Report of the Forest Commission. 217 



money to buy such land shall be at liberty to lay out such roads and 

 paths on the land, and otherwise improve the same under the direction 

 of the forestry commission, and the tract shall at all times be open to 

 the use of the public. 



§ 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage. 



[Approved March 29, 1893.] 



Provisions of the Public Statutes Relating to Forest Fires. 



If any person shall kindle a fire by the use of firearms, or by any 

 other means, on land not his own, he shall be fined not exceeding ten 

 dollars; and if such fire spreads and does any damage to the property 

 of others, he shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars. — Chapter 

 277, section 4. 



If any person, for a lawful purpose, shall kindle a fire upon his own 

 land, or upon land which he occupies, or upon which he is laboring, at 

 an unsuitable time, or in a careless and imprudent manner, and shall 

 thereby injure or destroy the property of others, he shall be fined not 

 exceeding one thousand dollars. — Chapter 277, section 5. 



Whoever shall inform the prosecuting officers of the state of evi- 

 dence which secures the conviction of any person who wilfully, mali- 

 ciously, or through criminal carelessness has caused any damage by fire 

 in any forest, woodlot, pasture, or field, shall receive from the state a 

 reward of one hundred dollars. The state treasurer shall pay the 

 same to the informer upon presentation of a certificate of the attorney- 

 general or solicitor that he is entitled thereto. — Chapter 277, section 7. 



NEW JERSEY. 

 Chapter 120. 

 A Further Supplement to an act entitled "An act to complete 

 the geological survey of the state," approved March thirtieth, 

 one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four. 



1. Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State 

 of New Jersey, That the state geologist, under the direction of the 

 board of managers of the geological survey, and -with the assistance of 

 a competent botanist, to be selected by said board for his expert 

 knowledge of forestry and of the forest trees of this state, and such 

 other expert assistance as may be required for the purpose, shall make 

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