STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 
 
 FOREST LAWS 
 
 AND 
 
 ORGANIZATION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 FORESTRY DEPARTMENT 
 
 Concord, 
 
 July, 1911. 
 
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE U^^M- 
 
 FOREST LAWS 
 
 AND 
 
 ORGANIZATION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 FORESTRY DEPARTMENT 
 
 Concord, 
 July, 1911. 
 

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 MAY 20 ^^^^ 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 This bulletin is to give instructions to the New Hampshire 
 forest fire wardens, patrolmen, mountain lookout watchmen 
 and other employees of the forestry department, and to 
 familiarize the citizens of the state with the forest fire laws, 
 the organization and work of the department and the assist- 
 ance provided by law for the planting, protection and care 
 of forests. 
 
 Especial attention is called to the laws of 1911 which 
 extend the scope of the department in providing more fully 
 for educational and protective work, reforestation and the 
 acquisition and care of state land. The system of town 
 forest fire wardens, established in 1909, has been strengthened 
 by the addition of four district chiefs to supervise the fire 
 protective work. Thirteen mountain lookout stations built 
 by timberland owners and others have been taken over and 
 maintained by the state. A law has been passed providing 
 for the acquisition of the Crawford Notch as a state forest 
 reserve. Co-operation has been actively carried on with 
 the New Hampshire Timberland Owners' Association and 
 the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. 
 This year the Federal Government aided the state by provid- 
 ing $7,200 for the payment of forest patrolmen. A state 
 nursery has been established near Concord and over 300,000 
 small trees have been sold to land owners within the state. 
 
 Copies of this bulletin may be had upon application to 
 the state forester, the district chiefs or the forest fire wardens. 
 
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ORGANIZiVTION. 
 
 Forestry Coinmissioyi. 
 
 W. R. Brown, President, Berlin. 
 
 Jason E. Tolles, Treasurer, Nashua. 
 
 George B. Leighton, Secretary, Dublin. 
 
 State Forester. 
 E. C, Hirst, Concord. 
 
 Co-operators in Fire Protective Work. 
 
 United States Forest Service, Washington D. C. 
 
 J. G. Peters, Chief of State Co-operation. 
 
 New Hampshire Timberland Owners' Association, 
 F. H. BiLLARD, Secretary and Forester, Berlin. 
 
 District Chiefs and Areas of Districts. 
 
 It is the duty of the district chiefs to supervise the work 
 of fire protection in their respective districts. They visit 
 the different towns from time to time and help forest fire 
 wardens and deputies in building up and maintaining an 
 effective fire fighting organization. They receive reports of 
 all fires that occur in the district and wardens call on them 
 to send extra help when necessary. They have ^charge of 
 the establishment and maintenance of mountain lookout 
 stations and receive weekly reports from the watchmen. 
 They supervise the federal patrol and state patrol service 
 in their respective districts and assist in looking after the 
 patrolmen hired by the New Hampshire Timberland Owners' 
 Association. The district chiefs render to the state forester 
 daily, weekly and monthly reports of their work which are 
 here printed. 
 
 North District. 
 
 F. M. Hancock, District Chief, Milan. 
 
 The north district includes all of Coos County except the 
 towns of Dalton, Whitefield and Carroll, the unincorporated 
 places known as Crawford's Purchase, Bean Grant, Cutt's 
 
Grant, Sargent Purchase, Thompson and Meserve Purchase, 
 Pinkliam Grant, Green Grant, Martin Location and Bean 
 Purchase. 
 
 East District. 
 
 Wm. Wyman, District Chief, Intervale. 
 
 The east district includes all of Carroll County, the town 
 of Livermore in Grafton County and the unincorporated 
 places in Coos County, known as Crawford's Purchase, 
 Bean Grant, Cutt's Grant, Sargent Purchase, Thompson 
 and Meserve Purchase, Pinkliam Grant, Green Grant, 
 Martin Location and Bean Purchase. 
 
 South District. 
 
 J. J. McNuLTY, District Chief, Concord. 
 
 The south district includes all of Belknap, Cheshire, Hills- 
 boro, Merrimack, Rockingham, Strafford and Sullivan Coun- 
 ties and the towns of Alexandria, Bristol, Canaan, Enfield, 
 Grafton, Hanover, Lebanon and Orange in Grafton County. 
 
 West District. 
 E. M. Clark, District Chief, Pike. 
 
 The west district includes Crawford's Purchase and the 
 towns of Dalton, "NMiitefield and Carroll in Coos County and 
 all of Grafton County except the towns of Alexandria, Bristol, 
 Canaan, Enfield, Grafton, Hanover, Lebanon and Orange. 
 
 DISTRICT CHIEFS DAILY REPORT CARD. 
 
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 THE FOREST FIRE WARDEN SERVICE. 
 
 Appointment of Wardens. 
 
 The law provides that there shall be a forest fire warden 
 in every town and city in the state and as many deputy 
 forest fire wardens as may be necessary. The wardens and 
 (d-eputies are appointed by the state forester upon the recom- 
 mendation of the selectmen of towns, the mayors of cities 
 ^nd other citizens interested in forest protection. 
 
 Organization of Forces. 
 
 It is the duty of the forest fire warden and deputies to 
 extinguish all forest and brush fires which occur in the town 
 and they have the right to call out such assistance as may 
 be necessary in so doing. (Sect. 7, page 44.) 
 
 The forest fire warden should, as soon as possible after his 
 :appointment, begin to build up an effective fire organization. 
 If the town is small he will not need deputy wardens ap- 
 pointed, but in most towns it will be better to have one or 
 more deputies located in different parts of the town so that 
 quicker action may be had in case of fire. The forest fire 
 warden and deputies should make arrangements with respon- 
 sible persons throughout the town to notify them immediately 
 when a fire is discovered and should have plans worked out 
 in advance as to where assistance maj' be obtained quickly 
 in case a fire starts in any given place. In towns that are 
 overlooked by mountain lookout stations the watchmen 
 will be furnished by the state forester with information as 
 to how the forest fire warden and deputies may be reached 
 by telephone. In towns not overlooked by mountain look- 
 out stations the warden and deputies can often find persons 
 living on high ground who have telephones and overlook 
 considerable areas of woodland. Such persons should be 
 visited, the law explained to them and their co-operation 
 sought in giving notice quickly if a fire is discovered. The 
 work of the wardens and deputies will be much more effec- 
 tive if the towns provide them with proper apparatus and 
 tools located at points where they will be accessible in case 
 of fire in different sections of the town. 
 
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 The district chief can be of great assistance to the forest 
 fire warden in building up an effective forest fire organiza- 
 tion, and it is his duty to visit the different towns in his 
 district for this purpose. 
 
 Summoning Assistance. 
 
 As soon as a forest fire warden discovers or is notified of a 
 forest or brush fire, he should call out such assistance as he 
 deems necessary and start for the fire. A person who refuses 
 to respond when summoned may be fined not exceeding 
 $10. ^^Tien a deputy forest fire warden learns of a fire he 
 should call out such assistance as he deems necessary and 
 immediately notify the forest fire warden of the town or 
 make arrangements to have him notified. The deputy 
 should then start for the fire and take charge of it until the 
 forest fire warden arrives. If the fire proves to be a very 
 severe one and the forest fire warden or deputy in charge 
 finds he is unable to control it with the force at hand he 
 should either leave a responsible man in charge of the fire 
 with instructions as to what to do and then proceed to the 
 nearest place where more help may be obtained, or he should 
 stay in charge of the fire himself and send some one for more 
 help. The wardens are provided with badges which should 
 be worn when they are on duty. 
 
 ^^^len any fire occurs which is likely to prove particularly 
 serious the forest fire warden should arrange to have a 
 telegram or telephone message sent immediately both to 
 the state forester and the district chief, who will keep in 
 touch with the situation and be ready to send more help if 
 it becomes necessary. If the forest fire warden desires help 
 sent from some other town his telephone message or telegram 
 should so state. 
 
 Fighting Fire. 
 
 It does not seem advisable in a book of this kind to give a 
 detailed description of methods of fighting forest and brush 
 fires. Different methods will be found suited to different 
 conditions and the warden must use his judgment as to the 
 best method to use in a given set of conditions. 
 
 It is essential, however, that the warden in charge should 
 keep his crew under control at all times. A definite plan 
 of action should be followed out and the crews should be or- 
 ganized for the different kinds of work. The warden should 
 
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 also remember that good treatment will make a more eflPective 
 crew and he should arrange to have a good supply of food 
 and water brought to the men. 
 
 In the mountain region, where a large accumulation of 
 duff makes ground fires particularly hard to extinguish, the 
 digging of trenches with a strong shovel or very heavy hoe 
 has been found effective. On sandy land or loose soil long- 
 handled shovels may be used to throw dirt on the fire as 
 it approaches. Where the growth is scattered and grass 
 land intervenes over which a fire will run, three or five gallon 
 chemical extinguishers may be used to good advantage. If 
 chemical extinguishers are not available a surface fire may 
 often be fought effectively by beating it out with a wet 
 broom, mop or with green boughs. 
 
 When a fire is driven by a strong wind and advances rapidly 
 through the tops of the trees, and when other means of fight- 
 ing are difficult, back firing often becomes necessary. A 
 great many wardens are becoming skilful in the use of the 
 back fire, but it should not be used unless a stream, road, 
 ridge crest, or other natural fire barrier can be used, or 
 unless a fire line can be made quickly enough and well enough 
 to be of good service; and not even under these conditions 
 unless a sufficient force of men is available to hold the back 
 fire. When a back fire has been started the men should be 
 kept continually patrolling it to keep the fire from jumping 
 across. For the purpose of holding a back fire small chemical 
 ■extinguishers are very effective. If these are not available 
 •good work can be done with wet brooms, mops, shovels or 
 with green boughs. 
 
 Fire fighting is much more effective in the morning and 
 evening and during the night than in the middle of the day. 
 If a fire is not put out by evening, a crew should be kept at 
 work and arrangements made to have food and water brought 
 to them. It may be necessary to bring in blankets and work 
 the crews in shifts. The warden in charge should be con- 
 stantly watchful for changes in the wind. Sometimes a 
 sudden shift in the wind will put a crew of fire fighters in 
 great danger. On the other hand, a change in the wind may 
 often be taken advantage of and a fire quickly brought under 
 control. 
 
 It sometimes happens that a crew will get a fire under 
 control and then leave it, thinking it will go out. A great 
 deal of damage has been done by such fires springing up again. 
 Forest fire wardens and deputies should be careful to leave a 
 suflicient guard on the ground until the danger is past. 
 
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 Reporting Fires. 
 
 After each fire a report should be made out by the forest 
 fire wardens or by the deputy forest fire warden, in case the 
 deputy warden was in charge of the fire, on the blank forms 
 provided for that purpose. This report should be carefully 
 filled out, giving as complete a statement as possible on each 
 subject mentioned, and should be mailed to the district chief 
 of the district in which the fire occurred as soon as possible 
 after the fire is out. 
 
 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
 
 Forest Fire Report by Towx Warden or Deputy, 
 
 To he sent to the District Chief immediately after afire. 
 
 report one fire only on each sheet. 
 
 Number of acres 
 burned over 
 
 Name of Tovm. Warden in charge Hours . . . 
 
 Fire started, day and hour Fire extinguished, day and hour. . 
 
 Merchantable timber land 
 
 Second growth, not yet merchantable 
 
 Land cut over within past 3 years 
 
 Agricultural land, grass land or fields 
 
 Total acres burned 
 
 Estimated damage to standing timber and sprouts $ 
 
 Buildings, fences, etc., burned Damage $ Insurance 
 
 Stacked timber burned feet. Value $ Insurance 
 
 Cut wood, pulp or logs burned cords. Value $ . . . . Insurance 
 
 Cause of fire 
 
 What evidence can be secured 
 
 What arrests made, if any . . 
 First alarm given by whom . 
 
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 What methods were used in putting the fire out?. 
 
 Number of men employed Hours each man worked . 
 
 What tools, teams, supplies, etc., were authorized?. 
 
 Remarks and recommendations: 
 
 Forest Fire Warden. 
 
