First Report of the Directors of the State Forestry Commission of Michigan ...Thorp and Godfrey, state printers., 1888 - 92 pages |
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Page 83 - Governor, shall be paid by the State Treasurer on the warrant of the Auditor General, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated...
Page 82 - ... days nor more than [one year] or by fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than [one thousand] dollars or by both such fine and Imprisonment.
Page 84 - ... shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and shall be punished by imprisonment in...
Page 82 - State for railroad purposes, or for any purpose whatsoever, and shall cut down or destroy, or cause to be cut down or destroyed, any trees standing or growing thereon, if the value of such trees so cut down or destroyed shall exceed the sum of twenty-five dollars...
Page 53 - Greenland may be referred to, by way of comparison, as a country which, having undergone extreme glaciation, bears the marks of it in the extreme poverty of its flora, and in the absence of the plants to which its southern portion, extending six degrees below the arctic circle, might be entitled. It ought to have trees, and might support them. But since destruction by glaciation, no way has been open for their return. "In the American continent the mountains run north and south. The trees, when touched...
Page 8 - ... 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; also fencing, bridges and buildings that have been burned.
Page 14 - ... or negligently permit any fire to pass from his own woods, prairies, or grounds, to the injury or destruction of the property of any other person, shall be...
Page 83 - Such justice shall thereupon issue a warrant directed to the sheriff or any constable of the county, commanding him to take sufficient aid, and being accompanied by...
Page 83 - ... he shall issue a warrant directed to the sheriff or any constable of the county, reciting the substance of the accusation, and commanding him forthwith to take the person accused of having committed such offense, and bring him before such magistrate to be dealt with according to law, and the same warrant may require the officer to summons [summon] such witnesses as shall be therein,named.
Page 81 - ... dollars, or by imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.