BILL No. 59 of 1925.

An Act to amend The Prairie Fires Act. (Assented to , 1925.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as "The Prairie Fil'es Act A mendment Act, 1925." 2. The Pmirie Fires Act, being

chapter of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1922, is amended by striking out

section 4, and substituting therefor the following: "4.-

(1) No person shall directly or indirectly, person­ ally or by any servant, agent or employee, kindle on any land a fire for the purpose of guarding property, burning stubble or brush or clearing land unless the land on which the fire is started is at the time it is started completely surrounded by a fire guard not less than twenty feet in width, and any person kindling a fire for such purpose shall during the whole period of its continuance cause it to be adequately guarded. "

(2) In the case of that part of the Province which lies south of the North Saskatchewan River, the fire guard shall consist of land covered with snow or water, or so worn, graded, ploughed, or burned over as to be free of inflam­ mable matter, and in the case of that part of the Province which lies north of the North Saskatchewan River the fire guard shall consist of land which has by any method been made free from inflammable matter. "

(3) Any person contravening this

section shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on

summary conviction to a pen­ alty not exceeding one hundred dollars." 3. This Act shall come into force on the ............ day of ....................... 19 .. . No. 59. FIFTH SESSION FIFTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE V BILL

An Act to amend The Prairie Fires Act. Received and read the First time .................... . Second time .................. . Third time ................... . lBDMONTON~ ;). W. JEFF"IlHY. KING'S PUINTEI! A.D. 1 (>25 Title: 1925 (5th, 5th) Bill 59,

An Act to amend The Prairie Fires Act