 Date 19 P. O. Address 
 
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 Payment of Forest Fire Bills in Towns and Cities. 
 
 The legitimate expenses incurred in fighting forest and 
 brush fires are to be shared equally by the town or city and 
 by the state. The forest fire warden or deputy in charge 
 of a fire should keep a careful record of all men employed, 
 their time of service, and other expenses such as teams, tools 
 and provisions for men. Immediately after a fire he should 
 itemize the expenses on the blanks provided for that pur- 
 pose, "Form B," These should be made in duplicate. 
 
 If the forest fire warden had charge of the fire he should 
 then sign both copies of the bill in the proper place and send 
 them to the selectmen or the mayor. If a deputy forest 
 fire warden had charge of the fire he should sign both copies 
 in the space marked "Warden in charge" and send it to the 
 forest fire warden of the town, whose signature the bill must 
 bear before the town or state is authorized to pay any part 
 of it. 
 
 In some cases especially where the bills are small, the forest 
 fire wardens find it more convenient to pay the bill themselves 
 and then be reimbursed by the town. Generally, however, 
 they render an itemized statement to the selectmen or mayor 
 and a warrant is drawn for payment. It is very important 
 that men employed to fight forest fires should be paid 
 promptly. Boards of selectmen should arrange to pay these 
 bills as soon as possible after the work is done, as prompt 
 payment means more willing service in the future. 
 
 As soon as the bill has been paid by the town one copy 
 should be approved by the selectmen or the mayor, certified 
 by the town or city treasurer and mailed to the state forester, 
 Concord, N. H, The other copy may be kept for reference. 
 
 In Unincorporated Places. 
 
 Forest fixe wardens and deputy forest fire wardens in unin- 
 corporated places shall observe the same rules for making 
 out forest fire bills as those in towns and cities, except that 
 the bill, when correctly made out and signed, should be sent 
 immediately to the state forester. These bills are paid in 
 first instance by the state and one-half the amount is then 
 assessed against the unincorporated place in which the fire 
 occurred. 
 
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 [FormB.] state of new HAMPSHIRE. 
 
 Forest Fire Bill. 
 
 Account of Expenses Incurred by the Town of 
 
 The itemized account should be made out in duplicate by the Forest Fire 
 Warden immediately after each fire and presented to the selectmen. One 
 certified bill should be sent to the State Forester, Concord, N. H., as soon 
 as paid by the town. 
 
 Date of fire Location of fire 
 
 Name. 
 
 Service Rendered, i Hours. 
 
 Rate. Amount. 
 
 TOTAL EXPENSES 
 
 The above is a true account of services rendered. 
 
 Approved, 
 
 . .Warden in Charge. 
 .Forest Fire Warden. 
 
 Selectmen. 
 
 I hereby certify that $ , the amount of this bill, has been 
 
 paid by the town of 
 
 Toivn Treasurer. 
 
 Posting Fire Notices. 
 
 Cloth fire notices will be furnished to all forest fire wardens 
 and deputies, who should see that they are posted where they 
 will do the most good. Some of this work can often be done 
 without expense to the town by furnishing owners of wood- 
 land with notices to post on their own land. The wardens 
 should keep watch for notices that are destroyed and replace 
 them. 
 
 Besides the cloth notices, which are printed in English, 
 paper notices will be furnished printed in English, French, 
 Italian and Greek. The notices printed in foreign languages 
 should be used in sections of a town or city where a large 
 number of foreigners will read them and thereby understand 
 the law. The English paper notices may be used in post- 
 offices, railroad stations and other public places. 
 
 The cloth and paper fire notices may be obtained upon 
 application to the district chief. 
 
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 FOREST FIRE NOTICE. 
 
 BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE LAW. HELP TO PROTECT THE WOODLANDS. 
 
 Extracts from the New Hampshire Law. 
 
 It is unlawful to kindle a fire on the land of another without the permis- 
 sion of the owner or his agent. 
 
 It is unlawful, between April 1 and November 1, to kindle 
 a fire or burn brush in or near woodland without the permis- 
 sion of the forest fire warden. 
 
 Fires kindled by throwing down a lighted match, cigar, or 
 other burning substance are, by law, declared a violation of 
 the above sections. 
 
 Any person violating any of these provisions shall be fined 
 not more than $200, or imprisoned not more than 60 days, 
 or both. 
 
 The law makes it the dutv of every person who discovers a woods fire 
 not under control, to EXTINGUISH IT, OR REPORT IT IMMEDI- 
 ATELY to the forest fire warden. 
 
 Every person who shall set a fire that shall run upon the land of another 
 shall PAY TO THE OWNER ALL DAMAGE done by such fire. 
 
 Every person must respond to the warden's call for his assistance or the 
 use of his property. 
 
 For all information apply to the Forest Fire Warden or Deputy. 
 
 W. R. BROWN 
 JASON E. TOLLES 
 GEO. B. LEIGHTON 
 
 Forestry Commission. 
 E. C. HIRST, State Forester. 
 
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 Burning Brush. 
 
 Between April first and November first it is unlawful for 
 any one to burn brush in or near woodland without the per- 
 mission of the forest fire warden. Since about twenty per 
 cent, of our forest fires are caused by brush burning, some 
 check must be placed upon this very common practice. It 
 is therefore left to the discretion of the warden to determine 
 whether or not in any given case the burning of brush will 
 endanger property. In some places where the law is 
 not well understood it may be necessary for the warden to 
 ascertain where persons are intending to burn brush and 
 inform them about the provisions of the law. When people 
 understand the spirit of the law the warden will have little 
 trouble in getting them to ask permission before setting fires 
 for this purpose. 
 
 All persons who wish to burn brush between the above 
 dates should make application to the forest fire warden. If 
 in his judgment there will be little danger of the fire escaping 
 to do any damage he should issue the applicant a permit, 
 "Form H. 3," sending "Form H. 2," to the state forester and 
 retaining "Form H. 1," for his own reference. If the forest 
 fire warden deems it necessary he may go with the applicant 
 or appoint one of the deputy forest fire wardens or some other 
 reliable and experienced person to be present when the brush 
 is burned and see that the proper precautions are taken. 
 In case the forest fire warden or some one appointed by 
 him is present no written permit is necessary. If the warden 
 believes the conditions unsafe for burning brush he should 
 refuse to grant a permit and should tell the applicant to 
 wait until weather conditions are more favorable. Whether a 
 permit is granted or not the warden should explain fully 
 to the applicant the provisions of the law in regard to 
 burning brush. 
 
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 Examining Portable Steam Sawmills. 
 
 The owners or operators of portable steam sawmills are 
 required to use a spark arrester which is approved by the state 
 forester. (Sect. 1, page 51.) It is the forest fire warden's 
 duty to examine these mills, when requested to do so by the 
 state forester, to see that the regulations are complied with. 
 
 For this purpose a report blank "Form D" will be fur- 
 nished. The warden should visit the mill, inform the owner 
 or operator about the law, see that the blank is properly 
 filled out and returned to the state forester. 
 
 If the conditions as reported are satisfactory, the owner 
 or operator will be sent a permit to operate as long as the 
 stated conditions are fulfilled. 
 
 [formd.] description of spark arrester. 
 
 ■ — ^USED ON 
 
 PORTABLE STEAM SAWMILL. 
 
 1. Name of Town 
 
 2. Location of Mill 
 
 3. What kind of spark arrester is used 
 
 (Trade name or description and drawing.) 
 
 Jf. Where and how is it fastened. 
 
 5. What is the size of mesh 
 
 6. Does it interfere badly with the draft. 
 
 7. Does it prevent the escape of sparks large enough to hold fire for several 
 feet past the end of the stack 
 
 Signed 
 
 Owner or Operator. 
 .N.H. 
 
 August 19. .. 
 
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 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
 
 Office of Forestry Commission. 
 
 permit to operate portable steam sawmill. 
 
 As Provided for in Laws of 1911. 
 
 This is to certify that the spark arrester xised by 
 
 on portable steam saivmill located 
 
 and described by him on Forestry Commission Form D, is satisfactory if said 
 description is correct, 
 
 and is hereby approved for as long a time as said conditions, as reported by him, 
 are fulfilled or until further notice from the state forester. 
 
 Signed 
 
 State Forester. 
 Concord, N. H. 
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 Violations of Law. — Making Arrests. 
 
 A forest fire warden or a deputy forest fire warden is 
 authorized to arrest without a warrant (Sect. 4, page 44) 
 any person, except the landowner or his agent, who buildi 
 a fire in or near woodlands when warned not to do so by the 
 warden, or who refuses to extinguish a fire when so ordered 
 by the warden. 
 
 Any person taken in the act of violating any of the laws 
 for the protection of forest lands may be arrested by a 
 forest fire warden or deputy without a warrant (Sect. 15, 
 page 47). 
 
 The power of arrest without warrant is made necessary by 
 the fact that violations of the forest laws generally occur at 
 considerable distances from towns or cities and the delay of 
 procuring a warrant would permit the violator to escape. 
 This power should be used wisely and not abused. Never- 
 theless at times the power will prove most valuable to a 
 warden in restraining persons from setting fires which would 
 endanger the safety of property, or in directing public atten- 
 tion to the careless use of fire in the woods and creating a 
 more wholesome regard for the forest fire laws. 
 
 Whenever a warden or deputy makes an arrest the person 
 or persons taken violating the law should be immediately 
 brought before a justice of the peace whose duty it is to dis- 
 pose of the matter as justice may require. The warden 
 should then notify the state forester that an arrest has been 
 made and before whom the case was brought. 
 
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 Reporting Violations When Arrests Cannot be 
 Made. 
 
 A forest fire warden or deputy warden has not the power 
 of arresting persons who are not taken in the act of violating 
 the law, except as provided in Sect. 4, page 44. But 
 it often happens that a warden has reason to believe that 
 a fire was caused in violation of law and is able to secure 
 evidence to prove it. In a case of this kind the warden should 
 immediately notify the state forester and a special report 
 blank, "Form G" will be furnished. This blank should be 
 carefully filled out, giving all the information of value that 
 can be obtained, and returned to the state forester who then 
 brings the facts before the attorney general of the state for 
 action. 
 
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 IFormG.] state of new HAMPSHIRE. 
 
 FORESTRY COMMISSION. 
 
 Report of Violation of Forest Fire Law. 
 
 TO THE STATE FORESTER. 
 
 Concord, N. H. 
 Dear Sir: — 
 
 The following is an account of violation of the forest fire law of New 
 
 Hampshire which occurred in the town of 
 
 Name of person 
 
 P. O. Address 
 
 Location of fire 
 
 Date of fire 19 Time of day set 
 
 Section of law violated 
 
 (Section 12 or 13, or both.) 
 
 Method of setting fire 
 
 (Cigar, matches, brush-burning, etc.) 
 
 Owner of land on which fire started 
 
 Owner or owners of land on which fire burned 
 
 Circumstances of fire 
 
 (State fully how you first learned of fire, con- 
 ditions when you arrived, and any other valuable information.) 
 
 Witnesses and their addresses 
 
 (State what each witness knows.) 
 
 Number of acres burned 
 
 Estimated damage to standing timber and sprouts $ 
 
 Damage to buildings, fences, etc. $ Insurance $ . 
 
 Damage to stacked timber $ Insurance $ . 
 
 Damage to cut wood pulp and logs $ Insurance $ . 
 
 Additional information 
 
 Signed 
 
 Forest Fire Warden. 
 
 Date 19 
 
 P. O. Address 
 
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 List of Forest Fire Wardens. 
 
 Note. — The telephone exchanges are furnished with lists of the wardens 
 in their respective districts. When a forest fire is discovered, if the warden 
 cannot be located immediately, call central. 
 
 Alton, 
 
 Barnstead, 
 
 Belmont, 
 
 Center Harbor, 
 
 Gilford, 
 
 Gilmanton, 
 
 Laconia, 
 
 Meredith, 
 
 New Hampton, 
 
 Sanbornton, 
 
 Tilton, 
 
 BELKNAP COUNTY. 
 
 George W. Place. 
 
