Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1903-05-01
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of this state to the prevention and sup
preston OF forest and prairie nres as
hereinafter provided: the supep rvssidsn % %
Of village councils are hereby constituted
fire wardens Of their respective towns,
cities and villages in the state ana me
wardens such other persons as he may
| deem necessary living in or near to. UNI
organized territory in this state. whose
districts, to be Known as fire districts.
Sec. 2. The aforesaid forest commits
sioner shall appoint a competent deputy
to be known us chief fire warden, who,
from personal experience. is familiar
methods by which fires may be controlled.
Said chief fire warden shall receive a sal
airy Of twelve hundred ($1,20O) dollars
Fer year, to be paid out of the amount
and shall hold his office during the pleas
ure of the forest commissioner He shall
represent the authority Of the forest COM
missioner and it shall be his duty to en-
force the provisions Of this act through
out the state.
general charge of the fire warden force
may be available at any special
point to suppress fires: In case the
fire warden force Of any locality
inadequate to prevent or suppress forest
or prairie fires, he may appoint. tenn
porarily, needed fire wardens, whose du-
ties and authority shall be the same as
herein given to town supervisors acting
as fire wardens. He shall properly divide
into fire districts all u~norganized terri
tory in this state and appoint competent
fire wardens therein; he shall cooperate
with any police or military force OF the
United States government which may be
detailed to guard the national domain
from fire; he shall investigate the extent
OF the forests in the state, together Wild
the amounts and varieties OF the wood
and timber growing therein, the damages
done to them from time to time by forest
fires and the causes Of such fires, the
method used. if any, to promote the re-
growth Of timber, and any other impor-
tant facts relating to forest interests,
which may be required by the forest
commissioner The information so gath
cred. with his suggestions relative there
to. shall be included In a report to he
made by him annually to the forest COM
missioner.
Sec. 4. The forest commissions shall
provide and officially sign an abstract
of the penal laws of this act, with such
rules and regulations in accordance there
with as he may deem necessary, and on
or before the first day Of April of each
year he shall forward as many copies as
he considers needful to the chairman OF
each town board Of supervisors and pres
idents Of villages. to the forest fire war
dens that he has appointed, and to all
railroad companies and to the chairman
of each board Of county commissioners
in this state. and it shall be the duty OF
said fire warden to post up such abstract
as warning placards In conspicuous places
in their respective districts, and 1t shall
be the duty of the county commissioners
of each county to cause the said ao-
stract to be published in at least three
issues of the official paper in their respec-
tive counties during the
season Of each year, which shall be reck-
oOed from tho 18th day of ADril to the ISL
of November.
Sec. 5. During a dry and dangerous
season, when forest and prairie fires are
prevailing or are liable to break out,
the chief fire warden shall use such means
under his command as he may deem nee
essary to prevent or suppress such 11res.
and his expenses shall be paid by the
state, which expenditures In one year
to be paid for out Of the general reve-
nue. fund, upon the order of the forest
commissioner.
Sec. 6. It shall be the duty Of each fire
warden to take precautions to prevent
the setting of forest or prairie fires, to
patrol his district in a dry season, or un-
der the direction Of the chief fire warden,
to employ one or more patrols, to warn
against careless use Of fire any person
he thinks is likely to be negligent therein.
and when his district Is suffering or
threatened with fire, to go to the place
Of danger to control such fires, and each
forest, fire warden shall have authority
to call to his assistance in emergencies
any able-bodied male person over eight
cen years of age. and If u person re-
fuses. without reasonable justification or
excuse to assist, or If any fire warden
refuses or neglects to perform the du-
ties assigned him in this act, such off,
GER or person shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor, and shall. upon oonvic-
ton thereof. be punished by szoo a fine Of
or Imprisonment in the county Jail not to
exceed three 60 months.
Sec. 7. The chief fire warden and the
several fire wardens created or appointed
under this act shall have authority to en-
force the provisions of this act. and it
shall be their duty to cooperate with the
fire warden Of any adjoining district. n
rect the work Of control and extinguish-
ment Of forest or prairie fires in such
district, and to arrest, without warrant,
every person found violating any pr4viso
the offender before a magistrate n
make complaint against such person.
Any fire warden who knows or has in
which he believes can be established, and
which if so proven woul show beyond
reasonable doubt that any, person has
peace and make complaint thereof. The
chairman Of boards of township super
visors, presidents of villages and fire
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den shall without delay inquire into the
cause Of each forest or prairie fire with
in their districts, and shall Immediately
and the methods used to control or ext1n-
eufsh such fires and the amount n
value Of property destroyed and the num-
Der Of lives lost, If any, ana report sucn
other facts in regard to said fires as said
chief fire warden may require. During
the more dangerous season OF the year
the chief fire. warden may require ire
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ship boards, or in u~norganized W
from fire wardens appointed by the said
chief fire warden as to condition or lot
est and prairie fires and as to what IS
being done to prevent and control the
same. Fire wardens shall promptly COM
ply with the Instructions Of the chief 1re
warden. Where local authorltles neglece
to duly prosecute violations Of this act;
the chief fire warden shall be authorized
to ferret out and prosecute such VIOLA
tons, and his expenses le th e6e1 FL, no T. eX X
any one year, shall be paid out OF the
general revenue on approval OF the state
auditor and attorney general.
Sec. 8. Each fire warden Snal rece!Vo
for his actual services rendered under
this act two S2 dollars per day, togeth-
err with payment for use Of team when re-
auired in k a pE 5aad IL 70 us GTnfre shs or
be paid by the county where such ser
vice is performed, and two-thirds by
the state; and any employe tha gags 60 IN IN
one and fifty o~ne-hundredths $1.5C9 dol
lars ner day. and said expense shall also
be- paid. onHe-third By the county where
such Service is rendered, and two-thirds
by the state, as hereinafter provided, put
ant no p under this act until he shall have pre-
sented an itemized account and MADE
oath or affirmation before any oticer
aanV Are warden or town clerk, who are
hereby authorized to administer such
oaths, that said account is just and cor
ia hoard of township supervisors, and
shall be audited by the county. commits,
sioners, when satisfied of the Justice OF
county auditor; in case of ,unor.,