Forest Preservation: Annual Report of the Chief Fire Warden, Volume 3

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Page 14 - willfully violating the requirements of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not less than five ($5) dollars nor more than fifty ($50) dollars.
Page 13 - feet on each side of the center of the main track cleared of all combustible materials and safely dispose of the same within said limits of their right of. way between the fifteenth day of • April and the first day of December. No railroad company shall permit its employes to leave a deposit of fire or live coals, or
Page 1 - UNDER THE ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FORESTS OF THIS STATE AND FOR THE PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF FOREST AND PRAIRIE FIRES,
Page 14 - Any railroad company willfully violating the requirements of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine not exceeding
Page 16 - ' he shall have presented an itemized account, and made oath or affirmation that said account is just and correct, which account shall be approved by the county commissioners, when satisfied of the justice of the claim, and left on file with the county auditor.
Page 41 - rather long-lived in most situations, makes good summer fuel and renews itself very readily from the stump; the Green Ash would probably rank next as a pioneer tree. The White Elm is also very valuable for this purpose, but generally should follow the White Willow. The
Page 22 - the Forest Preservation Act makes it the duty of the Chief Fire Warden to "investigate the extent of the forests of the state, together with the amounts and varieties of the wood and timber growing therein,
Page 13 - are burning or in^ danger from fire, they shall report the same promptly at the next telegraph station that they may pass. In seasons of drouth railroad companies shall give particular instructions to their employes for the prevention and prompt extinguishment of fires, and they shall cause warning placards furnished by the Forest Commissioner to be posted at their stations in the vicinity of forest and
Page 41 - After a good windbreak has been secured it is safe to plant out the hardy coniferous evergreens and such trees as the Mountain Ash, European White Birch and other similar ornamental trees. Wind protection is beneficial to all trees and necessary for many of our best ornamental kinds and often makes the difference between success and failure in growing them. Distance Apart

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