 E. B. Drake. 
 C. O. Judkins. 
 
 James R. Lovett, Meredith. 
 A. H. Bacon. 
 C. L. Chase. 
 Arthur W. Spring. 
 John H. Morrison. 
 Charles D. Thyng. 
 
 F. H. Hunkins, R. F. D. No. 1> 
 Laconia. 
 
 A. F. Cunningham, R. F. D. 
 
 Albany, 
 
 Bartlett, 
 
 Brookfield, 
 
 Chatham, 
 
 Conway, 
 
 Eaton, 
 
 Effingham, 
 
 Freedom, 
 
 Hart's Location, 
 
 Jackson, 
 
 Madison, 
 
 Moultonborough, 
 
 Ossipee, 
 
 Sandwich, 
 
 Tamworth, 
 
 Tuftonborough, 
 
 Wakefield, 
 
 Wolfeboro, 
 
 CARROLL COUNTY 
 
 Archie Nickerson, Pequaket. 
 
 F. J. Ward. 
 
 Charles Willey, Sanbornville. 
 
 Seth Hanscom. 
 
 Fred T. Hale. 
 
 Fred E. Kennison, Snowville. 
 
 Richard Dearborn. 
 
 John E. Perkins. 
 
 C. H. Morey, Bemis. 
 
 J. B. Hurlin. 
 
 Joseph E. Burke, Silver Lake. 
 
 George H. Bragg. 
 
 Frank E. Palmer, Moultonville. 
 
 Langdon C. Ambrose, Whiteface. 
 
 A. E. Wiggin. 
 
 Edwin B. Edgerly, Mirror Lake. 
 
 F. B. Sibley, Sanbornville. 
 
 Ovid Young. 
 
27 
 
 CHESHIRE COUNTY. 
 
 Alstead, H. C. Met calf. 
 
 Chesterfield, A. H. Post, Spofford. 
 
 Dublin, A. H. Childs. 
 
 Fit z William, W. M. Chaplin. 
 
 Gilsum, Leon M. Osborne. 
 
 Harrisville, B. F. Bemis, Chesham. 
 
 Hinsdale, Fred A. Buckley. 
 
 JaflFrey, L. W. Davis, East Jaffrey. 
 
 Keene, Louis Nims. 
 
 Marlborough, C. B. Collins. 
 
 Mario w, W. W. Howe. 
 
 Nelson, W. S. Mansfield, Munsonville. 
 
 Richmond, S. A. Bullock, R. F. D. No. 4, Win- 
 chester. 
 
 Rindge, Albert L. Hale, East Rindge. 
 
 Roxbury, L. W. Davis, R. F. D. No. 2, Keene. 
 
 Stoddard, C. B. McClure, Munsonville. 
 
 Sullivan, T. A. Hastings. 
 
 Surry, Hollis W. Harvey. 
 
 Swanzey, Benjamin C. Snow, West Swanzey. 
 
 Troy, Asa C. Dort. 
 
 Walpole, W. D. Knowlton. 
 
 Westmoreland, Wilfred G. Reed, Westmoreland 
 
 Depot. 
 
 Winchester, E. C. Hildreth. 
 
 Berlin, 
 
 Carroll, 
 
 Clarksville, 
 
 Colebrook, 
 
 Columbia, 
 
 Dalton, 
 
 Dummer, 
 
 Errol, 
 
 Gorham, 
 
 Jefferson, 
 
 Lancaster, 
 
 Milan, 
 
 Northumberland, 
 
 Pittsburg, 
 
 Randolph, 
 
 coos COUNTY. 
 
 Winfred Hodgdon. 
 
 John Paige, Bretton Woods. 
 
 W. W. Young, Beecher Falls, Vt. 
 
 L. M. Lombard. 
 
 John Gray. 
 
 W. B. Aldrich. 
 
 Owen Crimmins. 
 
 Ira C. Beecher. 
 
 James S. Cassidy. 
 
 L. D. Kenison. 
 
 Samuel R. Amadon. 
 
 John L. Mclntire. 
 
 William Hayes, Groveton. 
 
 W. N. Judd. 
 
 F. C. Wood. 
 
28 
 
 coSs COUNTY — Continued, 
 
 Shelburne, 
 
 Stark, 
 
 Stewartstown, 
 
 Stratford, 
 
 Wentworth's Location, 
 
 Whitefield, 
 
 James Simpson. 
 W. T. Pike. 
 Byron Drew. 
 W. H. Kimball. 
 J. R. Turner. 
 G. M. Clement. 
 
 GRAFTON COUNTY. 
 
 Alexandria, H. L. Phillips, R. F. D., Bristol. 
 
 Ashland, L. G. Fifield. 
 
 Bath, William H. L. Reed. 
 
 Benton, L. H. Parker. 
 
 Bethlehem, Thomas Trudeau, Pierce's Bridge. 
 
 Bridgewater, A. H. Carpenter, R. F. D. No. 2, 
 
 Plymouth. 
 
 Bristol, Ira B. Burpee. 
 
 Campton, E. K. Avery. 
 
 Canaan, A. W. Hutchinson. 
 
 Dorchester, George W. Rowen, Cheever. 
 
 Easton, C. A. Young. 
 
 Ellsworth, B. O. Avery. 
 
 Enfield, Joseph Pillsbury. 
 
 Franconia, E. B. Parker. 
 
 Grafton, A. F. Hoyt. 
 
 Groton, Charles A. Davis. 
 
 Hanover, H. W. Barnes, East Lyme. 
 
 Haverhill, H. E. Smith, Pike. 
 
 Hebron, Harry S. Morgan. 
 
 Holderness, R. P. Sanborn, R. F. D. No. 4, 
 
 Plymouth. 
 
 Landaff, Charles M. Gale, R. F. D., Lisbon. 
 
 Lebanon, Roy W. Joslyn. 
 
 Lincoln, George E. Henry. 
 
 Lisbon, A. H. Ash. 
 
 Littleton, Horace Sampson. 
 
 Livermore, James C.Donahue. 
 
 Lyman, Ai F. Parker, R. F. D., Lisbon. 
 
 Lyme, George A, Pushee, Lyme Center. 
 
 Monroe, Oscar Frazer. 
 
 Orange, Charles H. Ford. 
 
 Orford, Asa Sanborn. 
 
29 
 
 GRAFTON COUNTY — Continued. 
 
 Piermont, J. E. Chandler. 
 
 Plymouth, F. F. Blake. 
 
 Rumney, George D. Kidder, Rumney Depot 
 
 Thornton, Frank L. Houston, R. F. D. Camp- 
 ton. 
 
 Warren, A. N. Batehelder. 
 
 Waterville, Joseph L. Tuttle. 
 
 Wentworth, Freeman B. Ellsworth. 
 
 Woodstock, E. E. Woodbury. 
 
 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. 
 
 Amherst, W. W. Sloan. 
 
 Antrim, Charles D. White. 
 
 Bedford, George H. Hardy. 
 
 Bennington, G. S. Holt. 
 
 Brooklme, F. L. Willoby. 
 
 Deering, James F. Lock, East Deering. 
 
 Francestown, Arthur E. Holt. 
 
 Goffstown, George L. Eaton, Grasmere. 
 
 Greenfield, Fred B. Atherton, R. F. D., Lynde- 
 
 borough. 
 
 Greenville, Victor L. Parker. 
 
 Hancock, William W. Hayward. 
 
 Hillsborough, Dana Bruce. 
 
 Hollis, Lester J. Hay den, R. F, D., Brook- 
 line. 
 
 Hudson, James E. Merrill. 
 
 Litchfield, C. B. Campbell, R. F. D. No. 1, 
 
 Hudson. 
 
 Lyndeborough, Jacob A. Woodward. 
 
 Manchester, Oscar Stone. 
 
 Mason, Edward H. Russell. 
 
 Merrimack, Bert L. Dutton, Thornton's Ferry. 
 
 Milford, W. L. Winslow. 
 
 Mont Vernon, Charles Raymond. 
 
 Nashua, Charles F. Whitney. 
 
 New Boston, Herbert F. Leach. 
 
 New Ipswich, A. E. Chase. 
 
 Pelham, F. M. Woodbury. 
 
 Peterborough, T. E. Driscoll. 
 
 Sharon, Alpha Wilson, Peterborough. 
 
 Temple, J. W. Edwards. 
 
30 
 
 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY — Continued. 
 
 Weare, 
 Wilton, 
 Windsor, 
 
 F. E. Cutting, East Weare. 
 Frank Proctor. 
 
 J. R. Nelson, Hillsborough Upper 
 Village. 
 
 MERRIMACK COUNTY. 
 
 Allenstown, Charles V. Fisher, 
 
 Andover, E. C. Perkins. 
 
 Boscawen, Samuel N. Allen. 
 
 Bow. Frank D. Clough, R. F. D. No. 3. 
 
 Concord. 
 
 Bradford, F. H. Gillingham. 
 
 Canterbury, L. T. Mason. 
 
 Chichester, W. L. Langmaid. 
 
 Concord, David J. Adams. 
 
 Danbury, E. A. Farnum. 
 
 Dunbarton, Ernest Murphy. 
 
 Epsom, Walter J. Philbrick. 
 
 Franklin, James Huntoon. 
 
 Henniker, H. A. Tucker. 
 
 Hill, Clyde A. Blake. 
 
 Hooksett, Edwin A. Tyrrell. 
 
 Hopkinton, W. H. Milton, Contoocook. 
 
 Loudon, Arthur K. Marston. 
 
 Newbury, Mark Muzzey. 
 
 New London, Ira S. Littlefield. 
 
 Northfield, A. F. Cunningham, R. F. D., Tilton. 
 
 Pembroke, Fred M. Pettengill. 
 
 Pittsfield, John H. Jenness. 
 
 Salisbury, Berton F. Sanborn. 
 
 Sutton, H. L. Pillsbury, North Sutton. 
 
 Warner, Jesse M. Downes. 
 
 Webster, Harris Goodwan, R. F. D. No. 16. 
 
 Penacook. 
 
 Wilmot, F. E. Goodhue. 
 
31 
 
 Atkinson, 
 Auburn, 
 Brentwood, 
 Candia, 
 
 Chester, 
 
 Danville, 
 
 Deerfield, 
 
 Derry, 
 
 East Kingston, 
 
 Epping, 
 
 Exeter, 
 
 Fremont, 
 
 Greenland, 
 
 Hampstead, 
 
 Hampton, 
 
 Hampton Falls, 
 
 Kensington, 
 
 Kingston, 
 
 Londonderry, 
 
 Newcastle, 
 
 Newfields, 
 
 Newington, 
 
 Newmarket, 
 
 Newton, 
 
 North Hampton, 
 
 Northwood, 
 
 Nottingham, 
 
 Plaistow, 
 
 Portsmouth, 
 
 Raymond, 
 
 Rye, 
 
 Salem, 
 
 Sandown, 
 
 Seabrook, 
 South Hampton, 
 Stratham, 
 Windham, 
 
 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. 
 
 J. H. Smith. 
 
 Fred H. HaU. 
 
 G. R. Rowe. 
 
 Charles P. Robie, R. F. D. No. 1, 
 
 Manchester. 
 A. H. Wilcomb. 
 Herbert E. Colby. 
 Howard King, R. F. D., Raymond. 
 John D. Blake. 
 
 D. M. Evans. 
 James D. Whittemore. 
 George H. Carter. 
 Harry S. True. 
 
 W. A. Odell. 
 Charles F. Adams. 
 C. S. Toppin. 
 
 E. G. Shaw. 
 George A. Prescott. 
 William A. Bakie. 
 J. E. Ray. 
 
 J. O. White. 
 Per ley R. Bean. 
 J. M. Hoyt. 
 Daniel J. Brady. 
 A. W. Sargent. 
 Otis S. Brown. 
 
 F. C. Giles. 
 
 P. B. Batchelder. 
 
 F. P. Hill. 
 
 J. D. Randall. 
 
 L. W. Holmes. 
 
 C. D. Locke. 
 
 Henry P. Taylor. 
 
 J. F. Sargent, R. F. D. No. 3, 
 
 Chester. 
 F. W. Chase. 
 C. M. Evans. 
 J. F. Emery. 
 J. W. Densmore. 
 
