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Setting of Fires in the Open Air. 



G. A. 1916, 51, sect. 1. It shall be unlawful within any city 

 or town for any person to set, maintain or increase a fire in the 

 open air between the first day of March and the 

 first day of December except by written permis- 

 sion of the fire prevention commissioner for the metropolitan 

 district within the said district, or of the forest warden or 

 chief of the fire department in other cities and towns, or, in 

 cities that have such an official, the fire commissioner: pro- 

 vided, that debris from fields, gardens and orchards, and leaves 

 and rubbish from yards may be burned on ploughed fields 

 by the owners thereof, their agents or lessees; and provided, 

 further, that persons above the age of eighteen years may 

 set or maintain a fire for a reasonable purpose upon sandy 

 land, or upon salt marshes or sandy or rocky beaches border- 

 ing upon tide water, if the fire is enclosed within rocks, metal 

 or other non-inflammable material. In every case such a 

 fire shall be at least two hundred feet distant from any 

 sprout or forest land, and at least fifty feet distant from any 

 building, and shall be properly attended until it is extin- 

 guished. The forest wardens in towns and officials performing 

 the duties of forest wardens in cities shall cause public notice 

 to be given of the provisions of this section and shall enforce 

 the same. Whoever violates any provision of this section 

 shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred 

 dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one month, or 

 by both such fine and imprisonment. 



G. A. 1916, 51, sect. 2. The provisions of the preceding 

 section shall not apply to fires which may be set, maintained 

 or increased within the metropolitan district in Exce 

 accordance with regulations and methods ap- 



