1438 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 573

clear safety strips as prescribed in accordance with the terms
of Section 25 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 pre-
scribed in accordance with the terms of said Section 25 for
each day after the fifteenth day of April succeeding the date
of the notice prescribed in accordance with the terms of said
Section 25 during which such strips shall remain uncleared 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).

28. Any person, firm or corporation owning property with-
in one hundred (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 such cutting. Upon failure
to comply with the provisions of this section, such owner shall
be fined at the rate of five ($5. 00) dollars per mile or fraction
thereof, measured along such tracks, for each day during
which such material shall remain on such ground after the
expiration of such period of thirty days, to be collected as pre-
scribed by Section 1 of Article 38 of the Code of Public Gen-
eral Laws; provided that if such period of thirty days shall
expire after the 20th day of December, the disposal of such
material need not be completed until the fifteenth day of the
succeeding April, provided the total fine per mile for any des-
ignated hazard in any year shall not exceed one hundred dol-
lars ($100. 00).

29. Any person, firm or corporation operating a railroad
within this State by other than steam motive power, shall, once
a year, within the period specified in Section 23 of this Article,
clear of inflammable material those parts of its rights of way
upon which the State Department of Forestry shall have found
that a fire hazard exists, or will probably be caused by failure
to clear such parts of such right of way, and shall have so noti-
fied such person, firm or corporation not later than the first
day of September of the year in which such period shall com-