1 SEC. 10. All forest areas containing inflammable debris 



2 which by reason of the location or condition or lack of protec- 



3 tion thereof may further the spread of fire, or endanger life 



4 or property are hereby declared a public nuisance. All per-, 



5 sons engaged in logging or permitting- logging upon their lands 



6 or cutting trees for other purposes shall make and are hereby 



7 required to make such disposition of the inflammable slashings 



8 and debris as will effectively prevent the spread of fire or the 



9 creation of a menace to life and property. 



10 Whenever such a nuisance exists, the state forester shall in 



11 writing notify the owner, lessee, the person in control or the 



12 agent of such owner or lessee of the land upon which said 



13 nuisance is situated, of the existence of said nuisance, and 



14 shall require that such nuisance be abated within a period and 



15 in a manner specified in such notice. But the state forester 



16 may for good cause shown extend the time in which said nui- 



17 sance shall be abated. 



Whenever after due and sufficient notice by the state forester 



19 such nuisance remains unabated, the owner, lessee, the person 



20 in control, or responsible agent of the owner or lessee of the 



21 land on which said nuisance exists, shall be deemed guilty of a 



22 misdemeanor and shall be liable to a fine of not more than five 



23 hundred dollars and the costs of prosecution for each violation 



24 thereof or failure to comply therewith. In event of the fine 



25 remaining unpaid, the same shall become a lien on the land 

 2" in which the nuisance exists. Whenever because of the failure 

 * of an owner, lessee or agent responsible the nuisance remains 



28 unabated, the state forester may cause the same to be sum- 



29 marily abated and the cost thereof [shall] become a lien on 

 SO the land on which the nuisance exists. 



SEC. 11. Any fire in any forest or on other land burning 



32 uncontrolled and without proper measures being taken to sup- 



33 press it, or which endangers life and property, is hereby de- 



34 clared a public nuisance, and any person, firm, association, 



35 corporation or agency owning or controlling land on which 



36 such nuisance exists is hereby required to abate it by con- 



37 trolling or extinguishing it. If the person, firm, association, 



