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board of railroad commissioners by the provisions of section 

 one hundred and forty-eight of Part II of chapter four hundred 

 and sixty-three of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and 

 six. 



1907, 431, sect. 4. Sectionmen or other employees of a 

 railroad corporation who receive notice of the existence and 

 location of a fire burning on land adjacent to the Dutieg of 

 tracks shall forthwith proceed to the fire and 

 shall use all reasonable efforts to extinguish it: 

 provided, that they are not at the time employed in labors 

 immediately necessary to the safety of tracks or to the safety 

 and convenience of passengers and the public. 



1907, 431, sect. 5. Railroad corporations shall inform their 

 employees as to their duties under this act and Dutieg of 



shall furnish them with the appropriate facilities railroad cor- 



. , ,, porations. 



for reporting and extinguishing such fires. 



1907, 431, sect. 6. Nothing in this act shall be construed 

 to give any railroad corporation power to enter Proviso as to 

 upon, or to interfere in the management or care pl 

 of, any public park or reservation. 



1909, 394, sect. 1. Any railroad corporation which, by its 

 servants or agents, negligently, or in violation of law, sets 

 fire to grass lands or forest lands shall be liable Railroad 

 to any city or town in which such fire occurs, 

 for the reasonable and lawful expense incurred by such city 

 or town in the extinguishment of the fire. 



1909, 394, sect. 2. Cities and towns may recover sums to 

 which they arc entitled under the provisions of this act by an 

 action of contract in the superior court. 



