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Forest Fike Posters. 

 Following the instructions in the statutes, as last year, 

 the State Forester had the abbreviated instructions of the 

 forest fire laws printed on a large paper poster in red and 

 black ink, 18 by 27 inches in size, and distributed them to 

 all railroad stations, post-offices, chairmen of the boards of 

 selectmen and forest wardens. For general use a new, smaller 

 and more practical cloth poster was sent out in large quan- 

 tities to all forest wardens for use throughout the State. This 

 poster has served its purpose well, and good reports come 

 from every section, which shows our people are taking an 

 interest in stopping forest fires. (See below.) 



WARNING! 



FOREST FRE 



EXTRACTS FROM MASSACHUSETTS FOREST LAWS. 



U Setting Fire to Crowing Wood or Timber of Another. Punishawe by a nn« s« not 



more than tlOO.OO or by Impflaonment for not more than eli montha. R. t- 208. Sec 7^ 



3. Letting Fire Escape. Negligently allo«rlng fire to escape from your owrt land to adjoinmg 

 land. Punishable by a fine of not more than saso.OO, also liable for damages. R. L. 208. 8«cu 

 8 and 9. 



3. Forest Wardens Not Liable to Arrest for Trespass, wardens, oeputies and Assist* 



ants, not liable for trespass while acting In the reasonable performance of their duties. Acu 

 1907. 476. Soc 6. 



4. Permit to Light Fire in the Open, in Towns so >otlng. a permit from the rorest War- 



den must be obtained to start a fire between April I and December 1. The only eiceptlon 

 being -that debris from fields, gardens and orchards, or leoves and brush from yards may be 

 burned on ploughed fields by the owners thereof, their agents or lessees, but In every case 

 such fire shall be at least two hundred feet distant from any forest or sprout lands, and shall 

 be properly attended until eitlngulshed. Violation of this proilslon- Punishable by a fine of 

 not more than SIOO.OO or Imprisonment for not more than one month or by both such fine and 

 Imprisonment. Act* 1908, 209, Soc I. 



6. Arrest without Warrant. The forest waraen may arrest any persons found In the eel of 

 setting a fire In violation of the prorlslons of this act. Act* 1908. 209, Sac. 4. 



6. Penalty for Refusing Aid. Any person between the ages of IS and 90 years who reruses, 



without good cause, to assist the Forest Warden or his deputies In the flshtlng of forest (Ires 

 Is liable to a fins of not less than 9 er more than 100 dollars. R. L. 32. Soc. 21: 1907. 47S, Sec. 3. 



7. Disturbing Notices, whoever wllfully tears down or destroys any notice posted under the 



provisions of this act shall be punished by a fine of SiO.oo. Act 1907. 476. Sac. 7. 



Poued by muihoiHr ol Acts 1907, CtufK 47S, Sea. 2. F. W. RANE, State Forester, 



8t*ta House, Boston, Maa*. 



