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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 their own shall be guilty of a mis- 

 demeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished 

 by a fine of not less than S25 nor more than $500, or im- 

 prisonment for not less than thirty days nor more than one 

 year, or both such fine and imprisonment. 



Sec. 12. That it shall be unlawful for any person, 

 firm or corporation as landowner to set fire to or to pro- 

 cure another to set fire to any woods, logs, brush, leaves, 

 grass or clearing upon their own land without giving 

 adjacent landowners five days' written notice unless they 

 shall have taken all possible care and precaution against 

 the spread of such fires to other lands not their own by 

 previously having cut and piled the same or carefully 

 cleared around the land which is to be burned, so as to 

 prevent the spread of such fire. The setting of fire con- 

 trary to the provisions of this section, or allowing it to 

 escape to the injury of adjoining land shall be prima facie 

 proof of wilfulness or neglect, and the landowner from 

 whose land the fire originated shall be liable in a civil 

 action for (Jamages for the injury resulting from such 

 fire, and also for the cost of fighting and extinguishing the 

 same. 



Sec. 13. That logging and railroad locomotives, 

 donkey or threshing engines, and other engines and boilers 

 operated in, through, or near forest or brush, which do 

 not bum oil as fuel, shall be provided with appliances to 

 prevent the escape of fire and sparks from the smoke- 

 stacks thereof and with devices to prevent the escape of 

 fire from ash-pans and fire-boxes. Failure to comply with 

 these requirements shall be a misdemeanor punishable 

 upon conviction by a fine of not less than $10 nor more 

 than Si 00 for each and every offense thus committed. 



Sec. 14. That all individuals or corporations caus- 

 ing fires by violations of Sections 11, 12 or 13 of this Act 

 shall be hable to the State and to the county in which the 

 fire occurred in an action for debt to the full amotmt of 



