Section 18

Section 18. During the months of April and May and the period from September fifteenth to November fifteenth, in each year, commonly called the fire seasons, in order to prevent fire and provide for its immediate suppression, the fire-wardens may, in the discretion of the Commissioner of Forestry, be required to keep daily patrol in the regions under their care known to be especially hazardous or subject to outbreak of fire. For such services, so to be rendered, the fire-wardens, in addition to the compensation hereinabove allowed, shall be entitled to receive a stated sum, not in excess of twenty-five dollars per month, to be fixed and allowed by the Commissioner of Forestry. The Commissioner of Forestry shall, likewise, designate the fire-wardens for such continuous service, and the places to be patrolled by them, as in his judgment will produce the best results in the prevention or immediate suppression of fire. All sums of money which may thus become due to fire-wardens for continuous patrol service, and all other sums of money which may be earned by them and others in the prevention and suppression of fire, shall be paid, in manner hereinbefore provided, from the fund appropriated for the use of the fire-warden system created by this act.