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Following cro extracts from the Compiled Laws of Alaska (abbrevi
ated to CLA) and from the session Lavs . of Alaska (SLA) which establish
ed laws and regulations, punishment involved and extent of liability of
persons causing damage to lands of the Territory by moans of firo:
Sotting Fire t_o Iralric or Other Ground:
S,
)C. 4821, CLA.
''If any person shall maliciously or wantonly sot on 1'iro any
or ether
’oundr
other than his own or those of which he is in
the lawful possession, or>shall wilfully or negligently permit or suf
fer the fire to pass from his own grounds' or premises, to the injury
of another, such person, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by
imprisonment in the federal jail not less than throe months nor more
than one year, .or by fine not L ss than fifty nor more than five hun
dred dollars." ' ■*
Sotting Hire to ^.oods,3r*uEh,Grass , r_tc. Hec.4822 CbA and
'• “ " Chop. 36 1825 31
Anir r>arson who sots on fir
or causes to bo set on fir.
woods, brush, {trass, rain, stub le,or other material being or
on lands not his own, or who wilfully or negligently allov/s fi
escape from his own land or any person Who accidently sets any
his own land or that of another and allows it to escape from 1
tro.l without extinguishing it, or without using cv ry effort a
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction
shall be punished'by a fin., 'of not lbs3 than fifty ($50.00) do
than fiv>: hundred (;>500.00) dollars, or
a period of not 1. ss than ton (10) da vs
oy
imp r 3. a on
nor or . than
nor nor .
jail for
months.u '
"Any-person who shall wilfully or :taliciously sot fire to
forest, tinear, brush or vegetable matter whatever, with the i
that
prooort'- of another
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injured thereby, shall
guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be puni
imprisonment' in the penitentiary for a period of not less than
year, nor more than ten (10)
jc, 4823, CLA.
Oec.1,
, any
growing
re to
fire on
is con
o to do,
thereof
liars,
■ t in
three
any woods,
nt ent
o d c erne d
shed by
one (1)
Setting •‘■'iiv on Public. Lruids;' •
Section 52 of the Criminal codo (Act of I/larch 4, 1909) prwildos a
fine of not more than 05,000, or not no re than tv/0 y ,ars * imprisonment,
or both fine and imprisonment, for wilfully sotting on fire or causing
to bo set on fir', any timber, underbrush, or grass upon the Public
Domain or for leaving or suffering a fire to burn unattended•n .ar any
timber or other inflammable material. (The term 'Public Domain" as
’*s d in this let moans any land owned by. tho United States).
Failing; to -xt ~ r.yuish ffijr _s on then ] ublic lands
Section 53 of the Criminal Code (Act of march.4
a fine of r.ot more tian ' 1,000, or not more than one
ment, or both fine and imprisonment, for failure to
a fire built in or near any forest, timber, or other
tcrial upon the Public Domain b.fore loavin it.
, 1909) provides
years' in rison
totally .aguish
inflam: abl mat