spreading and getting beyond control. Such permis- 

 sion shall be in the form of a written permit signed by 

 an authorized forest officer. Any person setting a fire 

 under such permit shall watch the same and use the 

 highest degree of diligence to prevent it from spreading 

 to the property of another or getting beyond control. 

 Such fire shall be completely extinguished before the 

 expiration of the period during which such burning is 

 permitted. 



Section 3. "Whenever a fire set by any person or cor- 

 poration, under permit as herein provided, spreads to 

 property belonging to another or destroys the property 

 of another, it shall be prima facie evidence that the 

 parly so setting such fire is guilty of negligence in al- 

 lowing it to spread. 



Section 4. Any person or corporation violating any 

 of the foregoing provisions of this Act shall be deemed 

 guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof 

 shall be punished by a fine of not less than Twenty-five 

 ($25.00) dollars nor more than One Hundred ($100.00) 

 dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not 

 more than ninety days. 



Section 5. The state forester or any district forest 

 ranger may burn, or by written order require the owner 

 or owners to burn, any grass, stubble, peat, brush, slash, 

 woods or like substance or growth, not resulting from 

 commercial logging operations but which constitutes or 

 is likely to become a fire menace, and shall have author- 

 ity to employ and summon any able-bodied male person 

 of the age of eighteen (18) years and upward to assist 

 in such burning and in watching and controlling any 

 fire set for such purpose, and may incur any other ne- 

 cessary and reasonable expense for the same purpose. 



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