Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-07-09
THE OREGON FIRE LAWS
Annual Proclamation Is Issued
by Governor Cha mberlein.

In accordance with sections 1887,
l7SS, 1889, 1890, 1891 and 1872 of
Bellinger and Cottons Annotated
Code and Statutes of Oregon, Cover
nor Chamberlain has issued his an
nual proclamation referring to the
protection of timber and other prop
erty from fire. The law provides
that this proclamation shall be issued
by the governor on or before the first
day of July of each year, the sub
stance of which proclamation follows /:
IF any person shall maliciously,
with intent to injure any other per-
son, by himself or any other person,
kindle fire Oh his own land or the
land of any other person, and by
means of such fire, the buildings,
fences, crops, or other personal prop
erty or wooded timber lands of any
other person shall be destroyed or in
jured, he shall, ON conviction, be
punished by a fine not less than $50
nor more than 800, or by imprison-
ment in the county Jail not less than
three months, nor more than ~
months, according to the aggravation
of the offense.
If any person shall without malice
kindle any fire in any field, pasture,
inclosure, forest, prairie or timber
land not his own, without the consent
of the owner, and the same shall
spread and do damage to any build
ingS, fences, crops, cordwood, bark,
or other personal property not his
own, or to any wood or timber land
not his own he shall, ON conviction,
be punished by fine OF not less than
$40 nor more than 500 and cost ac-
cording to the aggravation of the
offence, and shall stand committed
until the fine and costs are paid
ANY person who shall enter upon
the lands of another person for the
purpose of hunting or fishing, and
shall, without the consent Of the own
er of said lands, kindle any fire there
on, shall be punished by fine not
less than $40 nor more than 800 and
if such fire be kindled maliciously,
and with the intent to injure any
other person, such offender shall be
punished by fine not less than $2C
nor more than $3.50, or by imprison.
ment in the County Jail not less than
three months, nor more than Il
months.
Any person or persons who shall
willfully set fire to any wooded
country or forest belonging to the
state or the United States, or to any
person or persons, shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, and upoI
conviction before a court Of competen
jurisdiction shall be punished by
fine not exceeding $1,000, or imprison
ment not exceeding one year, or b,
both such fine and Imprisonment
Provided, that nothing herein con
tanned shall apply to any person VIII,
in good faith sets back fire to pre-
vent the extension of a fire alread,
burning,
Upon any prosecution under thi
TACT, one half of the fine imposed shal
be paid to the person who first give
information thereof to the district at
torney for the district in which tn
offense is committed, and the othe
moiety shall be Taid into the count,
treasury for the benefit of the com
mon school fund of the county il
which said fine is collected.
1t is hereby made the duty Of tn,
Governor of this state to issue
proclamation on the first day of Jul,
of each year, calling public attention
to the provisions of this act, AM
warning all persons against violation
the same. 1t is also made the duty o
each circuit judge Of this state h
read the provisions OF this act to eacI
Grand Jury, when charging them a
to their duties "
Now, therefore, /, George L
Chamberlain, Governor Of the state O
Oregon, do hereby direct the atten
tion Of the public to the provisions o
the sections hereinbefore referred tC
and warn all persons against th
violation thereof "