Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1891-05-01
81 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE.

person or by an able-bodied substitute, and
the person or substitute shall actually work
eight hours in each day. Every person no.
titled who refuses or neglects to appear as
above provided shall be fined the SUM of
$25, to be collected as other fines are COL
lected.
Sec. S. The fire warden may use his dis
cretion and take advantage of any creek,
river or other natural or artificial barrier to
prairie fires, and of broken or plowed fields,
and may in his judgment map out his dis
trict in any form, so that when the ireguards
are made prairie fire may be confined to
the smallest possible area consistent with
the amount of funds and labor available in
his fire district.
Sec. 6. A strip of plowing or of burning,
or partly plowed or partly burned, not less
than &c feet wide, is hereby designated
legal frebreak or fireguard.
Sec. z. For the purpose of making a ire-
guard it shall be lawful to set the prairie on
fire Provided, That the prairie so set on
fire shall not exceed 100 feet in width and
plowing or of burning not less than five feet
wide, and at any such burning there shall
be not less than four men present and pre-
| pared with water and suitable appliances to
keep such fire under control.
| Sec. 8. The board Of county commission
ers are hereby authorized TO expend not to
exceed tho sum of $1,000 annually, from
the road and bridge fund, for the purpose of
constructing flreguards.
Sec. 0. The fire warden shall have the
power to summon oil persons liable for
highway tax to work the same in aiding to
make tireguards, and they shall have tic
been upon the highways. The same law as
to notice and failure to work ns applies to
highway work shall apply to this law.
Sec. 10. The fire warden shall have power
and Is hereby authorized to call out SUN
| cient number of men, in case prairie fire
threatens any portion of his fire district, to
extinguish or control said fire MS far as pos
sible and to protect property, and any one
warned out by the fire warden. or under his
direction, aud who refuses or neglects to re-
spond unless he renders Reasonable excuse,
shall be adjudged guilty Of misdemeanor
and fined not less than s 10 nor more than
$25 Provided, however, That any one SO
called out shall be given credit the same ns
if he performed labor on the highways.
Sec. II. It is hereby made the duty of
every railway company within this state that
is operated by steam power as soon as pos
sible in each year to burn or otherwise de.
stroy all grass, weeds or other combustible
matter upon the right-of-way of such rail
road company.
Sec. IL. Every person or corporation who
shall willfully, negligently or carclessly set
on fire or cause to be set on fire any woods,
hay, weeds or prairie grass shall be guilty of
n misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction,
be fined not less than $500 or by imprison-
ment in the county Jail not more than
one year, Or by both such fine and imprison-
ment, in the discretion of the court, and
shall also be liable to any person or persons
or corporation damaged by such fire to til.
amount of such damage.
Sec. 13. All acts or parts of acts in any
manner in conflict with the provisions OF
this act ore hereby repealed.
Sec IA. There being no adequate reme1y
against prairie fires, and the necessity fo,
taking legal action long before July Great.
ing an emergency, therefore this bill shal
hecome law from and after its passage and
} approval.
Approved March Q, 1891.