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AGitlCULTUKE. 



FOREST FIRE LAWS IN THE UNITED STATES. 



(Fernow ) 



(See p. 142 for penalties imposed.) 



State. 



Alabama , 



Arkansas* -J 



California' 



Colorado -j 



Connecticut' 



Delaware* 



Florida 



Georgia' 



hlaho 



Illinois 



Indiana 



Iowa 



Kansas 



Kentucky , 



Louisiana 



Maine 



Maryland.' 

 Massachusetts'. 



Michigan* \ 



Minnesota* 



Mississippi 



Missouri. 



Edition of 

 Code, 



C. C. 1886 



S. & H.'s D. 



1894 



P. C. 1886 



Mills, G. S, 



1891 



G. S. 1888. .. , 

 Vol. XVIII. .. 

 Laws 1879 . . . . 



R. S. 1887. . 

 R S. 1895 ... 

 R. S. 1894 . . 

 McLean's, iJ 

 C. L. i88q. .. 

 G. S. 1888. ., 



Laws 1891 . . . . 



Sup. 1888 



Howell's A. S. 



G. S. I 



1892. 



R. S. I 



Title. 



19 



9 

 24 



Chapter. 



48 



36 



99 

 93 



38 

 5 

 3 



29 

 100 



163 



328 



95 

 29 



47 



Section. 



4226-8 

 1580-4 



384 

 1414 15, 17-18 



1458, 1460-2 

 1-2 

 3141 



1456-9 

 6931 

 18 

 2001 

 5 '85-92 

 7276—8 

 5-6 

 817 

 5 



9402-4 



6 

 109 1 

 3613 



* S. 1847: Burning off permitted when consent of neighbors is secured 

 after i day's notice. 



' Pol. Code, S. 3344-5: Persons firing woods, etc., liable in treble dam- 

 ages. Constable, etc., may order any inhabitants liable to poll-ta.\ to 

 assist in extinguishing tire. 



' Must give notice, before burning off, to all residents within one mile, 

 and can only be done between February 15 and March 31, unless otherwise 

 oidered by county commissioner. 



* Prohibits building fire in woods without owner's permission, and with 

 out first clearing away combustibles, and extinguishing fire. 



* Must give I day's notice, before burning off, to adjoining property 

 owners, and then only betwen Feb. 20 and April i. 



* No law included in Revised Statutes. 



' Ch. 296, S. 1-6, G. S. 1883 : Duty of fire wardens to post warnings, 

 extinguish fires, and investigate causes of fires. 



■ Supervisors and highway commissioners to order assistance in putting 

 out fires; fine S5-$5o for refusal to assist. 



* See act of April 18, 1895. 



