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shall be the same as that provided in the case of towns and shall be paid 

 one-half by the county and one-half by the owners of the lands on which 

 said tires occur. 



§ 5 . Any person who shall build a camp or cooking fire in or adjoin- 

 ing any woods in this state, shall, before leaving such camp, totally 

 extinguish such fire, and upon failure to do so, such person shall be 

 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be 

 punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprison- 

 ment in the county jail not exceeding one month or by both 

 such fine and imprisonment, provided, that such fires built upon the 

 sea beach in such situation that they can not spread into forest wood or 

 cultivated lands or meadows, shall not be construed as prohibited by 

 this act. 



§ 6. It shall be the duty of selectmen in towns within thirty days 

 after this act shall take effect, to cause to be "erected in a conspicuous 

 place at the side of every highway as they may deem proper, and at 

 suitable distances alongside the rivers and lakes of the state frequented 

 by camping parties, tourists, hunters and fishermen, in their respective 

 towns, notices in large letters to be furnished by the forest commis- 

 sioner, substantially in the following form. Camp fires must be totally 

 extinguished before breaking camp, under penalty of not to exceed one 

 month's imprisonment or one hundred dollars fine, or both, as provided 

 by law. Signed, Forest Commissioner. The forest commis- 



sioner shall furnish owners of wood lands situated within this state 

 when called upon so to do, notices of similar tenor to be posted at the 

 expense of said owners upon their respective lands. 



§ V. All persons engaged in hunting game on any of the woodlands 

 within any town or unincorporated place in this state, shall use non- 

 combustible wads in the loading of firearms used by them . 



§ 8. It shall be the duty of municipal officers in towns, and county 

 commissioners, the latter with respect to unorganized places, to proceed 

 immediately to a strict inquiry into the cause and origin of fires, 

 within woodlands; and in all cases where such fires are found to have 

 originated from the unlawful act of any person, to cause the offender 

 to be prosecuted without delay. 



§ 9. The selectmen of towns in which a forest fire of more than one 

 acre in extent has occurred, and the county commissioners where a 

 forest fire of more than two acres has occurred in any of the unincor- 

 porated places in any county, within a year, shall report to the forest 

 commissioner the extent of area burned over, to the best of their 

 information, together with the probable amount of property destroyed, 



