nor more than one hundred dollars for each and every offense com- 

 mitted. 



SECTION 3859, CODE, 1904. 



Spark arresters on engines moved with steam; penalty. Any per- 

 son, who moves any engine with steam on any road shall * * * 

 Such engine shall be provided with a good spark arrester in proper 

 order and place, to prevent spreading fire. If any person violate 

 any provision of this section he shall be fined not less than five nor 

 more than twenty dollars. [L. 1883-4, p. 519.] 



PART III. -TAXATION 



(This division comprises the provisions of law, if any, covering the 

 classification and taxation of forested lands and lands to be forested, 

 the purpose of which is to encourage the practice of forestry by pri- 

 vate land owners; also such bounty and exemption laws as have a 

 similar purpose. For taxation provisions concerning State or mu- 

 nicipal forests, see Part IV.) 



PART IV. PUBLIC FORESTS 



(This division comprises the provisions of law, if any, authorizing 

 the practice of forestry by the State, by municipal or town corpora- 

 tions, and by forestry and similar associations of a quasi-public char- 

 acter, through the setting aside or acquisition of lands for forest 

 reserve and nursery purposes, and providing for the administration 

 and protection of such reservations.) 



(1) STATE FORESTS. 



(For other provisions, if any, concerning State forests and nur- 

 series, see Part I.) 



SECTION 4, CHAPTER 195, LAWS 1914. 



Management of State Forests, and funds. The care, management 

 and preservation of the forest reserves of the State hereafter to be 

 acquired and established, and the forests thereon, as well as future 

 growth thereon, and all moneys appropriated in that behalf, or 

 collected therefrom in any way, and all personal and real property 

 acquired to carry out the objects of this act, are hereby made sub- 

 ject to the control of the said State geological commission as the 

 same may be herein or in subsequent acts defined and required. 



SECTION 5. 



Purchase of lands Rules and regulations Gifts of lands Min- 

 eral and mining rights Deeds. Said commission shall have the 

 power to purchase lands in the name of the State suitable for for- 

 est reserves, at a price which shall not exceed ten dollars per acre, 

 using for such purposes any surplus money not otherwise appro- 

 priated which may be standing to the credit of the forest reserve, 

 fund, and to make and enforce all rules and regulations governing 

 State reserves, the care and maintenance thereof, the preventing of 

 trespassing thereon, and for the conduct of its officers, agents, and 

 employees; and it may accept gifts of land and money to the State 

 for forestry purposes, the same to be held, protected, and adminis- 

 tered by said commission as a State forest reserve, and to be used 



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