1 arrester and an efficient ash pan which tire kept in constant use 



2 and repair during the operation of such engine. 



Si<;c. 17. All pel-sons engaged in logging within this state 



4 or permitting logging upon their hinds within this state, shall 



5 each year burn their annual slash, by which is meant the tops 



6 and inflammable refuse left after lumbering, that may carry 



7 fire or cause it to spread, at such times and in such manner 



8 and Avith such provision for help as will confine the fire to 



9 their own lands, and, if such burning is done between May 



10 fifteenth and October fifteenth of airy one year, shall clear a 



11 fire guard of not less than thirty feet surrounding the entire 



12 area last logged over and, in constructing this fire guard, shall 



13 cut down all dead trees and snags over twenty feet high 



14 encountered on the line of the fire guard. Builders of trails, 



15 roads, or railroads in this state shall immediately destroy or 

 1^ remove all inflammable material resulting from constructing 



17 or clearing for such improvements. All burning under the 



18 provision of this section shall be in accordance with the pro- 



19 visions of section fifteen of this act. 



SEC. 18. It shall be the duty of every railroad corporation 



21 or company operating any railroad within this state to keep 



22 its railroad track, and either side thereof, for a distance of 



23 one hundred feet on each side of the track or roadbed, so far 



24 as it passes through any portion of this state, free from dry 



25 grass, weeds or any inflammable debris; and any railroad com- 

 2" pany or corporation failing to keep its railroad track and each 

 2^ side thereof free as above specified, shall be liable for any 



28 damages which may occur from fire emanating from the opera- 



29 turn of such railroad, and a neglect to comply with the pro- 



30 visions of this section shall be prima facie evidence of negli- 



31 gence on the part of any such railroad company or corpora- 



32 tion. But no railroad company or corporation shall be required 



33 to keep free as above specified any land not a part of its right 



34 of way. 



35 SKC. 10. Hereafter, all companies, corporations or persons, 



36 engaged in operating any railroad wholly or in part in this 



37 state, shall be liable for the destruction of, or injury to, any 



