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G. A. 1917, 51, sect. 2. Authority is hereby given to the 

 state forester or his duly authorized assistants to inspect 

 state a ^ appliances described in section one, to de- 



termine whether they are provided with suitable 

 spark-arresters in accordance with the provisions 

 hereof. 



G. A. 1917, 51, sect. 3. Any violation of the provisions of 

 Penait ^^ act sna ^ be punished by a fine of not less 



than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars. 

 G. A. 1917, 51, sect. 4. This act shall not apply within the 

 metropolitan district as defined in section one of 

 chapter seven hundred and ninety-five of the acts 

 of the year nineteen hundred and fourteen. 



Close Season for Game in Times of Drouth. 



1909, 422, sect. 1. Whenever, during an open season for 

 the hunting of any kind of game in this state, it shall appear 

 Governor to the governor that by reason of extreme drouth 

 may proc a .^g uge ^ firearms in the forest is liable to cause 

 forest fires, he may, by proclamation, suspend the open 

 season and make it a close season for the shooting of birds and 

 wild animals of every kind for such time as he may designate, 

 and may prohibit the discharge of firearms in or near forest 

 land during the said time. 



1909, 422, sect . 2. During the time designated as above by 

 the governor, all provisions of law relating to the close season 

 shall be in force, and whoever violates any such 

 provisions shall be subject to the penalties pre- 

 scribed therefor. In case any person shall, during a close 

 season proclaimed as aforesaid, discharge a firearm in or near 

 forest land, or shoot any wild animal or bird, as to which 



