Report of the Forest Commissioner of the State of Maine, Volume 4, Part 1902

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The Commissioner, 1902
The [9th] report contains "Wood-using industries of Maine by J.C. Nellis." Title-page omits "Report."
 

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Page 52 - ... shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one month or by both such fine and imprisonment, provided, that such fires built upon the sea beach...
Page 50 - L-alth is now more fully realized than ever before. Wise forest protection does not mean the withdrawal of forest resources, whether of wood, water, or grass, from contributing their full share to the welfare of the people, but, on the contrary, gives the assurance of larger and more certain supplies.
Page 54 - ... five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding sixty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Page 53 - ... the extent of area burned over, to the best of his information, together with the probable amount of property destroyed, specifying the value of timber, as near as may be, and amount of cord wood, logs, bark or other forest product, and of fencing, bridges, and buildings that have been burned.
Page 38 - But no town shall be holden to pay for extinguishing forest fires in any year an amount greater than two per cent upon its valuation for purposes of taxation. If any person so ordered to assist and not excused from said service by said forest fire...
Page 54 - ... may approve, for awakening an interest in behalf of forestry in the public schools, academies and colleges of the state, and of imparting some degree of elementary instruction upon this subject therein . § 16.
Page 53 - ... within a year, shall report to the forest commissioner the extent of area burned over, to the best of their information, together with the probable amount of property destroyed...
Page 53 - Every railroad company whose road passes through waste or forest lands, or lands liable to be overrun by fires within this state, shall twice in each year cut and burn off or remove from its right of way all grass, brush or other inflammable material, but under proper care, and at times when the fires thus set are not liable to spread beyond control.
Page 51 - ... the damages done to them from time to time by forest fires and the causes of such fires, the method used, if any, to promote the regrowth of timber, and any other important facts relating to forest interests, which may be required by the Forest Commissioner. The information so gathered, with his suggestions relative thereto, shall be included in a report to be made by him annually to the Forest Commissioner.
Page 50 - The fundamental idea of forestry is the perpetuation of forests by use. Forest protection is not an end of itself; it is a means to increase and sustain the resources of our country and the industries 148 which depend upon them.

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