1608 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 890

lars ($100. 00), or imprisonment for not less than ten days or
more than sixty days, or both such fine and imprisonment, and
in addition thereto shall also be liable in a civil action for the
cost of extinguishing any fire set, maintained or increased in
violation of this section.

51. Whenever the State Forester finds it necessary to act
upon any petition as provided in Section 50, to designate a
special fire prevention area, he shall publish a notice at least
twice in two papers of general circulation in the county or
counties wherein said areas are to be designated, said
notice to quote the provisions of Sections 50 and 51
of this Article, said publication to be made not sooner
than three months nor later than one month prior to
the date when the said designation of such fire preven-
tion areas are to become effective. Any party feeling him-
self aggrieved by the designation of any such fire prevention
area shall have the right, before the expiration of thirty days
from the date of the last publication of notice by the State
Forester, to file an appeal from the decision of the State
Forester to a Court of competent jurisdiction in the County
where said fire prevention area is located, naming the State
Forester as defendant, and the entry of any such appeal shall
operate as a stay of said designation of said fire prevention
area. It shall be the duty of the Court to which such appeal
is taken, to forthwith hear and determine the same, and to
affirm or reverse the decision from which said appeal is taken,
and such determination shall be final and not subject to
further appeal. If no appeal from the decision of the State
Forester be filed within thirty days from the date of such last
publication, or if the State Forester's decision is affirmed by
the Court to which appeal is taken, the State Forester shall
proceed to designate said fire prevention area, requiring an
authorized agent of the State Department of Forestry to post
conspicuous notices defining the boundaries of the fire preven-
tion area, calling attention to the requirements of Section 50
of this Article, and making known the local forest officers from
whom permits may be procured; the State Forester shall also
inform the local justices of the peace having jurisdiction with-
in the said fire prevention area, as to the boundaries of said
fire prevention area, citing the specifications of this Act, and
furnishing said justices with copies of any and all rules and
regulations formulated by the State Forester governing the
issuance, cancellation and renewal of permits. In addition to
the duties herein prescribed the State Forester shall arrange
for the performance of such other acts as in his judgment
seems proper and necessary to inform the residents of the new
fire prevention area as to the requirements of Section 50 of
this Article. If, after any special fire prevention area has been