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Section j. Any person who kindles or is a party to kindling a fire 

 in the open air for camping or branding purposes, and who leaves 

 the same without having extinguished it, shall be guilty of an offence 

 and liable on summary conviction thereof to a penalty not exceeding 

 $100. 



Section 4. No person shall directly or indirectly, personally or by 

 any servant, agent or employee, kindle on any land a fire for the 

 purpose of guarding property, burning stubble or brush or clearing 

 land unless the land on which the fire is started is at the time it is 

 started completely surrounded by a fireguard not less than twenty feet 

 in width consisting of land covered with snow or water or so worn, 

 graded, ploughed, burned over or covered with water as to be free 

 of inflammable matter and any person kindling a fire for such purpose 

 shall during the whole period of its continuance cause it to be guarded 

 by three adult persons provided with proper appliances for extinguish- 

 ing prairie fire. 



(2) Any person contravening this section shall be guilty of an 

 offence and be liable on summary conviction thereof to a penalty not 

 exceeding $100. 



Section 6. Nothing herein contained shall prevent any person 

 from kindling fire before the yth day of May in any year for the pur- 

 pose of clearing any area of land not exceeding three hundred and 

 twenty acres, if such land is completely surrounded by a fireguard not 

 less than ten feet in width, consisting of land covered with snow or 

 water or being so worn, graded, ploughed, burned over or covered with 

 water as to be free from inflammable matter. 



(2) Any person so kindling a fire shall cause it to be guarded during 

 the whole period of its continuance by three adult persons provided 

 with proper appliances for extinguishing prairie fire and should such 

 fire be left without being so guarded or be allowed to escape, such 

 persons shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary 

 conviction thereof to a penalty not exceeding $100. 



Section 7. Nothing in this Act contained shall prevent the over- 

 seer (or councillor) of any local improvement district from kindling a 

 fire for the purpose of making a fireguard, but the area which it is 

 proposed to burn must be completely inclosed by a fireguard at least 

 ten feet in width, such as is described in Section 6 hereof, and such fire 

 so kindled must during the whole period of its burning be guarded 

 by such number of men provided with proper appliances for extin- 

 guishing prairie fire, not being less than four men, as will be reasonably 

 sufficient to control such fire, and if the precautions hereby required 

 are not taken, or if such fire should escape and run at large such 

 overseer (or councillor) shall be deemed guilty of an offence and 

 be liable on summary conviction thereof to a penalty not exceeding 

 $100. 



