEs.
constables are Required BY Law to haks
ensrtsrly Returns Of Forest Fires
to the Court


AT the request of valued subscriber,
who is interested in the protection Of the
forests of this county, We herewith pub
Issh sections Of the Act Of Assembly rela-
tive to the duties Of eonstables, who are
ex ogEcso fire wsrdens:
SEC. Z. On and after the 6rst day Of
January, A. d. 1898, the constsbles Of the
various townships Of the commonwealth
shall be er o5ieio FIRE wsrdens, whose
duty it shall be, when Ere is discovered
in the forest w.tnin their respective
townships. Immediately to take such
measures as are necessary for its ex'inc-
tiot, and 10 this end to Rave authority 70
call npon any person 1r persons within
their respective townships for assistaneei 5
the said fire wsrdens 10 receive fifteen
fI5) cents per hour. and person 50
assisting twelve tl2) censs per hour, as
compensation for their services; the ex-
pense thereof shall be paid, one-hslf out
Of the treasury Of the respective county,
and the remaining half Of said expense
shall be paid by the state treasurer into
the treasury of said county, out Of monies
not otherwise appropriated, upou q warrant
from the auditor general, but no such
warrant shall be drawn until the respec-
tive county commissioners shall have
first furnished, nder oath or affirmation
10 the auditor general, a written itemized
statement Of such expense, and until the
same is approved by the auditor general (:
Prouided, That no county shall be liable
to pay for this purpose, in any one year,
an amount exceeding five hundred dol
lars
SEC. 6. Any person who being called
upon by the ire warden Of his township
to furnish assistance in extinguishiDg
forest fires, as provided in Section Z,
shall, without reasonable cause, refuse to
render such assistance, upon conviction
thereof shall pay a fine not exceeding ten
dollars, or undergo imprisonment not
exceeding thirty days, or bosh, at the dis
cretion OF the court.
SEC. g. The FIRE wardens Of each town.
ship throughout the commonwealth shall,
in the first week of each term Of the
court Of quarter sessions of their respec-
tive counties, make returns to said court,
under oath or affirmation, of all viola
tions occurring within their respective
townships, which may come or be
brought to their notice, of any Of the pro-
visions of the law now enacted, or here
after to be enacted, for the purpose Of
protecting forests from fires, and it shall
be the special duty of the judge Of said
court TO see these returns faithfully made;
and on failure Of any fire warden to COM
ply with this provision. or if it be found
upon examination or inquiry by said
court that any fire warden has either
wiIlfully or negligently omitted 10 report
all such violations occurring within his
township, or having failed 10 perform his
duty as set forth IN Section ] of this act,
such fire warden or constable shall be
deemed guilty of willfully OF negligently
making false return, or neglect Of duty,
and the court shall suspend him from
Office aud direct the district attorney to
indict and try him, and If found guilty,
be shall be fined in a sum not exceeding
fifty dollars, and undergo an imprison-
men not exceeding three months, both
or either, at the discretion of the court.