32 
 
 STRAFFORD COUNTY. 
 
 Barrington, Walter Buzzell. 
 
 Dover, James Smith. 
 
 Durham, C. E. Hoitt. 
 
 Farmington, Fred P. Fletcher. 
 
 Lee, G. A. Dudley. 
 
 Madbury, W. H. Knox, R. F. D. No. 5, Dover. 
 
 Middleton, L. E. Tibbetts. 
 
 Milton, F. P. Jones, Union. 
 
 New Durham, Grover C. Hayes. 
 
 Rochester, H. C. Hanson. 
 
 RoUinsford, C. E. Lord, Salmon Falls. 
 
 Somers worth, E. A. Farley. 
 
 Strafford, George P. Foss. 
 
 SULLIVAN COUNTY. 
 
 Acworth, W. O. Kemp. 
 
 ■Charlestown, G. L. Richardson. 
 
 Claremont, C. E. Sears. 
 
 Cornish, James B . Chadbourne, Cornish Flat. 
 
 Croydon, F. W. Putnam. 
 
 Goshen, George F. Crane. 
 
 Grantham, Perley Walker. 
 
 Langdon, G. H. Royce. 
 
 Lempster, F. A. Barton. 
 
 Newport, George E. Lewis. 
 
 Plainfield, Louis E. Shipman, Cornish. 
 
 Springfield, N. J. Gardner. 
 
 Sunapee, F. M. Sargent. 
 
 Unity, James W. Handly, R. F. D., Clare- 
 mont. 
 
 Washington, J. W. Woods. 
 
State of New Hampshire 
 
 FOREST FIRE ORGANIZATION 
 
 District Boundaries: Heavy red 1; 
 District Headquarters: Ked star 
 
 LOOKOUT STATIONS 
 
 ESTABLISHED A 
 
 Mt. Rosebrook 
 
 Mt. Croydon 
 
 Aziscoos Mt.— Operated by Mail 
 
 Mt. Kearsarge, North 
 
 . Mt. Moosilauke 
 
 '. Mt! Madil„.. 
 
 . Mt. Carrigail. 
 
 . Signal Mountain 
 
 . Sugar Loaf 
 
 . Black Mountain 
 
 . Pine Mountain 
 
 . Magalloway Mountait 
 
 . Mt. Osceola 
 
 TEMPORARY i 
 
 1. Beech Hill. Keenc ~ 
 
 2. Beech Hill. Dublin 
 
 3. Russell Hill. Mason 
 ♦. Uncanoonuc Mt., Goffstown 
 5. Ba.ley Hill, Hooksett 
 
 PROPOSED 
 
 ^ :bec Border 
 t. Dbiville Peak 
 3. South Peak, Pilot Ranm 
 4-. Mt. Chocorua 
 
 5. Sunapee Mt. 
 
 6. Mt. Kearsarge, South 
 
 -. Mt. ,„ 
 
 8. Mt. Whiteface 
 
 9. Shaw Mt. 
 10. Cardigan Mt. 
 
 Patrol Routes of Federal Patrolmen : Light red line 
 Patrol Routes of New Hampshire Timberland Owners 
 
 .Association : Broken red line 
 Tool Supply Boxes of New Hampsh 
 
33 
 
 UNINCORPORATED PLACES, COOS COUNTY. 
 
 Bean's Grant, 
 Cambridge, 
 Crawford's Purchase, 
 Dartmouth College 
 
 Grant, 
 Dix's Grant, ') 
 
 Dixyille, V 
 
 Erving's Grant, ) 
 
 Kilkenny, 
 
 Low & Burbank's Grant, 
 Millsfield, 
 Odell, 
 Success, 
 
 Webster and Hubbard 
 Grants and Carlisle, 
 
 George Rowland, Crawford's. 
 
 A. E. Bennett, Errol. 
 
 P. J. Martin, Bretton Woods. 
 
 Phillip W. Ayres. 
 
 F. W. Noyes, Dixville Notch. 
 
 George E. Webster, Lancaster. 
 W^illiam Kennedy, Gorham. 
 George O. Maxwell, Errol. 
 M. J. Hayes, Groveton. 
 C. S. Bean, Berlin. 
 
 Horace Wright. 
 
34 
 
 THE MOUNTAIN LOOKOUT SERVICE. 
 
 Watchman Must be Familiar With Territory. 
 
 The watchman on each mountain lookout station must 
 become thoroughly familiar with the country which the sta- 
 tion surveys. Each watchman will be provided with a pair 
 of field glasses and the best map that can be obtained. Wliere- 
 ever the conditions will permit their use, a traverse board 
 and range finder will be provided. The watchman should 
 study the map and country carefully, learning the names of 
 the different mountains and hills, the streams, ponds, roads 
 and trails. He should also study this bulletin and the map 
 issued with it in order to know the names and locations of 
 the forest fire wardens and deputies in the surrounding 
 towns, the names and routes of nearby patrolmen, the 
 location of fire fighting tool supply boxes and the relative 
 position of other lookout stations which might aid in the 
 location of fires in his own territory. He should know the 
 local names which prevail in the region, the settlements where 
 help may be called quickly in case of fire, and the telephone 
 connections in all directions from the station. All such 
 information should be plainly written and placed where it 
 can be seen quickly. As much of it as practicable should be 
 marked on the map where it can be seen at a glance when 
 needed. 
 
 Locating Fires. 
 
 The watchman should keep a sharp lookout at all times 
 during clear weather, and use the field glasses to detect 
 smoke. When a fire is discovered, if its location cannot be 
 determined accurately, the watchman should sight it through 
 the range finder and note on the map the country across 
 which the line of vision passes. This will help in locating the 
 the fire, but it can be more accurately located by telephoning 
 a watchman on another station which covers the territory in 
 question and determining the line of vision from the second 
 station. The point where these lines cross will determine 
 the location of the fire. 
 
 Where an unobstructed view can be obtained in nearly all 
 directions without the watchman moving more than a few 
 rods and where other stations cover the same country, a 
 traverse board and range finder can be used to advantage. 
 
 The watchman should set the board up as nearly level as 
 possible and orient it (needle swings free and points north). 
 
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 Then clamp the needle and the board. Place the map on 
 the board so that the lookout station (point where the watch- 
 man is standing) is exactly over the center of the board, and 
 stick a pin through the map and into the central point of 
 the board. Allow the pin to remain for use as a pivot. Re- 
 volve the map around until its north and south line coin- 
 cides with the north and south line of the board. Then 
 fasten the map to the board with thumb tacks. The board 
 may then be moved a few rods for better views in certain 
 directions, and when leveled and oriented, the map will be 
 approximately in the correct position. 
 
 The range finder should then be placed on the board with 
 the bevelled edge against the pin, the sights raised and the 
 sight containing the upright hair being farthest from the eye. 
 
 Reporting Fires. 
 
 When a fire has been located the watchman should imme- 
 diately telephone the forest fire warden of the town in which 
 the fire is burning. If he fails to reach the forest fire warden 
 by telephone, he should find out where the warden is and 
 arrange to have a message sent. The watchman should then 
 telephone the deputy forest fire warden who is nearest the 
 fire, and if he fails to get in communication with a deputy, he 
 should notify the selectmen and the nearest lumber camp or 
 settlement where help can be secured and then telephone the 
 situation to the district chief. If the district chief cannot be 
 reached immediately or if the fire is one of alarming propor- 
 tions, the watchman should telephone the state forester, 
 reversing the charges. 
 
 The watchman can often help the forest fire warden or 
 deputy in getting quick action. From his position on the 
 mountain and from consulting his map he can generally tell 
 the warden the quickest route by which a crew can reach a 
 fire. Also while the warden is summoning persons to go to 
 the fire, the watchman can telephone others. It is the watch- 
 man's duty to assist the wardens in this way whenever 
 desired, and it should be understood at the first notice of five 
 given by the watchman just what further service the warden 
 wishes him to perform. 
 
 The data desired should be entered on the report blank 
 every day. A new report blank should be started on Sunday, 
 the beginning of each week, and as many blanks used dur- 
 ing the week as necessary. As soon as possible after the 
 week ends, the report blank should be mailed to the district 
 chief. 
 
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 Repairs and Improvement. 
 
 The watchman should be sure his telephone line is in work- 
 ing order. If he finds that it is out of order, he should imme- 
 diately go over the line and repair it. On days when it is 
 too cloudy and rainy for observation, he should go over the 
 line and brush out limbs that might interfere with its opera- 
 tion, improve the trails on the mountain, and extend trails 
 where this will enable good observation points to be reached 
 more easily. He can also use such days for carrying in pro- 
 visions, improving his camp, incorporating useful informa- 
 tion on his map and in other ways getting prepared for dry 
 weather and making the station more serviceable. 
 
 List of Lookout Stations and Watchmen. 
 
 MOUNTAIN. 
 
 Magalloway. 
 
 WATCHMAN. 
 
 Joshua Farns worth. 
 
 p. O. ADDRESS. 
 
 Sugar Loaf. John Ryan. 
 
 Black. 
 Signal. 
 
 Pine. 
 
 Madison. 
 
 Carrigain. 
 
 Kearsarge. 
 
 Rosebrook. 
 
 Agassiz. 
 
 Moosilauke. 
 
 Osceola. 
 
 Croydon. 
 
 Charles Witham. 
 Gilbert Harrison. 
 
 J. F. McLaughlin. 
 Paul Haynes. 
 David Murray. 
 
 Guy Seavey. 
 Shirley Gardner. 
 W. S. Phillips. 
 M. T. Clement. 
 Charles Brewster. 
 George O'Rourke. 
 
 Pittsburg. 
 
 Groveton. 
 
 Milan. 
 Errol. 
 
 Gorham. 
 Gorham. 
 Livermore. 
 
 Kearsarge. 
 Bretton Woods, 
 Bethlehem. 
 Breezy Point. 
 
 Waterville. 
 North ville. 
 
 TELEPHONE 
 EXCHANGE. 
 
 West Stewartstown 
 line connection at 
 Everett Young's. 
 
 Private Line, Odell 
 Mfg. Co. 
 
 Milan. 
 
 Berlin, line connec- 
 tion at Geo. Max- 
 well's, Millsfield. 
 
 Gorham. 
 
 Gorham. 
 
 Livermore, Liver- 
 more Mills Co. 
 
 North Conway. 
 
 Mt. Pleasant Hotel. 
 
 Bethlehem. 
 
 Pike. 
 
 Campton. 
 
 Newport. 
 
 Temporary Lookout Stations, 
 
 Beech Hill, Keene. 
 
 Russell Hill, Mason, 
 
 Beech Hill, Dublin. 
 
 Uncanoonuc Mountain, Goffstown. 
 
 Bailey Hill, Hooksett. 
 
 Others to be determined upon examination. 
 
38 
 
 THE PATROL SERVICE. 
 
 There are three classes of patrohiien in New Hampshire. 
 Federal patrolmen are paid by the United States, state 
 patrolmen are paid by the State of New Hampshire and 
 association patrolmen are paid bj^ the New Hampshire 
 Timberland Owners' Association. All of these patrolmen are 
 appointed deputy forest fire wardens by the state forester. 
 
 The Federal Patrolmen. 
 
 The Federal patrol service is carried on under an agree- 
 ment between the United States Forest Service and the New 
 Hampshire Forestry Commission. The patrolmen are paid 
 by the United States, their appointments being made and 
 their work supervised by the state forester of New Hamp- 
 shire, subject to the approval of the United States Forest 
 Service. 
 
 Each patrolman will be furnished with a description of the 
 area to which he is assigned for patrol duty and the routes 
 he should cover on each day unless otherwise instructed by 
 the district chief or the state forester. The patrolman is 
 charged with the duty of keeping his territory free from fire, 
 and to this end he should become thoroughly acquainted 
 with the conditions in every part of the area. He should 
 know where fires are most likely occur and from what causes 
 they are likely to start. He should study this bulletin and 
 the accompanying map and learn the routes of nearby patrol- 
 men, the location of lookout stations overlooking his terri- 
 tory, the forest fire wardens and deputies, and the location of 
 fire fighting tool supply boxes. He should know from where 
 help may be summoned quickly in case of fire in any 
 particular place, and the telephone connections to all points 
 it may be necessary for him to reach. 
 
