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or property of another are injured, shall be punished by a fine 

 of not more than two hundred and fifty dollars. 



R. L. 208, sect. 9. Whoever in a town which accepts the 

 provisions of this section, or has accepted the corresponding 

 Penalty for provisions of earlier laws, sets a fire on land which 

 extinguish t0 is not owned or controlled by him and before 

 leaving the same neglects to entirely extinguish 

 such fire, or whoever wilfully or negligently suffers a fire 

 upon his own land to escape beyond the limits thereof to the 

 injury of another, shall be punished by a fine of not more than 

 one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in jail for not more 

 than one month, or by both such fine and imprisonment; 

 and shall also be liable for all damages caused thereby. Such 

 fine shall be equally divided between the complainant and 

 the town. 



R. L. 208, sect. 99, as amended, 1904, 444, sect. 1. Who- 

 ever wilfully cuts down or destroys timber or wood standing 

 Cutting of or growing on the land of another, or carries 

 away any kind of timber or wood cut down or 

 lying on such land, or digs up or carries away stone, ore, 

 gravel, clay, sand, turf or mould from such land, or roots, 

 nuts, berries, grapes or fruit of any kind or any plant there 

 being, or cuts down or carries away sedge, grass, hay or any 

 kind of corn, standing, growing or being on such land, or cuts 

 or takes therefrom any ferns, flowers or shrubs, or carries 

 away from a wharf or landing place any goods in which he has 

 no interest or property, without the license of the owner 

 thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 

 six months or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, 

 and if the offence is committed on the Lord's day or in dis- 

 guise or secretly in the night time the imprisonment shall 

 not be less than five days nor the fine less than five dollars. 



