ART. 39 A. ] FOREST WARDENS. 71

may designate, to act as forest wardens of this State, to enforce
the forest laws and to carry out all the purposes of this
article. If the governor approve such persons he may appoint
them forest wardens for a term of two years, but they shall be
subject to removal at any time at the pleasure of the governor.
Such wardens shall receive no salary from the State, but only
such compensation from time to time as the forester may allow
them for special services actually rendered. Forest wardens
thus appointed shall, before entering upon the duties of their
office, take the proper official oath before the clerk of the court
of the county in which they reside; after which they shall,
while holding said office, possess and exercise all the authority
and power held and exercised by constables at common law
under the statutes of this State, so far as arresting and prose-
cuting persons for all violations of any of the laws or rules
and regulations enacted or to be enacted for the protection of
the State forestry reservations, or for the protection of the fish
and game contained therein, are concerned.

1906, ch. 294, sec. 6.

6. It shall be the duty of the forest wardens to enforce all
forest laws of this State; to protect the State forest reserves
and see that all rules, regulations and laws are enforced; to
report any violation of law to the State forester at the time
of its occurrence; to assist in apprehending and convicting
offenders, and to make an annual report to him as to forest
conditions in their immediate neighborhood. When any forest
warden shall see or have reported to him a forest fire, it shall
be his duty to immediately repair to the scene of the fire and
employ such persons and means as in his judgment seem
expedient and necessary to extinguish said fire. He shall
keep an itemized account of all expenses thus incurred and
send such account immediately to the State forester.

Ibid. sec. 7.

7. The expenses incurred in fighting or extinguishing any
fire under the direction of the State forester or a forest warden
shall be borne by the county in which the fire occurred, and
shall be payable in fall by the county commissioners of such
county upon the receipt of an itemized account, with vouchers
approved by the State forester.