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spicuous place at the side of every highway as they may deem proper, 

 and at suitable distances alongside the rivers and lakes of the state 

 frequented by camping parties, tourists, hunters and fishermen, in 

 their respective towns, notice in large letters to be furnished 

 by the forest commissioner, substantiall}' in the following form. 

 Camp fires must be totally extinguished before breaking camp, under 

 penalt}' of not to exceed one month's imprisonment or one hundred 

 dollars fine, or both as provided by law. Signed, Forest 



Commissioner. The forest commissioner shall furnish owners of 

 wood lands situated within this state when called upon so to do, 

 notices of similar tenor to be posted at the expense of said owners 

 upon their lespective lands. 



Sect. 7. All persons engaged in hunting game on any of the 

 wood lands within any town or unincorporated place in this state, 

 shall use non-combustible wads in the loading of firearms used by 

 them. 



Sect. 8. It shall be the duty of municipal officers in towns, and 

 county commissioners, the latter with respect to unorganized places, 

 to proceed immediately to a strict inquiry into the cause and origin 

 of fires within wood lands ; and in all cases where such fires are 

 found to have originated from the unlawful act of any person, to 

 cause the offender to be prosecuted without delay. 



Sect. 9. The selectmen of towns in which a forest fire of more 

 than one acre in extent has occurred, and the count}' commissioners 

 where a forest fire of more than two acres has occurred in an}' of the 

 unincorporated places in any county, within a year, shall report to 

 the forest commissioner the extent of area burned over, to the best 

 of their information, together with the probable amount of property 

 destroyed, specify the value of timber as near as may be, and amount 

 of cord wood, logs, bark or other forest product, fencing, bridges 

 and buildings that have been burned. They shall also report the 

 cause of these fires if they can be ascertained, and the measures 

 employed and found most effective in checking their progress. 

 Blanks for the reports required in this act shall be furnished by said 

 forest commissioner at the expense of the state. 



Sect. 10. Every railroad company whose road passes through 

 waste or forest lands, shall during each year cut and burn off or 

 remove from its right of way all grass, brush or other inflammable 

 material, but under proper care and at times when fires are not liable 

 to spread beyond control. 



