Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1913-05-09

SAA1SSAis ooil-pdu duu SPARK sATF0SIlUB OGVlCBsts
ployes to leave a deposit Of ire live coal.
, or ashes in the hnmeaate vicinity q wood
and every engineer conductdjr or trainmar
discovering a fire adjacent to the track shall
report the same promptly to the agent at
by him, whose duty 1t shall be as Represen-
tative Of such Company to at once take
Every such Company shall give its en-
ployees particular, instructions for the pre-
yeneion and extinguishment Of fires, and
by the state Foreste to be
ously posted at every station in the vicinity
aar brush az, lands ana s
snail immediately concentrate such help and
adopt such measures as shall be available for
Its exttnguishment. X. ~ Gssz.@ y
Every Railroad Company shall make such
reports to- the State Forester as are deemed
necessary by him, of fires occurring on 81
to their
be left In the proximity OF any Railroad
either without proper fire protection or nc
erty, It shall be the duty of the owner Of
such material upon being notified In writing
by the State Forester or any to- forest
required, to forthwith comply with all the
terms Of such notice 50 as to properly pro.
tect or remove such material. ~ .,sl n
Any Company or corporation violating any
provision of this Section shall be deemed
guilty Of misdemeanor, and on conviction
s se n met en
dollars ($1OO.O0) and costs of prosecution fol
each offense, and any Railroad employee OF
guilty Of misdemeanor, and shall be pun
1shed by a fine of not less than twenty-five
dollars Is25oN nor more than one hundred s1
dollars ($10O.O0) and costs Of prosecution. OF
oy Imprisonment in the County jail NOT ex-
ceeding ninety (90) days"
scc.. 4. That Section Is Of Chapter 1875
General Laws, 1911, be and the . same Is
hereby amended so as to read as follows:
Sec. Is. Where and whenever IN the
Judgment Of the State he denee or Of star
ing and spreading Of fires from slashings and
debris from the cutting Of timber OF any
or District Ranger shall order the individual,
Arm corporation, by whom the said timber
has been is bers cut to dispose 81 the
Where conditions do not permit the burning
Of the slashings and debris over the entire
Quire the person, firm or corporation by whom
the timber was cut, to dispose OF such SLASH,
ings and debris in such way as to astaP-
Of Of a Width ana OF a character satisfactory
10 the State Forester. - ~ ~. =
have been notified by the State Forester OF
District Rangers to dispose of slashinss and
or establishing t fire line suhicient for the
protection Of adjoining property. and fails to
comply with such Instructions, the SAID PEI
II
. ty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction there
Of. shall be punished by a fine OF not less
one hundred dollars l$1oooW and costs Of
prosecution for each violation thereof or fall
ure to comply herewith
When any such 81 slashings or debris n9dsa are re
the State Forester or District Ranger, the
State Forester. the District Ranger or Patrol
man may go upon the premises with such
force of men as may be necessary and burn
such branches slashings, and debris, and the
On witch they are situated and also upon the
logs and other timber products cut upon said
land, and enforced as liens are enforced To-
the improvement of real estate Or persona
property. An itemized statement duly verified
by the oath of the State Forester or District
or otherwise disposing Of such branches, slash:
the the Register Of Deeds Of the County in which
said timber cut. and also In the office o.
the Surveyor General of logs and lumber Of the
district in which said cutting was done. ane
Of such branches. slashings and debris shall BE-
q prinla facie valid claim that may be col
f from od the r o or e te
lashings and debris were made Any moneys
collected OH account of such liens shall be paid
into the State Treasury and cred1teo TO the
Sec 5. That Section 10 Of Chapter ~ 125, Gen
sepded ISL s to BE ana ss
Section Is. Any person or corporation who
cuts or fells trees or bushes Of any kind In
clearing land for roadbed or right-of-Way Tor
any Railroad. highway or trail shall in the
manner and at the time as above prescribed
t oui except fuel and merchantable timber
Any person corporation who cuts or fells
trees or bushes of any kind in clearing land
for agricultural pasturage purposes. or who
in any way clears land, Is prohibited from set
ting fire to the slashings, brush, roots or ex;
on such land and letting the fire run; the ma
tcrial must be disposed Of pursuant to the
regulauo Of the State Forester.
n,tn into a n
which contract involves the cutting or grub
sng of woods Of or eue
shall pile all the slashings and debris cut OF
xrubbed from the roadbed or right of-way In
the middle of such right-of-way, and shall
burn and dispose Of such slash and debris
without damage to adjoining timber or woods
%heh s to the state
provided, however. that the foregoing pro
vision shall not prevent the leaving OF such
trees along roads as will be useful for orna.
mental and shade purposes. and which will moi
interfere with travel.
Town or County Board, which involves the
cutting Of any timber on the right-of-way Of
public highway shall provide in terms t 70,
that the failure to include such provision In the
contract shall not relieve ssaid contractor from
the duty to burn and dispose Of said slashingt
as aforesaid. No Town County officer shall
execute any such contract on behalf Of his
Town or County which does not provide II
this Section.
Any person who shall violate any Of the Pro ..
visions Of this Section shall 0e
be punished BY fine Of not less th tnan INV h
a drea soaSs by @
the County Jail for not less than twenty CO.
days or more than a ninety 60 5ante, ~,
General Laws 1911, be and the same is hereby
amended to read as fol oSn,; =, .,,ous>
$rop I'd In 1IStiCe'S Court IN any
prosecution under this Chapter unless the per.
son appealing shall, within the legal time
Sufficient sureties, surety company or cash
bail. in twice the amount Of the fine and costs
to be approved by the Justice, conditioned a- ts
day Of the general term thereof to be held II
and for the same County, and abide the tudg
The Justice may examine the proposed sire.
ties under OATH and in such case shall make
and keep record Of their answers IN respect
is not exempt from execution, and furnish g
copy of the same to the State, Forester.
for " Violation Of any Of the provisions Of this
Chapter, or whenever information of such
violation shall have been lodged with him. the
offense was committed shall prosecute the &C.
cused with all diligence and energy.;ii
.rs1 ec Laws An 1911 be and the same is hereby
amended 50 as to read as follows: e.,
"section % All moneys received as =, penal al
Ties for violations Of the provisions OF this act
less the cost Of collection and not otherwise
provided for, shall be paid in to the Treasury
f as eo OF the IN fa Of @
Tor violations OF this act. where prosecutions
city or Village officers duly appointed by tbs
State Forester as fire wardens. shall De paio
no the Of the townshp ftsy VII
credited to the fire fund" OF such township
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