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The Forests op IVIabyland. 



out of any moneys standing to the credit of the Forest Reserve Fund, 

 upon presentation of the accounts, together with evidence that the 

 •County Commissioners have paid the sum in full. Nothing in this 

 Act shall be so construed as to relieve the owner or lessee of lands 

 upon which fires may burn, or be started, from the duty of extin- 

 guishing such fires so far as may lie within his power. No such owner 

 or lessee, nor person in the employ of such owner or lessee, shall re- 

 ceive any compensation from the State, or from the county, for fight- 

 ing fires upon the lands of such owner or lessee. 



Sec. 8. — That the Boards of County Commissioners of the several 

 counties of this State are hereby authorized to levy and appropriate 

 money for purposes of tree planting and care of trees, and for forest 

 protection, improvement, management and purchase. 



Sec. 9. — That the State Forester shall furnish notices, printed in 

 large letters upon cloth, calling attention to the dangers of forest fires, 

 and to forest fire and trespass laws and their penalties; such notices 

 shall be distributed by the State Forester to Forest Wardens and 

 posted by them in conspicuous places upon the State forest reserves 

 and along the highways in forest-covered country. It shall be unlaw- 

 ful for any person to tear down or deface any forest fire warning 

 notice. Any violation of the law shall be punishable by a fine of ten 

 dollars for each and every offense. It shall be the duty of any person 

 who discovers a forest or brush fire not under the control or supervi- 

 sion of some person to extinguish it or to report it immediately to the 

 local Forest Warden, and failure to do so shall be punishable by a fine 

 not to exceed ten dollars, to be recovered upon complaint of the Forest 

 Warden. 



Sec. 10. — That every individual or corporation that carelessly, 

 negligently, wilfully, maliciously, or with intent sets on fire, or causes 

 or procures to be set on fire any woods, brush, grass, grain or stubble 

 on lands not their own, shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and upon con- 

 \iction be punishable by a fine of not less than $25 or more than $1,- 

 000 or imprisonment for not less than thirty days or more than one 

 3'ear, or both such fine and imprisonment. 



Sec. 11. — That it shall be unlawful for any person or corporation 

 as land o'wner to set, or procure another to set fire to any woods, brush, 

 logs, leaves, grass or clearing upon their own land, unless they shall 

 have previously taken all possible care and precaution against the 

 spread of such fire to otlier lands not their own, hy previously having 

 cut and piled the same, or carefully cleared around the land which is 

 to be burned, so as to prevent the spread of such fire. The setting of 

 fire contraiy to the provisions of this Section, or allowing it to escape 

 to the injury of adjoining lands shall be prima facie proof of wilful- 



