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BULLETIN No. 82. 



Criminal 

 trespass on 

 timber. 



Penaly. 



Setting fires 

 near timber. 



Penalty. 



APPENDIX. 



Delaware Statutes Relative to Forests 



"Revised Code, Chap. CXXVIIL Sec. 17. If any 

 person shall willfully and unlawfully * * * fell, or cut 

 down, any tree, or sapling of another ; or shall willfully and 

 unlawfully bark, or skin any tree or sapling of another, 

 standing or growing in the soil, and attached to the free- 

 hold, without the consent of the owner of such tree, or sap- 

 ling, had and obtained ; such person shall be deemed guilty 

 of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not exceeding two 

 hundred dollars, and may also, in the discretion of the 

 court, be imprisoned for a term not exceeding two months. 



Revised Code, Page 946. Sec. 1. From and after the 

 passage of this act it shall not be lawful for any person to 

 set fire to any grass, brush, or other substance, where the 

 burning thereof will in any manner endanger any timber, 

 either standing or felled, or other property, without first 

 giving sufficient notice to the owners and occupiers of such 

 timber and property, as will enable them to take such neces- 

 sary steps to guard against such damages as they may deem 

 proper, of his intention to set fire to such grass, brush, or 

 other substance, and using all due and necessary precaution 

 on his part to prevent any damage or loss to the timber or 

 property of others. 



Sec. 2. Any person violating Sec. 1 of this act shall, 

 upon conviction thereof, before any justice of the peace of 

 this State, be by said justice fined any sum not exceeding 

 twenty-five dollars- and costs of prosecution, and besides, 

 be liable in a suit for damages that may be sustained by 

 any one on account of his failure to comply with the pro- 

 visions of this act. ' ' 



