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this paragraph shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 

 conviction thereof in any court shall be fined not exceeding two 

 hundred and fifty, dollars, or be imprisoned not more than one 

 hundred days. All the fines accruing under this paragraph shall 

 )>e paid into the Treasury, and the informer, in each case of con- 

 viction, shall be paid the sum of twenty-five dollars. 



FIRE LAW. 



ACT OF MAY 5, 1900 (31 STAT., 169). 



SEC. 1. Any person who shall willfully or maliciously set on fire, 

 or cause to be set on fire, any timber, under- 

 tinier oi the (public brush, or grass upon the public domain, or 

 domain. Feb. 24, shall * * * leave or suffer fire to burn 

 1897, o. 313, v. 29, unattended near any timber or other inflam- 

 trft'lSSrefw* mable material, shall be deemed guilty of a 

 v. 31, 'p. 169' * ' misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in 

 any district court of the United States having 

 Penalty. jurisdiction of the same, shall be fined in a 



sum not more than five thousand dollars or 

 be imprisoned for a term of not more than two years, or both. 



NOTE. Act of Feb. 24, 1897 (29 Stat, 594), is amended by 

 the above section by omitting, where indicated by stars, the 

 words "carelessly or negligently." 



SEC. 2. Any person who shall build a * * * fire in or near 

 any forest, timber, or other inflammable ma- 



tt32E& ft ?B*t?e terial u P n t.* 16 P u ! 3lic domain shall > before 



public domain. * * * leaving said fire, totally extinguish 



the same. Any person failing to do so shall 



be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof 



in any district court of the United States having jurisdiction of 



the same, shall be fined in a sum not more 



Penalty. than one thousand dollars, or be imprisoned 



for a term of not more than one year, or both. 



SEC. 3. That in all cases arising under this act the fines collected 



shall be paid into the public school fund of the county in which 



the lands where the offense was committed are situated. 



NOTE. Byvirtureof power granted to the Secretary of the 

 Interior under act of June 3, 1878 (20 Stat, 

 Disposal of tops, 88), said Secretary provides, iri his "rules 

 U. ' " and regulations governing the use of tim- 



ber on the public mineral lands" (29 

 L. D., 571): "SEC. 9. Persons felling or removing timber 

 under the provisions of this act must utilize all of each tree 

 cut that can be profitably used, and must dispose of the tops, 

 brush, and other refuse in such manner as to prevent the 

 spread of forest fires." 