 The patrolmen should follow the instructions given to 
 deputy forest fire wardens for summoning assistance and 
 fighting fire. Each is appointed a deputy and he should 
 therefore notify the forest fire warden as soon as possible 
 after he discovers a fire that he cannot extinguish. Report 
 blanks will be furnished the patrolmen for reporting fires to 
 the district chiefs. In the payment of fire fighting bills the 
 instructions to deputy forest fire wardens should be followed. 
 
 It is the patrolman's duty to warn hunters, campers, fish- 
 erman and others whom he meets tramping through the 
 
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 woods about the great danger from fire. He should be courte- 
 ous to all the persons he meets, explain to them fully the pro- 
 visions of the law and ask their co-operation in helping to 
 keep the forest free from fire. He should help such persons 
 by giving them information about his territory, such as the 
 best trail by which certain points may be reached, the loca- 
 tion of camps and all information which will help them to a 
 better enjoyment of the forest. He should record the names 
 and addresses of persons he meets tramping through the 
 woods and mail this list every week to the district chief. 
 
 The patrolman should keep his territory well posted with 
 fire notices which will be furnished by the state forester. On 
 damp days when fires are not likely to occur, he should 
 improve and extend trails, work on camps where he could 
 spend the night and in other ways improve the facilities for 
 covering his territory. Often in damp weather the district 
 chief will use the patrolmen in constructing lookout stations, 
 building and repairing telephone lines, locating tool supplies 
 and other improvement work. 
 
 At the end of every day the patrolman should fill out one 
 of the blank postal cards which are furnished him, giving as 
 full information as possible about his day's work. As soon 
 thereafter as he reaches a postofEce or mail route, this card 
 should be mailed to the district chief. 
 
 Date Place . 
 
 Patroled from 
 
 to 
 
 Fires Reported 
 
 Fires Extinguished 
 
 Cautions Given 
 
 Other Work Done, Needs, etc. 
 
 . Town Patrolman 
 
40 
 
 LIST OF FEDERAL PATROLMEN. 
 
 North District. 
 Names and Addresses. Patrol. 
 
 Scott Lord, Pittsburg, N. H. Pittsburg — Indian Stream and Perry 
 
 Stream. 
 Harry Farnsworth, Pittsburg, N. H. Pittsburg — Second Lake and trail to 
 
 Charles Lord, Pittsburg, N. H. 
 
 Herbert Fickett, Wentworth Loca- 
 tion, N. H. 
 
 John Halev, Wentworth Location, 
 N. H.' 
 
 George Maxwell, Errol, N. H. 
 
 Henry Downing, Groveton, N. H. 
 George Getchell, Stark, N. H. 
 Joe Perrault, Milan, N. H. 
 
 Curtis Stevens, Stark, N. H. 
 Gilbert Mitchell, Milan, N. H. 
 
 Freeman Scott, Milan, N. H. 
 
 head of Dimond Stream. 
 Clarksville — Cedar Stream and Di- 
 mond Ponds. 
 Dartmouth Grant — Dead Diamond 
 
 and Four Mile Brook. 
 Dixville — ^Swift Diamond Stream, 
 
 Diamond Ponds to Four Mile 
 
 Brook. 
 Millsfield — Ponds, Railroad and Clear 
 
 Stream. 
 Odell — Nash Stream. 
 Odell— Phillips Brook. 
 Cambridge — Chickowolney, Molnich- 
 
 wock and Bog Brooks. 
 Milan — Upper Ammonoosuc River. 
 Dummer — Ne wells Brook, Comer and 
 
 Dummer Ponds. 
 Success — Road, brooks and Success 
 
 Pond. 
 
 West District. 
 Names and Addresses. Patrol. 
 
 Daniel Beaton, Pierce's Bridge, N. H. Bethel and Franconia — Gale River 
 
 and tributaries. 
 
 J. E. Brown, Woodstock, N. H. 
 
 Josiah Stevens, Johnson, N. H. 
 
 F. W. Hartshorn, Twin Mountain, 
 N. H. 
 
 John B. Merrill, Warren, N. H. 
 
 Victor A. Brooks, Benton, N. H. 
 
 Woodstock — Lost River and Elbow 
 Pond. 
 
 Lincoln — Franconia Notch, Bog Pond 
 and Flume Brook. 
 
 Bethlehem and Carroll — Little River, 
 Zealand River, and Cherry Moun- 
 tain Brook. 
 
 Warren and Benton — Head of Baker 
 River. 
 
 Benton — Head of Wild Ammonoosuc, 
 Kinsman Notch, Tunnell Brook, 
 Witcher Brook, and Long Pond. 
 
 East District. 
 
 Names and Addresses. 
 Thomas W. Croly, Glen, N. H. 
 
 Daniel Dinsmore, Intervale, N. H. 
 
 H. C. Maye, Passaconway, N. H. 
 
 Patrol. 
 Jackson and Sargent's Purchase — 
 
 Rocky Branch, Ellis River and 
 
 Miles Brook. 
 Jackson and Chatham — East Branch 
 
 of Saco River, Slippery Brook, 
 
 Burnt Knoll Brook. 
 Albany and East Water\'ille — Old 
 
 Lumber Railroad, and streams 
 
 flowing into Swift River in West 
 
 Albany and East Waterville. 
 
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 Albion Eastman, Conway, X. H. Albany — Streams flowing into Swift 
 
 River, Central Albany. 
 
 Stephen Philbrook, Tamworth, N. H. Tamworth and Albany — Brooks flow- 
 ing south from Mts. Paugus and 
 Chocorua, and trails in South 
 Albany. 
 
 Delmore Smith, Whiteface, N. H. Sandwich — Black Mountain to 
 
 Guinea Pond, Head of Beebe 
 River and Sandwich Notch Road. 
 
 The State Patrolmen. 
 
 The forest fire wardens and deputy forest fire wardens are 
 authorized by law to patrol the woods when ordered to do so 
 by the state forester. If they cannot do the patrolling them- 
 selves, they should appoint some reliable, active man to do it. 
 They should give him definite instructions as to his duties 
 and the route he is to cover, and keep him at work for as long 
 a time as the state forester orders the work continued. When 
 the wardens hire men to act as state patrolmen a check should 
 be kept on their work by inquiring of persons along the 
 routes or by reciuiring the patrolmen to telephone from dif- 
 ferent points. In other respects the state patrolmen should 
 follow out the instructions given in this bulletin for the Fed- 
 eral patrolmen. A report of the patrol service must be made 
 to the state forester stating the ground covered, fires extin- 
 guished, number of warnings given and other work done, 
 together with an itemized bill of the patrolmen's services. 
 State patrolmen are only hired temporarily in dangerous 
 localities and during times of extreme drought. 
 
 The Association Patrolmen. 
 
 The New Hampshire Timberland Owners' Association 
 employs men to patrol their holdings in the northern part of 
 the state. These patrolmen are appointed deputy forest fire 
 wardens and they should study this bulletin to become 
 familiar with the law and the duties of deputy wardens. 
 The district chiefs and forest fire wardens should co-operate 
 with the association patrolmen and aid them in protecting 
 the territory they cover. 
 
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 FOREST PLANTING. 
 
 State Nurseries. 
 
 The forestry department at present maintains two forest 
 nurseries where trees are raised for distribution within the 
 state. In the nursery at North Boscawen there are now 
 being grown white, Scotch and Norway pine, European 
 larch and Norway spruce seedlings and white pine and Scotch 
 pine transplants. The nursery at Pembroke is used at present 
 for the growing of white pine transplants. Some of these trees 
 will be sold as seedlings when two years old, but most of 
 them are transplanted and sold when three or four years old. 
 
 Sale of Nursery Stock. 
 
 The state forester is authorized to sell the trees raised in 
 in the state nursery upon terms approved by the forestry 
 commission to persons who wish to plant them within the 
 state. If the state nursery cannot supply the demand the 
 state forester is authorized to secure the trees from other 
 nurseries for distribution. 
 
 Most of the sales are for spring planting which should be 
 made as soon as possible after the frost is out of the ground. 
 To insure delivery of the trees in time for spring planting, 
 orders should be in the hands of the state forester before 
 April 1. Any person who wishes to plant forest trees in New 
 Hampshire may apply to the state forester and an applica- 
 tion blank will be sent which can be filled out, stating the 
 number and kinds of trees desired. This blank, when filled, 
 should be sent in not later than March first to give oppor- 
 tunity for an order to be placed in case the stock cannot be 
 supplied from the state nursery. 
 
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 STATE FORESTS. 
 
 There are three ways by which the forestry commission 
 may acquire state forests. Whenever any person furnishes 
 the funds so that no cost shall accrue to the state, the com- 
 mission is authorized to purchase land for a forest reserva- 
 tion, or failing to agree with the owners upon a price, they 
 may acquire the land under the powers of eminent domain. 
 The commission may also receive in the name of the state 
 free gifts of land for the purposes of forestry, and, with the 
 consent of the governor and council may purchase suitable 
 tracts for demonstration forests within the limits of the 
 appropriation. 
 
 There are three forest reservations owned by the State of 
 New Hampshire. The Monadnock Reservation is in Jaffrey 
 and comprises some 600 acres. It was the gift of a number of 
 citizens in the vicinity of Mt. Monadnock. The Haven 
 Reservation is in Jaffrey and comprises about 60 acres. It 
 is the gift of Miss Frances A. L. Haven. The Walter Harriman 
 Reservation is in Warner, and comprises about 210 acres. 
 It is the gift of Hon. Joseph R. Leeson. The legislature of 
 1911 passed an act providing for the purchase of the Craw- 
 ford Notch, comprising about 11,000 acres. This property, 
 when acquired, will be under the care of the Forestry 
 Commission. 
 
 The present reservations are used for parks and for dem- 
 onstration tracts. Previous to 1911 there was no law by 
 which these reservations could be protected against fire or 
 the forest conditions improved. The last legislature, how- 
 ever, provided for this work. It is the purpose of the For- 
 estry Commission to carry on experiments in planting and 
 cutting that will be of value in stimulating an interest in 
 such work among private owners. The revenue from the 
 sale of forest products from state reservations reverts to the 
 state treasury. 
 
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 EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC WORK. 
 
 Lectures. 
 
 It is the duty of the state forester, so far as his other duties 
 permit, to give lectures on forestry throughout the state. 
 Numerous requests are received for lectures before granges, 
 institutes, boards of trade, schools, clubs and associations. 
 The state forester will comply with requests of this kind 
 whenever other work will permit. No charge is made except 
 for travelling expenses. 
 
 Examination of Woodlots. 
 
 The state forester is authorized to examine private land 
 when requested to do so, and make recommendations to the 
 owner for reforestation and the protection, improvement and 
 cutting of timber. On account of the time required to make 
 such examinations, it is not always possible to comply with 
 requests of this kind immediately, but assistance will be 
 given whenever it is possible. No charge will be made except 
 for field expenses. 
 
 Investigations and Publications. 
 
 As far as other work will permit, investigations are being 
 made on the subjects on which the commission receives the 
 most numerous inquiries from the citizens of the state. This 
 information is catalogued as it is gathered so that it will be 
 at hand for answering inquiries. From time to time, as the 
 information received becomes sufficiently complete, bulletins 
 will be issued on subjects of scientific or general interest. 
 These bulletins will be distributed free of charge within the 
 state. 
 
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 AN ACT TO IMPROVE THE STATE SYS- 
 TEM OF FOREST PROTECTION. 
 
 (Chapter 128, Laws of 1909, as amended in 1911.) 
 
 Section 1. On the first day of May, 1909, 
 comn^ssfoZ ^^^^ governor, with the advice of the council, 
 
 shah appoint a forestry commission of three 
 members, one of whom shall hold office for one year, one for 
 two years, and one for three years, and thereafter shall 
 appoint their successors for terms of three years each; the 
 said commissioners to serve without compensation, but to 
 receive for their legitimate expenses in the exercise of their 
 duties such sums as the governor and council shall audit and 
 approve, to be paid from the treasury upon warrant of the 
 governor. 
 
