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warden or anyone working under his direction, for entering lands of indi-
viduals or corporations for the purpose of extinguishing a fire, plowing
furrows, or tearing down fences, or starting a back fire to check a fire that
may be approaching.

An. Code, sec. 7. 1906, ch. 294. 1910, ch. 161 (p. 397). 1912, ch. 348, sec. 7.

7. The expenses incurred in fighting or extinguishing any fire under
the direction of the State Forester, or a forest warden, shall be borne half
by the county in which the fire occurred and half by the State, and shall
first be payable in full by the County Commissioners of such county upon
receipt of an itemized account, with vouchers approved by the State For-
ester ; the half to be paid by the State shall be refunded by the order of the
State Board of Forestry out of any moneys standing to the credit of the State
Forestry Fund, upon presentation of the accounts, together with evidence
that the County Commissioners have paid the sum in full. Nothing in this
article 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 extinguishing 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 receive any compensation from
the State, or from the county, for fighting fires upon the lands of such
owner or lessee.

An. Code, sec. 8. 1906, ch. 294. 1910, ch. 161 (p. 397). 1914, ch. 823.

8. 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.

An. Code, sec. 9. 1906, ch. 294. 1910, ch. 161 (p. 397).

9. 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 unlawful 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 super-
vision 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.

An. Code, sec. 10. 1906, ch. 294.

10. Every individual or corporation that carelessly, negligently, or
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 a misdemeanor, and upon conviction be punishable