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between April first and June tenth, and between September first and November tenth ; but 

 from June tenth to September first such fires may be started upon giving three days' notice to 

 a firewarden or district firewarden and securing his written permission. During the period last 

 mentioned, if the place where a fire is to be lighted is near any woodlands or forest which 

 might possibly be endangered by lighting such fire, it shall be the duty of the town firewarden 

 or district firewarden to be present personally when the fire is lighted, and to remain until it is 

 extinguished ; and the firewarden or district firewarden thus in attendance shall not permit the 

 starting of any fallow fires, or brush fires, or fires for clearing land, during a dangerous wind, 

 nor until the person desirous of starting such fires shall have employed at his own expense a 

 sufficient number of persons to watch and prevent any possible spreading of the flames, and 

 who shall remain on watch until the fire is out and completely extinguished. The services of a 

 firewarden or district firewarden at such times shall be a town charge, the same as when 

 employed in extinguishing a forest fire ; and one-half of the expense thus incurred by the town 

 may be refunded by the comptroller of the state as hereinbefore provided in case of forest 

 fires. Any person violating the requirements of this section by lighting fallow fires or fires for 

 clearing land otherwise than as herein provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and in 

 addition thereto shall be liable to a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than three 

 hundred dollars, one-half of which amount shall be paid to the person or persons furnishing the 

 evidence necessary to conviction. The provisions of this section shall apply to Hamilton 

 county, and to the towns of Minerva, Newcomb, North Hudson, Schroon, Keene, Jay, Lewis, 

 North Elba, Saint Armand, and Wilmington, of Essex county ; to the towns of Waverly, 

 Harrietstovvn, Brandon, Santa Clara, Brighton, Belmont, Franklin, Duane, and Altamont, of 

 Franklin county ; to the towns of Hopkinton, Colton, Clifton, Fine, Edwards, Pitcairn, Clare, 

 Russell, and Parishville, of Saint Lawrence county ; to the towns of Diana, Croghan, Watson, 

 Greig, and Lyonsdale, of Lewis county; to the towns of Wilmurt, Ohio, Salisbury, Remson, 

 and Russia, of Herkimer county; to the town of Forestport in Oneida county; to the towns of 

 Stratfort, Caroga, Bleecker, and Mayfield, of Fulton county ; to the towns of Day, Edinburgh, 

 Hadley, and Corinth, of Saratoga county; to the towns of Johnsburgh, Thurman, and Stony 

 Creek, of Warren county ; to the towns of Putnam, Dresden, and Fort Ann, of Washington 

 county ; to the towns of Altona, Darmemora, Ellenburgh, Saranac, and Black Brook, of Clin- 

 ton county ; to the towns of Denning, Hardenburgh, Shandaken, Olive, Rochester, Wawarsing, 

 and AVoodstock, of Ulster county; to the towns of Neversink and Rockland, of Sullivan 

 county; to the towns of Andes, Colchester, Hancock, and Middletown, of Delaware county; 

 and to the towns of Hunter, Jewett, Lexington, and Windham, of Greene county. 

 (As amd. by chap. 655 of Laws of 1896.) 



Actions for Trespass upon Forest Preserve and Disposition of Penalties. 



§ 280. The board of fisheries, game and forest may bring, in the name of the people of the 

 state, any action to prevent trespass upon, or injury to the forest preserve, and recover damages 

 therefor, or to recover lands properly forming a part of the forest preserve, and occupied or 

 held by persons not entitled thereto, or for the maintenance and protection of the forest preserve 



