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FIRE LAW. 



ACT OF MAY 5, 1900 (31 STAT., 169). 



SEC. 1. Any person who shall willfully or maliciously set on 



fire, or cause to be set on fire, any timber, 



Setting fires to underbrush, or grass upon the public domain, 



JiSn. n 4ct h Fe P b 24 C , or sha]1 * * * leave or suffer fire to burn 



1807, 29' stat.. 594,' unattended near any timber or other inflam- 



amended by act May mable material, shall be deemed guilty of a 



169 misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in 



any district court of the United States hav- 



Penalty. ing jurisdiction of the same, shall be fined 



in a sum [170] not more than five thousand 



dollars or be imprisoned for a term of not more than two years, 



or both. 



NOTE. Act of Feb. 24, 1897 (29 Stat., 594), is amended by 

 the above section by omitting, where indicated by stars, the 

 words " carelessly or negligently." 



SEC. 2. Any person who shall build a * * * fire in or 



near any forest, timber, or other i inflammable 



Leaving fire unex- material upon the public domain shall, before 



puTiii Sh domain n * * * Caving said fire, totally extin-' 



guish the same. Any person failing to do so 



shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 



thereof in any district court of the United 



Penalty. States having jurisdiction of the same, shall 



be fined in a sum not more than one thousand 



dollars, or be imprisoned for a term of not more than one 



year, or both. 



NOTE. Act of Feb. 24, 1897 (29 Stat., 594), is amended 

 by the above section by omitting, where indicated by stars, 

 the words " camp fire or other " and " breaking camp or " 

 respectively. 



SEC. 3. That in all cases arising under this act the fines col- 

 lected shall be paid into the public school fund of the county 

 in which the lands where the offense was committed are 

 situated. 



WICHITA GAME REFUGE. 



ACT OF JANUARY 24, 1905 (33 STAT., 614). 



The President of the United States is hereby authorized to 



designate such areas in the Wichita Forest 



Game refuge. Reserve as should, in his opinion, be set aside 



for the protection of game animals and birds 



and be recognized as a breeding place therefor. 



