No. 4.] REPORT OF STATE FORESTER. 531 



FOREST FIRES. 



Your help is absolutely necessary if we are to prevent woodland 

 fires. Do not throw down lighted matches, cigars, or cigarettes. 

 Notify the nearest Forest Warden or Deputy in case of fire, and 

 get busy yourself. 



Good Citizens will be Cautious. 



Others are hereby 



WARNED 



Setting fire to growing wood or timber of another. 



Punishable by a fine of not more than $100 or by imprisonment for not 

 more than six months. R. L. 208, Sec. 7. 



Letting Fire Escape, 



Neghgently allowing fii-e to escape from 3^our own land to adjoining 

 land. Punishable by a fine of not more than $250, also liable for damages. 

 R. L. 208, Sec. 8 and 9. 



Permit necessary. 



A permit must be procured from the Town Forest Warden for all fires 

 in the open air between March 1 and December 1, except as provided in 

 Sec. 1, Chap. 244, Acts of 1911. Penalty for violation, not more than $100 

 fine or imprisonment for not more than one month, or both such fine and 

 imprisonment. 



Penalty for Refusing Aid. 



Any person between the ages of 18 and 50 years who refuses, without 

 good cause, to assist the Forest Warden or his Deputies in the fighting of 

 forest fires is hable to a fine of not less than $5 or more than $100. R. L. 

 32, Sec. 21; 1907, 475, Sec. .3. 



Auto Parties. 



Picnic Parties. 



Hunters and Campers. 



All persons visiting the forests will be held responsible for anj^ damage 

 they may cause. 



F. W. RANE, State Forester, 

 Forest Warden. 6 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. 



Posted by authority of Acts of 1907, Chap. 475, Sec. 2. 



