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fire originated shall 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.

1906, ch. 294, sec. 12.

12. Logging and railroad locomotives, donkey or threshing
engines, and other engines and boilers, operated in, through or
near forest or brush, which do not burn oil as fuel, shall be
provided with appliances to prevent the escape of fire and
sparks from the smoke stacks thereof, and with devices to pre-
vent the escape of fire from ash-pans and fire boxes. Failure
to comply with these requirements shall be a misdemeanor,
punishable, upon conviction, by a fine of not less than $10 nor
more than $100 for each and every offense thus committed.

Ibid. sec. 13.

13. All individuals or corporations causing fires by violations
of sections 10, 11 and 12 of this article shall be liable to
the State, and to the county in which the fire occurred, in an
action for debt to the full amount of all expenses incurred by
the State or county in fighting and extinguishing such fire.

Ibid. sec. 14.

14. Justices of the peace for this State in the county wherein
the offense shall have been committed shall have jurisdiction to
hear and determine all prosecutions for the purpose of enforcing
fines and penalties, collectible under the provisions of this
article, not exceeding the amount of $100 and of holding the
offenders, under proper bail if necessary, for hearing before the
circuit court, committing them to the county jail until such
hearing if the required bail is not furnished. It shall be the
duty of the State's attorneys of the several counties to prose-
cute all violators of section 10 of this article.

Ibid. sec. 15.

15. All money received as penalties for violations of the pro-
visions of this article, less the cost of collection and not other-
wise provided for, together with any amount obtained from the
State forest reserves, shall be paid into the State treasury to
the credit of the forest reserve fund, which fund is hereby
created; and the monies in said fund are hereby appropriated