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Section 7. Any county firewarden who shall refuse to carry 

 out the provisions of Section 6, or any able-bodied citizen who shall 

 refuse to render assistance as provided by said section, shall be punished 

 by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, or by imprison- 

 ment in the county jail for not less than ten days nor more than thirty 

 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 



Section 8. The Board of Supervisors of the various coun- 

 ties of this State are hereby authorized to levy and appropriate 

 money for purposes of forest protection, improvement, and man- 

 agement, and said Board shall have recourse under an action at 

 law for debt against any landowner, individual or corporation on whose 

 account they shall have been obliged to pay out money for fighting fire 

 for the amount which they shall have expended for such purpose. 



Section 9. The State Forester shall furnish notices, printed 

 in large letters upon cloth or strong paper, calling attention to the 

 dangers of forest fires and to forest fire laws and their penalties. Such 

 notices shall be distributed by the State Forester to county firewardens 

 and posted by them in conspicuous places upon State demonstration 

 forests, along the highways in forest-covered country, and in other 

 public places. 



Section 10. Any person who shall maliciously or wilfully 

 destroy, deface, remove or disfigure any sign, poster, or warning notice 

 posted under the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor 

 and punishable upon conviction by a fine of not less than fifteen dollars 

 nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county 

 jail for a period of not less than ten days nor more than three months, 

 or by both such fine and imprisonment. 



Section ii. Every individual or corporation that carelessly, 

 negligently or wilfully, maliciously or with intent, sets on fire, or causes 

 or procures to be set on fire, any woods, brush, grass, grain or stubble, 

 on lands not owned by such individual or corporation, shall be guilty of 

 a misdemeanor, and upon conviction be punishable by a fine of not less 

 than twenty-five dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or impris- 

 onment for not less than thirty days nor more than one year, or both 

 such fine and imprisonment ; except that camp fires sufficient to warm 

 the person and to cook may be built on unenclosed and unposted 

 land, provided proper precautions are taken to prevent the spread 

 of such fire and provided it be totally extinguished before leav- 

 ing such camp : Proznded, that nothing herein contained shall apply to 

 any person who in good faith shall set a back fire to prevent the ex- 

 tension of a fire already burning. 



Section 12. It shall be unlawful for any person or corpora- 

 tion owning land to set or procure another to set fire to any woods, 

 brush, logs, leaves, grass or clearing upon such land, unless all possible 



