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ARTICLE 39A.

ARTICLE 39A.

FORESTRY.

10-11. Setting woods, etc., on fire; let-
ting fire escape to adjoining lands;
penalty; precautions taken in
setting woods, etc., on fire; evi-
dence; damages.

Roadside Trees.

26. Repealed.

Miscellaneous.

29-30. Repealed.

33A. Auxiliary forest preserves.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 10. 1912, sec. 10. 1906, ch. 294. 1927, ch. 649, sec. 10.

10. Every individual or corporation that 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 mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction be punishable by a fine of not less than $25
or more than $2, 000, or imprisonment for not less than thirty days or more
than five years, or both such fine and imprisonment.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 11. 1912, sec. 11. 1906, ch. 294. 1927, ch. 649, sec. 11.

11. Every individual or corporation that carelessly or negligently sets
on fire, or causes or procures to be set on fire any woods, brush, grass,
grain or stubble resulting in damage to the property of another, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction be punishable by a fine of
not less than $10 or more than $100, or imprisonment for not less than
ten days or more than one year, or both such fine and imprisonment. The
setting of fire contrary to the provisions of this section, or allowing it to
escape to the injury of adjoining lands, shall be prima facie proof of care-
lessness or neglect within the meaning of this section, and the land owner
from whose land the fire originated shall also be liable in a civil action
for damages for the injury resulting from such fire, and also for the cost
of fighting and extinguishing the same, unless the said owner can prove
to the satisfaction of the Justice or other tribunal before which the case
may be tried that the injury complained of was suffered without any negli-
gence on the part of said owner, his, her or its agents, provided, however,
that the provisions of Sections 10-11 shall in no manner contravene the
provisions of Article 23, Section 244 of the Code of Public General Laws
of Maryland, relating to railroad companies.

Roadside Trees.

26. Repealed by ch. 505 of the Acts of 1929.