If any owner of such property, or the person responsible for its condition or operation, shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with the notice and order of the chief forest fire warden requiring the abatement of such nuisance, the chief forest fire warden, or his duly authorized agent, may enter upon the property to which such notice and order relate and abate such public nuisance. The expense of such abatement shall be paid by the owner of the property, or the person responsible for the condition or operation thereof, and, if such owner or person shall fail, neglect or refuse to pay the same, it may be collected by the chief forest fire warden, in the name of the Commonwealth, in an action of assumpsit brought against such owner or person in the court of common pleas of the county in which the nuisance was located. All moneys recovered in such action shall be paid into the General Fund of the State Treasury through the Department of Revenue.