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3. It shall not, be lawful for any person to set or cause to 

 be set or started any fire in or near the woods, within any 

 such flre-dislrict, between the first day of April and the first 

 day of November in any year, except for the purpose of clear- 

 ing land, in which case no fire shall be set, except between 

 the first day of July and the first of September only._ 



3. Any person who shall set or cause to be set a fire, con- 

 trary to the provisions of the foregoing section, shall, in 

 addition to his liability for all damage, become liable, upon 

 conviction, to the payment of a penalty not exceeding fifty 

 dollars, and in default of the payment of the said fine, with 

 or without delay, to an imprisonment in the common gaol of 

 the district in which the conviction takes place, for a period 

 of not more than three months, unless the said fine and costs, 

 together with the costs of imprisonment and conveyance of 

 the delinquent be not sooner paid. 



4. It shall be lawful for the Commissioner of Crown Lands 

 to employ, between the first day of April and the first day of 

 November, for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this 

 Act, such a number of men as he may deem necessary for 

 that end; and in each fire-district so established he shall 

 name an officer who shall be known and designated as " Fire 

 Superintendent." 



5. The Commissioner of Crown Lands may permit any 

 person, holding a license in any territory, included in any 

 such fire-district, to place at the disposal of the Fire Superin- 

 tendent any number he may see fit of his employees for the 

 purpose of aiding in the enforcement of this Act; which em- 

 ployees shall be under the sole and exclusive control and 

 directioi^ of the said Fire Superintendent and bound to exe- 

 cute his orders. The salaries and expenses of such employees 

 shall be borne by the licensee. 



6. All locomotive engines, used on any railway which 

 ipasses through any lands comprised in any such fire-district 

 or any part of it, shall, by the company using the same, be 



