divided lands, before or without such consent, shall pass any title 

 thereto; and the parties injured shall have every remedy in law and 

 equity for the recovery of the said timber trees, and of all square tim- 

 ber, boards, lumber, ties, shingles and other articles whatsoever man- 

 ufactured therefrom; and also for the recovery of damages for the 

 cutting or removing of the same, which they now have against an 

 entire stranger to the title. 



Section 3. Upon the violation of the provisions of the first sec- 

 tion of this act, it shall be lawful for any of the parties in interest 

 to sue out a writ of estrepement, to prevent any further cutting 

 thereon, or the removal of any timber then already cut, or both; 

 which said writ shall be of force until the interests of the parties 

 shall be set out in severality, or the writs dissolved by the court, 

 or the action of partition in refernce to said land finally ended; and 

 the said writ of estrepement shall be obtained by affidavit, and al- 

 lowed in the same manner and with like proceedings as to its ser- 

 vice and dissolution as are now by law allowed and authorized in 

 cases of estrepement issued pending actions of ejectment for real 

 estate. 



Approved May 4th, A. D. 1869. 



JOHN W. GEARY. 



AN ACT 



To prevent the burning of the woods in any of the counties of this 



Commonwealth. 



Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That any person or persons who shall 

 wantonly and wilfully kindle any fire on the lands of another, so as to 

 set on fire any wood lands, barrens or moors, within the limits of this 

 Commonwealth, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction 

 thereof shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding three hundred 

 dollars, and undergo an imprisonment not exceeding twelve months, 

 or either or both, at the discretion of the court; and prosecutions for 

 such offenses may be commenced at any time within two years from 

 the commission thereof. 



Section 2. Upon the conviction of any person or persons for any of 

 the offenses aforesaid, the commissioners of the county in which such 

 conviction is had, shall pay to the prosecutor in every such case the 

 sum of fifty dollars out of the county treasury as a reward for the 

 apprehension and conviction of the offender, and the defendant or 

 defendants shall pay the same, with the costs as in other cases, into 



