194 ELEMENTARY FORESTRY. 



Any person who shall kindle a fire on or dangerously near to 

 forest or prairie land, and leave it unquenched, or who shall be a 

 party thereto. 



Any person who shall use other than incombustible fire wads 

 for firearms, or carry a naked torch, firebrand, or other exposed 

 light, in or dangerously near to forest land. 



Any person who shall willfully or heedlessly deface, destroy 

 or remove any warning placard posted under the requirements of 

 this act. 



Any railroad company willfully neglecting to provide effi- 

 cient spark arresters on its engines, or to keep its right of way 

 to the width of 100 feet cleared of combustible material, or which 

 shall fail to comply with other provisions of section 12 of the 

 above mentioned act. 



The following are liable to a penalty of not less than $5.00 

 nor mor than $50.00 : 



Any railroad employe who willfully violates the provisions 

 of section 12 of this act, in regard to depositing live coals or hot 

 ashes near woodland, and to reporting fires. 



Any owner of threshing or other portable steam engine who 

 neglects to have efficient spark arresters, or who shall deposit 

 lire coals or hot ashes without extinguishing the same. 



The following are liable to a penalty not exceeding $500, or 

 imprisonment in the state prison not over ten years, or both: 



Any person who maliciously sets or causes to be set on fire 

 any woods, prairie or other combustible material whereby the 

 property of another is destroyed and life sacrificed. 



The effect of this law has been very beneficial, and has pre- 

 vented much loss of property by fire; but the area to be covered 

 is very large, much of it is very sparsely populated, and the funds 

 available are very meager for best results, so that, although it 

 has been very ably enforced, and some convictions made under 

 it, yet it should be amended in several respects to make it effec- 

 tive. 



State Bounty for Tree Planting. It is provided by the 

 laws of the State of Minnesota that any person who shall plant, 

 cultivate and keep in a growing, thrifty condition one acre and 



