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FOREST FIRE POSTERS. 



Following the instructions in the statutes, as last year, 

 the State Forester had the abbreviated instructions of the 

 forest fire laws printed on a large paper poster in red and 

 black ink, 18 by 27 inches in size, and distributed them to 

 all railroad stations, post-offices, chairmen of the boards of 

 selectmen and forest wardens. For general use a new, smaller 

 and more practical cloth poster was sent out in large quan- 

 tities to all forest wardens for use throughout the State. This 

 poster has served its purpose well, and good reports come 

 from every section, which shows our people are taking an 

 interest in stopping forest fires. (See below.) 



WARNING! 



FOREST FRES 



EXTRACTS FROM MASSACHUSETTS FOREST LAWS. 



Setting Fire to Crowing Wood or Timber of Another. Punishable by a <m of not 



more than SIOO.OO or by Imprisonment for not more than ei month*. R. L. 2O8. Sec 7 



2. Letting Fire Escape. Negligently allowing flre to escape from your own land to adjoining 



land. Punishable by a fine of not more than SSOO.OO, also liable for damages. R. L. 208. Sect. 

 8 and 9. 



3. Forest Wardens Not Liable to Arrest for Trespass, wardens. Deputies and Assist* 



ants, not liable for trespass while acting In the reasonable performance of their duties. Act* 

 1907, 476. Sec. 6. 



4. Permit tO Light Fire in the Open. In Towns so voting. A permit from the Forest War- 



den must be obtained to start a fire between April 1 and December 1. The only exception 

 being- that debris from fields, gardens and orchards, or leaves and brush from yards may be 

 burned on ploughed fields by the owners thereof, their agents or lessees, but In every ease 

 such flre shall be at least two hundred feet distant from any forest or sprout lands, and shall 

 be properly attended until extinguished. Violation of this provision - Punishable by a fine of 

 not more than SIOO.OO or Imprisonment for not more than one month or by both such fine and 

 imprisonment. Act* 1906. 209. See. I. 



5. Arrest Without Warrant. The forest waraen may arrest any persons found In the act of 



setting a fire in violation of the provisions of this act. Act* I9O8. 209. Sec. 4. 



6. Penalty for Refusing Aid. Any person between the ages of 18 and SO years who refuses. 



without good cause, to assist the Forest Warden or his deputies In the flehtlng of forest flre* 

 is liable to a fine of net less than 5 or more than 100 dollars. R. L 32, Sec. 21; I9O7. 476. Sec. 3 



7. Disturbing Notices. Whoever wilfully tears down or destroys any notice posted under the 



provisions of this act shall be punished by fine of Sio.oo. Act I9O7. 476. Sec. 7. 



Posted by authority ot Act* 1907, Chmp. 4TS, Sea. 2. F. W. PANE, State Forester, 



State House. Boston. MM* 