 Sect. 2. The forestry commission shall ap- 
 The state point a state forester to serve at the will of the 
 
 duties etc. commission at a salary to be fixed by them, 
 
 not exceeding $2,500 a year. The state for- 
 ester shall, under the supervision of the forestry commission, 
 execute all matters pertaining to forestry within the jurisdic- 
 tion of the state, and shall be allowed reasonable traveling, 
 field expenses and office expenses in the necessary per- 
 formance of his official duties. It shall be the duty of the 
 state forester to direct, aid and co-operate with all district 
 chiefs, forest fire wardens and other employees of the state 
 as provided for in this act, and see that they take such action 
 as is authorized by law to prevent and extinguish forest 
 fires and to do other work which the forestry commission 
 may undertake for the protection, improvement and exten- 
 sion of forests. He shall as far as his other duties may 
 permit, carry on an educational course of lectures within the 
 state, and may conduct exhibits on forestry at fairs within 
 the state. He may, under the direction of the forestry com- 
 mission, conduct investigations within the state on forestry 
 matters and pubHsh for distribution literature of scientific 
 or general interest pertaining thereto. He shall, under the 
 direction of the forestry commission, prepare biennially a 
 report to the governor on the progress and condition of state 
 forest work and recommend therein plans for improving the 
 
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 state system of forest protection, management, replacement 
 and extension. Such report shall contain an itemized state- 
 ment of all expenses incurred or authorized by the state 
 forester or by the forestry commission. 
 
 Co-operation Sect. 3. The state forester shall, upon re- 
 
 with counties, quest and whenever he deems it essential to 
 towns, corpor- the best interests of the people of the state 
 ations, and co-operate with counties, towns, corporations, 
 individuals. i • j- -j i • • i i? .1 
 
 and mdividuals m preparmg plans tor the pro- 
 tection, management, and replacement of trees, woodlots, 
 and timber tracts, on consideration and under an agree- 
 ment that the parties obtaining such assistance pay his field 
 expenses while he is employed in preparing said plans. 
 Appointment Sect. 4. The selectmen of all towns and 
 
 of forest fire the mayors of all cities shall, and other citizens 
 wardens and may, as soon as may be, after this act takes 
 deputies. effect, recommend to the state forester the 
 
 names of such persons as may in their estimation be fit to 
 fill the offices of forest fire warden and deputy forest fire 
 warden in their respective towns and cities. After investi- 
 gation the state forester may choose and appoint from the 
 persons recommended, as above prescribed, not more than 
 one competent person in each town or city to be the forest 
 fire warden for said town or city and such deputy forest 
 fire wardens as he deems necessary. Upon the appointment 
 of a forest fire warden by the state forester in any town or 
 city, the term of office of the forest fire warden then or there- 
 tofore acting in said city or town shall immediately cease, 
 and the new appointee or appointees shall thereafter serve 
 for one year, or until a successor is appointed as hereinbe- 
 fore provided. The state forester shall have the power in 
 the exercise of his discretion, to remove any forest fire warden 
 or deputy forest fire warden from office. Upon the termina- 
 tion in any manner of the term of office of any forest fire 
 warden, or deputy forest fire warden, a successor shall be 
 appointed in the manner hereinbefore provided for the ap- 
 pointment of such officers originally. Forest fire wardens 
 and deputy forest fire wardens, themselves, or some agent 
 or agents designated by them, shall, when directed by the 
 state forester, patrol the woods in their respective cities or 
 towns, warning persons who traverse the woods, campers, 
 hunters, fishermen and others, about lighting and extinguishing 
 fires. They shall post extracts from the fire laws, and other 
 notices sent them by the state forester, along the highways, 
 along streams and waters frequented by tourists and others. 
 
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 at camp sites, and in other public places. If, in or near 
 woodlands, any person, other than the owner of said land or 
 his agents acting under his direction, shall build a fire when 
 warned not to do so by an authorized official, or shall fail to 
 extinguish a fire when ordered to do so by an authorized 
 official he may be arrested by such official without a warrant. 
 Sect. 5. In unincorporated places the state 
 t^ra^d*^°'^" forester may appoint a forest fire warden and one 
 places. or more deputy forest fire wardens to have the 
 
 same powers and the same duties as the town 
 forest fire wardens. When so appointed by the state for- 
 ester, said forest fire w^ardens and deputy forest fire wardens 
 shall succeed the present incumbent or incumbents, if any. 
 The state forester shall have the power to remove said forest 
 fire wardens and deputy forest fire wardens from office, at 
 his discretion. 
 
 . Sect. 6. The state forester shall, under the 
 
 and "Strict direction of the forestry commission, divide 
 organization. tlie state into not more than four districts 
 
 according to watersheds, and may appoint a 
 district chief in each district. Said district chief shall serve 
 at the will of the state forester, not more than eight months 
 in any one year, at a daily wage not exceeding $3.00 per day 
 and necessary expenses. It shall be the duty of the district 
 chief to assist the state forester in directing and aiding all 
 forest fire wardens and deputy forest fire wardens in his 
 district in the performance of their duties, and to perform 
 such duties as the state forester and forestry commission may 
 direct in the protection, improvement, and extension of 
 forests. 
 
 Sect. 7. It shall be the duty of the forest 
 f t^fi e ^^^ warden and deputy fire warden to extinguish 
 
 wardens and ^^^ brush and forest fires occurring in his town, 
 deputies. and either of them may call such assistance as 
 
 he deems necessary to assist him in so doing, 
 and may require the use of wagons, tools, horses, etc., for 
 that purpose, but such authority shall not interfere with the 
 authority of chiefs of city fire departments. If any person 
 fails to respond to the warden's call for his assistance or 
 the use of his property, he shall be fined not exceeding ten 
 dollars for each offense. Forest fire wardens and deputy 
 forest fire wardens in towns and unincorporated places shall 
 be allowed for their services such remuneration as may be 
 fixed by the forestry commission and the state forester. 
 The owners of all property required by the forest fire warden 
 
or deputy forest fire warden in the extinguishment of a forest 
 or brush fire shall receive reasonable compensation therefor. 
 Sect. 8. In case the forest fire warden or 
 Assistance deputy forest fire warden and the persons 
 
 settling ' summoned to assist him or furnish the use of 
 claims. property shall fail to agree upon the terms of 
 
 compensation at the time or after the required 
 service has been rendered, the dispute shall be referred to 
 the commissioners of the county in which the city or town 
 is located, for final settlement. 
 
 Sect. 9. The expenses of fighting forest 
 Expenses of ^^^ brush fires in towns and cities and other 
 fires how expenses lawfully incurred by forest fire war- 
 
 paid, dens and deputy forest fire wardens of said 
 
 towns and cities in preventing forest fires shall 
 be borne equally by the town or city and by the state. The 
 forest fire warden shall render to the selectmen or the mayor, 
 as the case may be, a statement of said expenses within one 
 month of the date they are incurred, which said bill shall 
 show in detail the amount and character of the services per- 
 formed, the exact duration thereof, and all disbursements 
 made by said wardens, and must bear the approval of the 
 forest fire warden, and the approval also of the deputy 
 forest fire warden, if said expenses were incurred by the au- 
 thority of said deputy forest fire warden; said bill shall be 
 audited, and if approved by the selectmen of the town or 
 mayor of the city wherein such services were incurred, shall 
 be paid on the order of the selectmen by the town or city 
 treasurer. A duplicate bill, showing that the same has been 
 audited and paid by the town, shall be filed by the selectmen 
 or the mayor with the state forester, who shall draw his 
 order on the state treasurer in favor of said town or city for 
 the portion of said bill for which the state is liable in accord- 
 ance with the provisions of this section. 
 
 Sect. 10. The forest fire wardens and the 
 "^d'^^'^' deputy forest fire wardens in unincorporated 
 places how places shall render to the state forester a state- 
 paid, nient of such expenses as they have lawfully 
 
 incurred under this act in fighting or preventing 
 fires in woodlands within one month of the date upon which 
 such expenses are incurred. The aforesaid statement shall 
 show in detail the amount and character of the services per- 
 formed, the exact duration thereof, and all disbursements so 
 made by the forest fire warden, and the deputy forest fire 
 warden, if said expenses were incurred by the authority of 
 
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 said deputy forest fire warden. The aforesaid statement 
 shall be audited by the state forester and if by him approved 
 he shall draw an order upon the state treasurer for the same. 
 The expenses incurred in fighting forest and brush fires and 
 other expenses lawfully incurred by a forest fire warden or a 
 deputy forest fire warden in preventing forest fires in an un- 
 incorporated place shall be borne equally by the state and 
 said unincorporated place; but the total expense shall be 
 paid in the first instance from the state treasury, and one 
 half thereof shall be added to the tax assessed the following 
 year against said place in the same manner as is provided 
 by chapter 6'2 of the Public Statutes for the assessment of 
 taxes in unincorporated places generall3\ 
 
 Sect. 11. Forest fire wardens and deputy 
 Wardens forest fire wardens shall make reports to the 
 
 make reports, district chief of the district in which they are 
 located or to the state forester at such time 
 and in such form as the state forester may require. If a 
 warden has any reason to believe that any forest or brush 
 fire in his city or town was caused in violation of statute he 
 shall report to the state forester all the facts coming within 
 his knowledge. The state forester may then bring the facts 
 before the attorney-general of the state, who, if the facts 
 as reported seem to him sufficient, shall take action to re- 
 cover the penalty fixed by statute for such violation. 
 
 Sect. 12. No person shall kindle a fire 
 Building fires ^pQ^ public land without permission first had 
 private land, from the forestry commission, the state for- 
 ester, district chief, forest fire warden, deputy 
 forest fire warden, or from the official caretaker of such public 
 land. No person shall kindle a fire upon the land of another 
 without permission first had from the owner thereof or from 
 the owner's agent. 
 
 _ . Sect. 13. Between the first day of April 
 
 brush. ^^^ the first day of November, inclusive, of 
 
 each year, no person shall kindle a fire or burn 
 bursh in or near woodland without the written permission 
 of the forest fire warden or presence of the forest fire warden 
 or person appointed to represent him. 
 
 p . . Sect. 14. Fires kindled by throwing down 
 
 for violation. ^ lighted match, cigar, or other burning sub- 
 stance, shall be deemed within the provisions 
 of sections 12 and 13, and every person violating any provi- 
 sion of said sections shall be fined not more than two hundred 
 dollars, or imprisoned not more than sixty days, or both. 
 
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 Sect. 15. The state forester, or the forest 
 Wardens fire warden, or the deputy forest fire warden, 
 
 have power may arrest, without a warrant, any person or 
 without persons taken by him in the act of violating 
 
 warrant. any of the laws for the protection of forest 
 
 lands, and bring such person or persons forth- 
 with before a justice of the peace or other justice having 
 jurisdiction, who shall proceed without delay to dispose of 
 the matter as justice may require. 
 
 Damage by Sect. 16. Every person who shall set fire 
 
 fire running on any land, that shall run upon the land of 
 on another's any other person, shall pay to the owner all 
 land. damages done by such fire. 
 
 Sect. 17. If any forest fire warden or deputy 
 Warden s duty, foj-gg^ fij-g warden provided for in this act shall 
 wilful neglect, wilfully neglect or refuse to perform the duties 
 prescribed for him he shall forfeit not less than 
 $100 nor more than $500, to be recovered in an action 
 for debt, upon complaint of the forestry commission, and all 
 forfeitures so recovered shall be paid into the state treasury. 
 
 Sect. 18. It shall be the duty of any per- 
 Duties of g^jj ^|-jQ discovers a forest or brush fire not 
 
 individuals. under control or supervision of some person 
 to extinguish it or report it immediately to the 
 forest fire warden or deputy forest fire warden or official in 
 charge of forest protection, and failure so to do shall be 
 punished by a forfeiture not exceeding ten dollars to be re- 
 covered upon the complaint of the warden. 
 
