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written permission of and under the direction of the 

 district firewarden. Persons or corporations causing 

 fires by violations of this act shall be liable to the 

 state or county in action for debt, to the full amount 

 of all expenses incurred by the State or county in 

 fighting such fires. 



Section 19 of the above entitled act, approved March 

 18, 1905, is hereby amended so as to read as follows : 



SEC. 19. Inspection of forest area. It shall be the 

 duty of the State Board of Forestry, whenever it shall 

 be deemed necessary, to notify the owner of any forest 

 area within the State by a written notice to be served 

 upon the person or persons or corporation, or either of 

 them, owning or having charge of such area, or upon 

 the agents, attorney or representative of either, by any 

 firewarden, deputy firewarden or special firewarden or 

 any employee of the State Board of Forestry, in the 

 same manner as a summons in a civil action, or if such 

 area belongs to any non-resident person or corporation 

 and there is no person in control or possession thereof, 

 and such non-resident person or corporation has no 

 tenant, attorney, representative or agent upon whom 

 such service can be had, or if the owner or owners of 

 such area or their tenants, attorneys, representatives, 

 or agents, can not after due diligence be found, then 

 by posting the said notice in some conspicuous place 

 upon such area and by mailing a copy thereof to the 

 owner thereof at his last known place of residence if 

 the same is known or can be ascertained, that the said 

 State Board of Forestry intends to cause an inspection 

 to be made of the said forest area for the purpose of 

 ascertaining whether or not the same constitutes a 

 nuisance as hereinafter provided. The said notice shall 

 describe the forest area to be inspected by general 

 description and shall designate the time of such inspec- 

 tion. At the time so designated in said notice the said 

 State Board of Forestry shall cause an inspection to 

 be made of the said forest area and the said owner or 

 his agent shall be permitted to be present during such 

 inspection and shall be given a full opportunity of 

 showing that such forest area is not a nuisance as 



