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or pretext whatsoever, except for the purpose of clearing 

 lands, and in such latter case, only between the first day of 

 September and the first day of July. 



3. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions, it shall be 

 lawful to make a flre in or near the forest to obtain warmth, 

 and for cooking or other necessary objects, or for all indus- 

 trial purposes, sucli as the manufacture of tar, turpentine, 

 charcoal, or making of ashes, for the manufacture of pot or 

 pearl ash, provided that the obligations and precautions im- 

 posed by the following section are observed. 



4. Every person who shall, between the. fifteenth of May 

 and the fifteenth of October, make a fire in the forest or at a 

 distance of less than half a mile therefrom, for the purposes 

 mentioned in the preceding section, must : 



1. Select the locality in the neighborhood in which there 

 is the smallest quantity of vegetable matter, dead wood, 

 branches, brushwood, dry leaves, or resinous trees ; 



2. Clear the place in which he is about to light his flre, by 

 removing all vegetable matter, dead trees, branches, brush- 

 wood and dry leaves from the soil, within a radius of twenty- 

 five feet, as regards fires made for the necessities of any 

 industry, as mentioned in section three, and within a radius 

 of four feet as regards fires made for the other necessary 

 objects mentioned in the said section ; 



3. Totally extinguish the fire before quitting the place. 



5. Any person who shall throw or drop on the ground, in 

 any place whatsoever, whether in the forests, open fields, or 

 other place, any burning match, ashes of a pipe, cigars or 

 part of a cigar, or any other burning substance or who shall 

 discharge any fire-arm, shall be bound, under the pains and 

 penalties imposed by this Act for his neglect so to do, com- 

 pletely to extinguish, before leaving the spot, the fire of such 

 match, ashes of a pipe, cigars or part of a cigar, or the 

 wadding of such fire-arm. 