 Sect. 19. All moneys received from fines 
 r c^^^d imposed under and by virtue of the provisions 
 
 from fines. ^^ this act shall be paid to the state treasurer 
 and kept by him as a separate fund, to be paid 
 out by him upon the requisition of the state forester, for use 
 in connection with the prevention and suppression of forest 
 fires. 
 
 Sect. 20. Whenever any person or persons 
 Commission gj^^jj supply the necessary funds therefor, so 
 may acquire ■, ^^ i ii i 
 
 land by that no cost or expense shall accrue to the state, 
 
 condemnation, the forestry commission is hereby authorized 
 to buy any tract of land and devote the same 
 to the purposes of a public reservation. If they cannot 
 agree with the owners thereof as to the price, they may 
 condemn the same under the powers of eminent domain, 
 and the value shall be determined as in the case of lands 
 taken for highways, with the same rights of appeal and jury 
 
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 trial. On the payment of the value as finally determined, 
 the land so taken shall be vested in the state, and forever 
 held for the purposes of a public reservation. The persons 
 furnishing the money to buy said land shall be at liberty to 
 lay out roads and paths on the land, and otherwise improve 
 the same under the direction of the forestry commission, and 
 the tract shall at all times be open to the use of the public. 
 The forestry commission may take means for the protection 
 of such reservation from forest fire, and, as far as compatible 
 with the wishes of the donor, may plant and remove trees and 
 otherwise improve the forest conditions. 
 
 The commission is empowered to receive in 
 Commission ^^^ ^^^^ ^j ^.j^^ ^^^^ f -f^ ^ j ^ f ^^le 
 
 may receive e e . • i . i . 
 
 gifts of land, purposes oi lorestry, m such manner that no 
 
 cost of purchase shall accrue to the state, and 
 may arrange for the registration of necessary papers, map and 
 survey the land, protect it from fire, plant, cut and otherwise 
 improve the forests as it is advisable within the limits of the 
 appropriation. 
 
 C mmi on '^^^ commission is empowered to purchase, 
 
 may purchase with the consent of the governor and council 
 land with suitable tracts of land for use in demonstrating 
 
 consent of the principles of forestry, and make provisions 
 
 governor and j^j. ^.j^g management of the same, as is advisable 
 
 within the limits of the appropriation. 
 
 All revenue derived from the sale of forest 
 Jive?? to state Products from state land shall revert to the 
 treasury. state treasurj^ except the revenue derived from 
 
 the state nursery, which shall be reinvested in 
 the state nursery by the forestry commission. 
 
 Sect. 21. The sum of four thousand dollars 
 to 8^°^"^**°^ is hereby appropriated for the purpose of carry- 
 1909. ' i'^g iiito effect the purposes of this act for the 
 
 year ending August 31, 1909. 
 ReoeaUn Sect. 22. Chapter 44 of the session laws 
 
 Clause. of 1893 and chapter 97 of the session laws of 
 
 1905 are hereby repealed. 
 
 ox * < * Sect. 23. The state forester, under the 
 
 ■otate forest . . p ,^ e , • • 
 
 nursery. supervision of the forestry commission, is 
 
 hereby empowered to acquire in the name of 
 the state suitable land and maintain the same as a state 
 forest nursery. He shall raise seedling trees of useful vari- 
 eties for planting and shall on terms approved by the com- 
 mission, sell said seedling trees to persons who desire to plant 
 them within the state. He may, under the supervision of 
 
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 the commission, enter into agreement with persons or in- 
 stitutions to grow seedHng trees to be disposed of as above 
 prescribed if the commission deems it expedient so to do. 
 
 Sect. 24. The state forester, with the con- 
 Mountam ^^^^ q£ ^^le forestry commission, is empowered 
 
 stations. ^^ purchase in the name of the state the equip- 
 
 ment of the present mountain lookout stations 
 and to maintain such stations thereafter, and to estabHsh 
 and maintain additional mountain lookout stations connected 
 by telephone lines to be used for the discovery and control 
 of forest fires, and shall have the right to receive and hold in 
 the name of the state, gifts of land for observatory sites and 
 rights of way for paths and telephone lines. If observatory 
 sites or rights of way necessary for the maintenance and effect- 
 ive operation of lookout stations cannot be acquired by gift or 
 purchase, the forestry commission shall have the right to 
 acquire the same under the power of eminent domain, and 
 the value thereof shall be determined as in the case of lands 
 taken for highways, with the same rights of appeal and jury 
 trial. 
 
 Sect. 25. The state forester, under the 
 Conferences direction of the forestry commission, may call 
 of forest fire , ^ e \^t e . r i 
 
 wardens. annual conterences oi the lorest fare wardens 
 
 and other employees of the forestry depart- 
 ment in different sections of the state for the purpose of im- 
 proving the service. Not more than ten such meetings shall 
 be held within one fiscal year and not more than one meet- 
 ing shall be held for the wardens of anj^ one section within 
 one fiscal year. Those summoned by the state forester 
 shall be allowed their traveling expenses in attending such 
 conferences. He may, with the consent of the forestry com- 
 mission, secure the attendance at such conferences of expert 
 foresters from without the state, the said experts to be paid 
 their necessary traveling expenses. 
 
 p .. Sect. 26. For the purpose of prevention of 
 
 of fixes. fi^^' t^^6 state forester may establish at advan- 
 
 tageous points throughout the state supply 
 stations for tools and apparatus used in fire Sighting and 
 provisions necessary to men employed; make proper maps 
 for the use of district chiefs and forest fire wardens, build 
 fire trails and fire lines; employ paid patrols at suitable 
 points and at necessary times, and use other means as seem 
 advisable to the commission within the limits of the appro- 
 priations. 
 
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 Appropriations. 
 
 The following sums are hereby appropriated 
 Appropriation £qj. carrying out the provisions of this act from 
 iQii ' the date this act takes effect until August 31, 
 
 1911, to wit: 
 
 For salaries and departmental expenses, $4,210. 
 
 For reimbursing towns and cities for the state's share of 
 expense incurred by them in fighting and pre^'enting forest 
 and brush fires, and to defray the expense incurred by the 
 state in fighting and preventing forest and brush fires in 
 unincorporated places, $3,215. 
 
 For the establishment and maintenance of a state nursery, 
 $500. 
 
 For forest fire prevention, including the establishment and 
 maintenance of mountain lookout stations, $5,600. 
 
 The following sums are hereby appropriated 
 Appropriation £qj, ^arrving out the provisions of this act for 
 
 to AUP" '^ I " • 
 
 IQI2. ' the year ending August 31, 1912, to wit: 
 
 For salaries and departmental expenses, 
 $7,700. 
 
 For reimbursing towns and cities for the state's share of 
 the expense incurred by them in fighting and preventing 
 forest and brush fires, and to defray the expense incurred 
 by the state in fighting and preventing forest and brush 
 fires in unincorporated places, $4,500. 
 
 For the maintenance of a state nursery, $800. 
 
 For forest fire prevention, $5,500. 
 
 The following sums are hereby appropriated 
 Appropriation f^j. carrying out the provisions of this act for 
 1913"^ ^^' ^^^ ^^^^ ending August 31, 1913, to wit: 
 
 For salaries and departmental expenses, 
 $8,200. 
 
 For reimbursing towns and cities for the state's share of 
 expense incurred by them in fighting and preventing brush 
 fires, and to defray the expense incurred by the state in 
 fighting and preventing forest and brush fires in unincor- 
 porated places, $4,500. 
 
 For maintaining a state nursery, $300. 
 
 For forest fire prevention, $5,500. 
 P .. Sect. 6. All acts and parts of acts incon- 
 
 Cla^se! ^ sistent with this act are hereby repealed. This 
 
 act shall take effect upon its passage. 
 
 Approved April 15, 1911. 
 
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 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE USE OF SPARK 
 ARRESTERS ON PORTABLE STEAM MILLS. 
 
 (Laws of 1911.) 
 
 Section 1. No person, except when the 
 Portable around is covered with snow, shall operate 
 
 must have ^^^^ portable steam mill unless the same is 
 spark arresters, provided with a suitable spark arrester, ap- 
 proved by the state forester. Such approval 
 shall be in writing, signed by the forester, and said approval 
 may be revoked by the state forester in the same manner. 
 Mil h 11 h Sect. 2. It shall be the duty of the state 
 
 examined. forester to examine all portable steam mills 
 
 or cause them to be examined, whenever he 
 deems it necessary, to determine whether they are provided 
 with suitable spark arresters, and whether the same are kept 
 in constant use, as provided for in section 1 of this act. It 
 shall be the duty of the town forest fire warden to examine 
 portable steam mills, when requested to do so by the state 
 forester, and make reports on the same in such form as the 
 state forester may require. 
 
 p J . Sect. 3. Any person operating a portable 
 
 steam mill when the ground is not covered with 
 snow, without a suitable spark arrester and the approval 
 of the state forester, as herein provided, and any owner or 
 part owner of said mill knowingly permitting its operation, 
 shall be fined not less than fifty dollars and not more than 
 one hundred dollars. 
 
 P .. Sect. 4. All acts and parts of acts incon- 
 
 Cl^se. sistent with this act are hereby repealed, and 
 
 this act shall take effect upon its passage. 
 
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 LIABILITY OF RAILROADS. 
 
 (Public Statutes, Chapter 159.) 
 
 Section 29. The proprietors of every rail- 
 road shall be liable for all damages to any 
 person or property by fire or steam from any 
 locomotive or engine upon their road. 
 
 Sect. 30. Such proprietors shall have an 
 insurable interest in all property situate upon 
 the line of their road, which is exposed to such 
 damage, and they may effect insurance thereon for their own 
 benefit. 
 
 Sect. 31. Such proprietors shall be en- 
 titled to the benefit of any insurance effected 
 upon such property by the owner thereof, less the cost of 
 premium and of expense of recovery. The insurance shall 
 be deducted from the damages if recovered before the 
 damages are assessed, or, if not, the policy shall be assigned 
 to the proprietors, who may maintain an action thereon. 
 
 Liability of 
 railroad com- 
 pany for for- 
 est fires. 
 
 Insurable 
 interest. 
 
 Same. 
 
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 AN ACT CONFERRING SPECIAL AUTHORITY 
 UPON THE GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL TO 
 CLOSE THE OPEN SHOOTING SEASON DURING 
 PERIODS OF PROTRACTED DROUTH. 
 
 (Chapter 59, Laws of 1909.) 
 
 . , . Section 1. The governor and council 
 
 conferred. when, in their opinion, the discharge of fire- 
 
 arms might endanger property by starting fires 
 in the woodlands during a period of excessive dryness, may 
 suspend by official proclamation, posted and promulgated 
 through the newspapers of the state, the open season, so 
 called, for such time as they may designate. 
 
 Sect. 2. For the period which such proc- 
 Close season lamation shall cover, all provisions of the law 
 during period, relating to the close season shall be construed 
 to be in force, and if, during the continuance 
 of such period, any person shall shoot an animal or bird for 
 which there is no close season otherwise provided by law, he 
 shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars and osts. 
 Takes effect Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its 
 
 on passage. passage. 
 
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 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ACQUISITION BY 
 THE STATE OF THE CRAWFORD NOTCH, SO 
 CALLED, IN HART'S LOCATION AND CONTIG- 
 UOUS TERRITORY, AS A FOREST RESERVA- 
 TION AND STATE PARK. 
 
 (Laws of 1911.) 
 
 Section 1. The governor, with the advice 
 'co\xa^°mav ^^ *^^^ council, is hereby empowered to acquire 
 purchase. on behalf of the state, by purchase, if in their 
 
 judgment it can be purchased at a fair valua- 
 tion from the owners thereof, such lands lying in Hart's 
 Location and the towns and unincorporated places immedi- 
 ately adjacent thereto and the wood and timber standing 
 thereon and constituting or being a part of the Crawford 
 Notch, so called, as said governor and council, aided by the 
 advice of the forestry commission, may deem necessary for 
 the preservation of the forests in said notch, and to accept 
 deeds thereof in the name of the state, the aggregate pur- 
 chase price of such lands, wood and timber not to exceed the 
 maximum amount appropriated by this act. 
 
