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An Act to preserve the Forests from destruction by 



Fire. 



WHEREAS large quantities of valuable timber are an- Preamble, 

 nually destroyed by tires which are in many instances 

 the result of negligence and carelessness, it is therefore necessary 

 to provide stringent regulations for the prevention of such fires. 

 Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent 

 of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts 

 as follows : 



1. The Lieutenant-Governor may, by proclamation to be Lt.-Governor 

 made by him from time to time, issued by and with the advice ^ e p d c t rTct! 

 .and consent of the Executive Council, declare any portion or 



part of the Province of Ontario to be a fire district. 



2. Every proclamation under this Act shall be published in Publication of 

 the Ontario Gazette, and such portion or part of the Province fire 



as is mentioned and declared to be a fire district in and by the 

 said proclamation, shall, from and after the said publication, 

 become a fire district within the meaning and for the purposes 

 of this Act. 



3. Ever}' such portion or part of the Province mentioned in Revocation, 

 such proclamation shall cease to be a tire district upon the 

 revocation by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council of the pro- 

 clamation by which it was created. 



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4. It shall not be lawful for any person to set out, or cause Fires not to be 

 to be set out or started, any fire in or near the woods within ^^^^ 

 any fire district, between the first clay of April and the first day purposes and 

 of November in any year, except for the purpose of clearing "S^ 

 land, cooking, obtaining warmth, or for some industrial pur- 

 pose;* and in cases of starting fires for any of the above pur- 

 poses, the obligations and precautions imposed by the following- 

 sections shall be observed. 



5. Every person who shall, between the first day of April Precautions to 



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and the hrst day of November, make or start a fire within such case of clear . 

 fire district for the purpose of clearing land shall exercise and ing land, 

 observe every reasonable care and precaution in the making 

 and starting of such fire, and in the managing of and caring for 

 the same at'ter it has been made and started, in order to pre- 

 vent such tire from spreading or burning up the timber and 

 forests surrounding the place where it has been so made and 

 started. 



6. Every person who shall, between the first day of April 

 and the first day of November make or start within such tire i 

 district a tire in the forest, or at a distance of less than half-a- 

 mile therefrom, or upon any island for cooking, obtaining 

 warmth, or for any industrial purpose, shall 



