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and by. the said proclamation, shall, from and after the said 

 publication become a fire district within the meaning and for 

 the purposes of this Act. 



3. Every such portion or part of this Province, mentioned 

 in such proclamation, shall cease to be a fire district upon the 

 revocation by the Lieutenant Governor in Council of the pro- 

 clamation by w^hich it was created. 



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

 to be set out or started, any Are in or near the woods within 

 any fire district, between the first day of April and the first 

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

 clearing land, cooking, obtaining warmth, or for some-indus- 

 trial .purpose ; and, in case of starting fires for any of the above 

 purposes, the obligations and precautions imposed by the 

 following sections shall be observed. 



5. Every person who shall, between the first day of April 

 and the first day of November, make or start a fire within 

 such fire district for the purpose of clearing land, shall 

 exercise and observe every reasonable care and pi-ecaution in 

 the making and starting of such fire, and in the managing of 

 and caring for the same after it has been made and started, 

 in order to prevent such fire from spreading and burning up 

 the timber and forests surrounding the place where it has 

 been so made and started. 



6. Every person who shall, b&lween the first day of April 

 and the first day of November, make or start within such 

 fire district a fire in the forest, or at a distance of less than 

 half-a-mile therefrom, or upon any island for cooking, ob- 

 taining warmth, or for any industrial purpose, shall : 



1. Select a locality in the neighbourhood 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 the fire by 

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