 . . Sect. 2. In case the owner or owners of 
 
 aeree nia ^^^ land, wood and timber deemed necessary 
 
 apply to Su- t)y the governor and council for the purpose 
 preme Court, aforesaid decline to sell the same for a price 
 
 deemed reasonable by the governor and council, 
 said governor and council are hereby empowered to take 
 and appropriate the same for the use of the state by causing 
 a survey or location of such land, wood and timber to be 
 prepared under their direction and filed with the secretary 
 of state, and by applying to the supreme court to appoint 
 a commission of three members to assess the damages to the 
 owner or owners. Upon such filing and application, the 
 title to such land, wood and timber shall vest in the state. 
 Said commissioners, upon reasonable notice to all parties 
 interested and a hearing thereon, shall assess and award 
 damages to the owner or owners of such land, wood and 
 timber and file their assessment and award in writing with 
 the secretary of state within ten days after the same is com- 
 pleted. Such owner or owners, or the state, if dissatisfied 
 with said award, may appeal therefrom to the superior court 
 for the county wherein the land, wood and timber is situate, 
 
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 and shall be entitled to an assessment of said damages by a 
 jury on such appeal, by filing in the office of the clerk of said 
 court a petition for that purpose within thirty days after the 
 filing of said award with the secretary of state as aforesaid, 
 such appeal to be prosecuted or defended by the attorney- 
 general under the advice of the governor and council. 
 
 Sect. 3. For the purpose of carrving out 
 ireasurer snail ^^j^g provisions of this act such a sum as mav 
 
 ISSUG DOriQS " 
 
 for purchase. ^^^ necessarj^ not to exceed one hundred thou- 
 sand dollars ($100,000), is hereby appropriated 
 and shall be provided in the manner following: The state 
 treasurer, under the direction of the governor and council, 
 shall issue scrip or certificates of indebtedness to such 
 amounts as may be necessary to pay for the lands, wood and 
 timber purchased or condemned as aforesaid, not exceeding 
 in the aggregate the amount aforesaid. Such scrip or cer- 
 tificates shall be issued as registered bonds with interest 
 coupons attached, and shall bear interest at a rate not exceed- 
 ing three and one half per cent, per annum; they shall be 
 designated on the face thereof, Crawford Notch Bonds, and 
 shall be deemed a pledge of the faith and credit of the state, 
 and the principal and interest thereof shall be paid at the 
 time specified therein in gold coin of the United States or 
 its equivalent. Such scrip or certificates shall be sold or 
 disposed of at public auction or in such other manner, at 
 such prices, in such amounts and at such rates of interest, 
 not exceeding the rate above specified, as the state treasurer 
 shall deem advisable, and shall be issued in such denomina- 
 tions, each certificate being for not less than one hundred 
 dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) 
 as he shall deem advisable. They shall be made payable 
 at such time or times, not exceeding in the case of any 
 certificate twenty years from the date of its issue, as the 
 state treasurer may deem advisable or the governor and coun- 
 cil may direct, and at the expiration of the time so fixed inter- 
 est thereon shall cease. 
 
 Sect. 4. All lands acquired under the pro- 
 managed by ^^isions of this act shall be held by the state for 
 forestry the purposes of a forest reservation and state 
 
 commission. park, and the care and management thereof 
 shall be vested in the forestry commission. 
 Such land shall at all times be open to the public, under such 
 rules and regulations as the forestry commission, with the 
 approval of the governor and council, may prescribe. Said 
 commission shall cause or permit no live timber to be removed 
 
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 from such lands without the approval of the governor and 
 council, except for the purpose of improving the forest growth 
 thereon; but timber not needed for forest conservation, or 
 
 ■ for the preservation of the scenic beatuy of said notch, may 
 be sold therefrom with the approval of the governor and 
 council, and the proceeds of all such sales shall be paid into 
 the state treasury bj'^ said commission and shall constitute 
 a special fund, to be applied solely towards the payment of 
 the interest and principal of the scrip or certificates issued 
 
 , under the preceding section, so far as needed for that purpose. 
 Sect. 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage. 
 Approved April l'"2, 1911. 
 
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 PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF ORNA- 
 MENTAL AND SHADE TREES IN THE HIGH- 
 WAYS. 
 
 (Chapter 98, Laws of 1903, as amended.) 
 
 „ w d Section 1. Mayors of cities and selectmen 
 
 provided for. ^f towns shall, immediately upon the passage 
 
 of this act, and annually thereafter, appoint 
 one or more tree wardens, who shall be discreet persons, resi- 
 dent of the city or town where appointed, interested in plant- 
 ing, pruning, and preservation of shade and ornamental trees 
 in public ways and grounds, whose business it shall be to 
 perform the duties hereinafter specified, and shall be allowed 
 such compensation for their services and expenses as the 
 mayor or selectmen may deem reasonable. 
 Trees to be Sect. '2. Towns and cities shall have con- 
 
 marked, trol of all shade and ornamental trees situated 
 
 in any public w^ay or ground within their limits, 
 which the tree warden deems reasonably necessary for the 
 purpose of shade and ornamentation; and it shall be the duty 
 of the tree wardens, as soon as possible after their appoint- 
 ment, to carefully examine the trees, situated as aforesaid, 
 and to plainly mark such trees as they think should be con- 
 trolled by their municipality, for the purposes aforesaid. 
 Galvanized iron disks shall be furnished by the secretary of 
 the forestry commission to said officers as may be required 
 by them for the purposes of this act at a cost not to exceed 
 five hundred dollars a year. Said disks shall be painted red 
 and have stamped on them the letters "N H" not less than 
 an inch in height, and to be pierced in the center for the 
 admission of a spike. The disks shall be inserted in each 
 tree at a point not less than three feet nor more than six feet 
 from the ground on the side toward the highway, by driving 
 a spike through the disk into the tree within two inches of 
 the spike 's head, so that the disk may slide with the growth 
 of the tree. If any of the spikes or disks shall be destroyed 
 or defaced, it shall be the duty of the warden to renew them 
 as soon as possible after he is informed or discovers that they 
 have been removed. They shall also have the power to 
 designate from time to time, in the same manner as herein- 
 before directed, such other trees within the limits of the 
 public ways and grounds as in his (their) judgment should 
 be preserved for ornament or shade. • 
 
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 Tr««c moTT Sect. 3. If any of the trees designated as 
 
 be purchased, atoresaid should prove to be private property, 
 
 and the owners thereof refuse to release or 
 convey their interest therein to the municipaUty, the tree 
 warden shall acquire them for the use of the city or town by 
 purchase, if it can be done at a fair price. Failing in this, 
 he may take said trees for the use of the city or town by 
 appraising the fair value of the same and by causing to be 
 served upon the owner thereof a notice of such taking, which 
 notice shall state the number of each variety of tree so taken, 
 the location of the same as near as practicable, and the value 
 thereof as fixed by him; and also by filing a copy of such notice 
 as attested by him with the city or town clerk If the 
 owner shall be satisfied with the value stated in such notice, 
 the tree warden shall cause the same to be paid to him forth- 
 with. If the owner shall be dissatisfied with the action of 
 said tree warden in valuing the trees so taken, he may, 
 within thirty days after said notice has been served upon him, 
 but not afterwards, apph' to the selectmen to assess his 
 damages. Such proceedings shall thereupon be had, includ- 
 ing the right of appeal, as are provided in the case of assess- 
 ment of damages in laying out highways by the selectmen; 
 and thereupon such damages, if any, may be awarded as 
 shall be legally and justly due to the landowner. Cities 
 and towns are hereby authorized to raise and appropriate 
 money to carry into effect the provisions of this act. 
 
 Sect. 4. Towns and cities may annually 
 Towns P^y appropriate money, not exceeding in the aggre- 
 care of trees. S'^te fifty cents for each of their ratable polls 
 
 in the preceding year, to be used by the tree 
 warden in planting, pruning, protecting, and, whenever 
 necessary, acquiring, shade and ornamental trees within the 
 limits of their public ways and grounds. 
 Cuttinffof Sect. 5. Whoever desires the cutting and 
 
 public trees. removal in whole, or in part, of any public 
 
 shade or ornamental tree, may apply to the 
 tree warden, who shall give a public hearing upon the appli- 
 cation at some suitable time and place, after duly publishing 
 and posting notices of the hearing in two or more public 
 places in town, and also upon the tree or trees which it is 
 desired to cut and remove; provided, hoivever, that the tree 
 warden may, if he deems it expedient, grant permission for 
 such cutting or removal without a hearing if the tree or trees 
 in question is on a public way outside of the residential part 
 of the town limits, such residential part to be determined by 
 
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 the tree warden. No tree within such residential limit shall 
 be cut by the tree warden, except to trim it, or removed by 
 him, without a hearing as aforesaid. The decision of the 
 tree warden shall be final. 
 
 Sect. 6. It shall be unlawful to cut, de- 
 Injury and stroy, injure, deface, or break any public shade 
 prohibited. ^^ ornamental tree, or to affix to any such tree 
 a playbill, picture, announcement, notice, ad- 
 vertisement, or other device or thing, whether in writing or 
 otherwise, or to paint or mark such tree, except for the pur- 
 pose of protecting it, and under a written permit from the 
 tree warden, or to negligently or carelessly suffer any horse 
 or other beast, driven or being lawfully in a public way or 
 place, to break down, injure, or destroy a shade or ornamental 
 tree within the limits of said public way or place; or to negli- 
 gently or willfully, by any other means, break down or in- 
 jure any such tree. 
 
 Brush fires Sect. 7. Owners of land abutting on the 
 
 regulated. highways, and all other persons, are hereby 
 
 prohibited from burning brush within or beside 
 highways without first removing the brush such distance from 
 the trees within the highway as not to endanger or injure 
 them in any manner. 
 
 Penalties Sect. 8. Persons violating any of the pro- 
 
 visions of this act shall forfeit not less than 
 five nor more than one hundred dollars, to be recovered in 
 an action of debt by the tree warden or any other person for 
 the benefit of the town or city in which the tree is situated, 
 or be fined not less than five nor more than one hundred 
 dollars. 
 
 Reoealine Sect. 9. All acts and parts of acts incon- 
 
 Clause. sistent with this act are hereby repealed, and 
 
 this act shall take eflFect upon its passage. 
 
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 TAX ABATEMENT AND PURCHASE OF 
 SEEDLINGS. 
 
 (Chapter 124, Laws of 1903.) 
 
 Section 1. In consideration of the pub He 
 Landowners benefit to be derived from the planting and 
 entitled to cultivation of timber or forest trees, the owners 
 
 tax rebates. of any and all land which shall be planted with 
 timber or forest trees, not less than twelve hun- 
 dred to the acre, shall be entitled, from and after the first 
 day of April, 1903, to a rebate of the taxes assessed upon said 
 land as follows: For the first ten years after the land has 
 been so planted, a rebate of ninety per cent, of all the taxes 
 assessed upon said land; for the second period of ten years 
 after such planting, a rebate of eighty per cent, of all taxes, 
 and for the third and final period of rebate after such plant- 
 ing, a rebate of fifty per cent, of all said taxes; said rebate 
 to be allowed only on condition that said planted trees are 
 kept in a sound condition. A return of such planting shall 
 be made to the selectmen when taking the annual inventory, 
 which return shall be verified by the selectmen and made the 
 basis of such tax exemption. After said trees have been 
 planted ten years it shall be lawful for the owners to thin 
 out the same so that not less than six hundred trees shall be 
 left to the acre; but no portion of said planted land shall be 
 absolutely cleared of trees during the period for which said 
 rebate may be allowed. 
 
 Forestry Sect. 3. (2). In order to facilitate the 
 
 commission planting of trees, as hereinbefore provided, the 
 may contract forestry commission is hereby authorized and 
 for seeds and directed to contract, without expense to the 
 mgs. state, upon terms to be approved by the gov- 
 
 ernor and council, with reputable nurserymen to provide, at 
 a price to be determined upon, seeds or seedlings of timber 
 or forest trees to landowners for planting within this state 
 in accordance with the terms of section 1 of this act. 
 
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