Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor of the 

 North West Territories, by and with the advice and 

 consent of the Council, as follows : 



1. Any person who kindles or is party to kindling 

 a fire in the open air in any part of the said Territories, 

 except for actual camp purposes or to protect build- 

 ings, stacks or other like property in danger of being 

 destroyed by running fires, or for clearing lands in 

 months of December, January, February, March or 

 April, by burning log heaps sufficiently separated from 

 surrounding brush-wood or other inflammable material 

 to prevent fire from spreading, shall, on conviction 

 thereof, pay a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars 

 with costs of prosecution, and in default of payment 

 be imprisoned for a term not exceeding six months. 



2. Any person who kindles or is a party to kindling 

 a fire in the open air for any of the purposes allowed 

 in the next preceding section, and who neglects taking 

 effectual means to prevent such fire from running at 

 large, or to extinguish it after such purposes has been 

 served, shall, on conviction be liable to a fine not ex- 

 ceeding fifty dollars, with costs of prosecution, and in 

 default of payment be imprisoned for a term not ex- 

 ceeding three months. 



3. Nothing in this ordinance shall bar or prevent 

 the owner of private property from recovering damages 

 from any offender against the first and second sections 

 of this ordinance. 



4. Prosecutions under this ordinance shall take 

 place in a summary manner. 



5. It shall be the duty of all police and other peace 

 officers upon view of an infraction of any of the enact- 



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