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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



July 



county treasurer in favor of said town 

 for one-fourth of the amount of said 

 bill, and another copy shall be sent 

 to the state comptroller, who shall 

 draw his order on the state treasurer 

 in favor of said town for one-fourth 

 of the amount of said bill. 



Sec. 6. All moneys received from 

 fines imposed under and by virtue of 

 the provisions of sections 1218, 1222, 

 and 1237 of the general statutes shall 

 be paid to the state treasurer and kept 

 by him as a separate fund, to be paid 

 out by him upon the requisition of the 

 state forest fire warden, for use in 

 connection with the prevention and 

 suppression of forest fires, and such 

 disbursements shall be audited by the 

 state board of control as provided in 

 section 4450; provided, that the state 

 forest fire warden shall pay one-half 

 of the amount collected as a fine to the 

 fire warden or other person upon 

 whose information the proceedings in 

 which such fine was imposed were in- 

 stituted, but not exceeding fifty dol- 

 lars in any one case. 



Sec. 7. Section 1218 of the general 

 statutes is hereby amended to read as 

 follows : Every person who shall set 

 on fire any woods, or stack of hay or 

 grain, so as thereby to occasion in- 

 jury to another; or shall injure or 

 destroy any public bridge, or any fire 

 engine or hose, or any mill-dam, or 

 hydraulic works, or any machinery at- 

 tached to any mill, manufactory, or 

 steamboat ; or shall kill, wound, or 

 disfigure, or administer any poison or 

 noxious substance to any horse, ass, 



mule, or neat cattle, with intent to kill, 

 or injure the same, or shall injure any 

 cloths in process of manufacture, shall, 

 if such act is done wilfully, be fined 

 not more than one thousand dollars, 

 or imprisoned not more than six 

 months, or both. 



Sec. 8. Section 1222 of the general 

 statutes is hereby amended to read as 

 follows : Fires kindled by throwing 

 down a lighted match, cigar, or other 

 burning substance, shall be deemed 

 within the provisions of sections 1220 

 and 122 1, and every person violating 

 any provision of said sections shall be 

 fined not more than five hundred dol- 

 lars, or imprisoned not more than six 

 months, or both. 



Sec. 9. Section 1237 of the general 

 statutes is hereby amended to read as 

 follows : Every person who shall, wil- 

 fully, and without color of right, cut, 

 destroy, or carry away, any trees or 

 timber of the dimensions of four 

 inches diameter, or more, or any hoop- 

 poles standing on the land of another, 

 shall be fined not more than two hun- 

 dred dollars, or imprisoned not more 

 than ninety days, or both. 



Sec. 10. The town and district fire 

 wardens shall post such notices, con- 

 taining the state laws concerning fires, 

 as the state fire warden may prepare, 

 and any person who wilfully or ma- 

 liciously tears down or destroys any 

 such notice shall be fined ten dollars. 



Sec. ii. All acts or parts of acts 

 inconsistent with the provisions of this 

 act are hereby repealed. 



