Forest Fires [Volume: 1, Issue: 2, August, 1880, pp. 37-41]

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lands, he shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars, and
shall be punished with stripes."-Sessions, acts 1874, page 64;
1877-8, page 287, ~ 7.
"If any person carelessly, negligently, or intentionally set any
woods or marshes on fire, or set fire to any stubble, brush, straw, or
inflammable substance capable of spreading fire on lands, whereby
damage is done to the property of another, he shall, besides being
liable in damages to the party so injured, be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and be fined not less than ten nor more than one
hundred dollars."-Sessions, acts 1877-8, page 288, ~ 8.
The laws on this subject in Alabama are, 1st, a special act No.
124, approved March 28, 1873:
" SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Alabama,
That from and after the passage of this act it shall be unlawful
for any person to burn or set fire to any wood within five miles
of the coaling ground of any company making iron, or preparing
to make the same, within the limits of the counties of Jefferson
and Tuscaloosa, unless the consent of such company be obtained
thereto.
"SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That any person or persons violating the provisions of the foregoing section of this act, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined
not exceeding five thousand dollars, and may be imprisoned in
the county jail not exceeding ninety days, at the discretion of
the court trying the same.
" SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That for the conviction of each
defendant under the provisions of this act, the solicitor shall be entitled to a fee of twenty dollars, to be taxed as costs against each
defendant, and collected as in other cases of misdemeanors; Provided, That this act does not apply to teamsters.
A special act for Washington county, limited to three years,
was passed in 1875 and repealed in 1877.
Revised Statutes of Alabama, El. 1876.
SEC. 4426. (Old Sec. 3743.) Burning Woods.-Any person who
willfully sets fire to the woods or forests or uninclosed lands not
belonging to himself, or willfully causes fire to be communicated