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If such owner shall not file an objection to such clearing with the State
Department of Forestry within fifteen days from the date of such publica-
tion, such owner shall be deemed to have given consent to such clearing and
to such entry for the purpose of such clearing.

In the event permission for the annual clearing of such safety strips
is refused or withheld, or if an objection to such clearing is filed with the.
State Department of Forestry within fifteen days after the mailing of
such notice by registered letter or after the personal serving of such notice
or after the publication of such notice in at least two papers of general
circulation in the county wherein such property lies, the State Department
of Forestry may, through any of its employees, serve upon such owner, in
person or by registered letter a written order to clear such safety strip,
within the time prescribed by Section 34 of this article, in such manner
as shall be directed by the State Department of Forestry. Any such owner
who shall fail to comply with such order within such time, shall be liable
to the fine provided in Section 38 of this Article.

1924, ch. 573, sec. 26.

37. The State Department of Forestry and its authorized agents shall
have the right to enter at their risk, and without liability for trespass, upon
any railroad land or other lands for the purpose of ascertaining conditions
relative to the enforcement of any of the provisions of Sections 34 to 41 of
this Article, inclusive.

1924, ch. 573, sec. 27.

38. Any person, firm or corporation that shall fail to clear safety strips
as prescribed in accordance with the terms of Section 34 of this Article
and any land owner who shall fail to clear safety strips as prescribed in
accordance with the terms of Section 36 of this Article shall be fined at the
rate of five ($5.00) dollars per mile or fraction thereof, measured along
the tracks adjacent to which such safety strips have been prescribed in
accordance with the terms of said Section 36 for each day after the fifteenth
day of April succeeding the date of the notice prescribed in accordance with
the terms of said Section 36 during which such strips shall remain un-
cleared to be collected as prescribed by Section 1 of Article 38 of the Code
of Public General Laws, provided the total fine per mile for any designated
hazard in any year shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00).

1924, ch. 573, sec. 28.

39. Any person, firm or corporation owning property within one hun-
dred (100) feet of the tracks of any railroad within this State using wood,
coke or coal as fuel, said distance of one hundred (100) feet to be measured
horizontally from the outer rail, who shall cut or permit the cutting of
trees or other crops on such property shall dispose of all tree tops, brush
and other inflammable material caused by such cutting in such manner that
such inflammable material shall not remain within one hundred (100) feet,
measured as aforesaid, of such railroad tracks more than thirty days after