People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1897 — Punishment for Setting Forest Fires. [ARTICLE]

Punishment for Setting Forest Fires.

A bill has passed the senate which makes it a misdemeanor wilfully to set fire to any timber, underbrush or grass, or negligently to leave a fire burning near any timber on the public domain. The punishment is fixed at two years’ imprisonment and $5,000 fine.