not conform to the provisions herein set forth, for a period of three (3) consecutive months, such business, except as herein below excepted, shall be considered as having been abandoned, and before the same can be again carried on in such building the said building shall be so constructed, repaired or rebuilt as to conform to the provisions of this act: but Provided, That this section shall not apply to any case where a temporary cessation of business has been occasioned by destruction or damage by fire or the other elements, or by the appointment of a receiver, assignee, or trustee in bankruptcy; and where the same business shall, after such temporary cessation, be resumed by the original person, firm or corporation who or which had been previously therein engaged.

7441x1. Inspection and approval.-30. All buildings, structures, pipes, storage tanks, electrical wiring, connections and apparatus constructed and used in said dry cleaning and dry-dyeing business shall be inspected and approved by the state fire marshal or a deputy or assistant before being used in said dry-cleaning and dry-dyeing business.

7441y1. Penalty.-31. Any person or persons being the owner, occupant, lessee or agent, who shall violate any of the provisions of this act or fail to comply therewith, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order or regulation made thereunder, within ten days, or who shall build in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder, or any certificate or permit issued thereunder shall severally for each and every such violation and non-compliance respectively be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined for the first offense not less than ten (10) dollars, nor more than two hundred (200) dollars, and for each subsequent offense, shall be fined not less than fifty (50) dollars, nor more than five hundred (500) dollars, and imprisoned in a county jail or workhouse not to exceed six months.

7441z1. Duty of state fire marshal.-32. It shall be the duty of the state fire marshal, his deputies and assistants, to enforce the provisions of this act; and to that end he shall have authority hereunder to invoke and receive the aid and service of the local state prosecuting attorney in any county in which a violation of this act is found to exist.

7441a2. Disposition of fees and penalties.—33. All fees, penalties or forfeitures collected by the state fire marshal, his deputies or assistants under the provisions of this act, shall when paid into the state treasury be credited to a special fund for maintenance of the office of the state fire marshal and shall be disbursed in the same manner as other moneys which come into said fund are disbursed.

7441b2. Persons exempt from act.-34. This act shall not apply to the business of any person whose process of cleansing or dry-cleaning is limited to spongeing and hand immersion in open vessels containing not more than three (3) gallons volatile liquid at any one time.

7441c2. Requirements for exemption.-35. No person shall be exempt from the provisions of this act as set out in section 34 hereof, until he shall have filed in the office of the state fire marshal his sworn statement setting forth the name under which such business is conducted, the location thereof by town or city, and county; and street number if any there be in connection therewith; and stating under oath that in the conduct of such business its processes of dry-cleaning are limited to spongeing and immersion by hand in open vessels containing not more than three (3) gallons of volatile liquid at any one time.

Section 36 of the above act provides that the act be in force and effect from and after its passage.

[Acts 1921, p. 567. In force May 31, 1921.]

7459a. Forest lands classified for taxation.-1. For the purpose of taxation, certain forest lands, hereinafter defined as "forest plantations" and "native forest lands," shall be classified and assessed as provided in this act. The term "forest plantation" as used in this act shall be construed to mean any piece of cleared land which has been regularly planted with and has growing thereon timber producing trees to the number per acre as hereinafter provided. The term "native forest land" as used in this act shall be construed to mean any piece of land which has never been plowed or cultivated and which contains native timber producing trees, or varying ages, to the number per acre as hereafter prescribed: Provided, That pomaceous trees shall not be counted as timber producing.

7459b. Forest plantations and native forests defined.-2. Any piece or parcel of land to be classified as forest plantation shall have growing thereon the following number of healthy, living timber trees per acre: If the trees are one year old, there shall be at least 600 trees per acre; if the trees are two years old, there shall be at least 500 trees per acre; if the trees are not less than three nor more than five years old, there shall be at least 400 trees per acre; if the trees are not less than six nor more than ten years old, there shall be at least 300 trees per acre; if the trees are not less than eleven nor more than fifteen years old, there shall be at least 200 trees per acre; if the trees are not less than sixteen nor more than twenty years old, there shall be at least 175 trees per acre; if the trees are not less than twenty-one nor more than thirty-five years old there shall be at least 150 trees per acre; if the trees are not less than thirty-six nor more than fifty years old, there shall be at least 125 trees per acre; if the trees are not less than fifty-one nor more than seventy-five years old, there

shall be at least 100 per acre; and trees older than seventy-five shall be credited with occupying 900 square feet of space. In the event that it is impossible for the owner of any forest plantation to have the prescribed number of even age trees growing thereon, on account of death or maturing of some, then smaller trees shall be planted among the larger trees so that all of the available tree growing space shall be occupied. Trees less than one inch in diameter at a height of four feet above the ground shall be credited with occupying 65 square feet of space; trees not less than one and more than two inches in diameter at a height of four feet above the ground shall be credited with occupying 85 square feet of space; trees not less than two and less than four inches in diameter at a height of four feet above the ground shall be credited with occupying 110 square feet of space. Trees not less than four and less than six inches in diameter at a height of four feet above the ground, shall be credited with occupying 150 square feet of space; trees not less than six and less than eight inches in diameter at a distance of four feet above the ground shall be credited with occupying 200 square feet of space; trees not less than eight and less than ten inches in diameter at a distance of four feet above the ground shall be credited with occupying 300 square feet of space; trees not less than ten and less than fifteen inches in diameter at a height of four feet above the ground shall be credited with occupying 450 square feet of space; trees not less than fifteen and less than twenty inches in diameter at a height of four feet above the ground shall be credited with occupying 600 square feet of space and trees twenty inches in diameter or larger at four feet above the ground shall be credited with occupying at least 650 square feet of space. The stand of trees on any such forest plantation shall be a good stand as that term is understood by competent foresters and as shall be determined by the state forester and no open areas shall be permitted. If a tree dies or is removed the vacancy shall be filled by planting seed or seedlings therein. The number of seeds or seedlings planted shall be sufficient to fully stock the open space. When open spaces are first replanted, the trees planted therein shall be spaced not more than eight feet apart and each tree as planted shall be allowed a space of 64 square feet. When the owner of a plantation wishes arable land and wishes a wide spacing, he shall be permitted to use a spacing as wide as 8x8 feet and be permitted to grow a nurse crop between the rows for a period of two years. The state forester may authorize the planting of additional trees within any such space and shall indicate how and where they shall be placed. The owner of any parcel of land classified as native forest land shall have three years from date on which such land is entered for taxation as native forest

land by the county auditor, as hereinafter provided to seed or plant such land, and if at the end of such time such land shall not be fully stocked, such owner shall furnish satisfactory reasons to the state forester for failing so to do. A native forest shall be deemed to be fully stocked when it shall contain at least 1000 timber trees of any size per acre, exclusive of pomaceous trees. If coppice shoots are counted as trees, only one from each stump shall be counted. The following trees shall not be deemed timber trees within the meaning of this act: dogwoods (Cornus); water-beach (Carpinus); ironwood (Ostrya); red bud (Cercis); sassafras; persimmon; pawpaw; black hawk [haw]; and willows (Salix). No areas within any such native forest shall be free of trees. Every open space shall be growing trees of same age. The minimum stand of trees shall be regulated by the state forester and his instructions and decisions in regard to what constitutes a stand of trees within the meaning of this act shall be final.

7459c. Assessment of forest lands.-3. All forest plantations and native forest lands shall be assessed at the rate of one dollar per acre for general taxation purposes.

7459d. Application for classification.-4. Any person or firm or corporation, wishing to have any land classified according to the provisions of this act shall obtain application blanks from the state forester for that purpose. The state forester shall send the applicant two blanks which shall be filled out and filed as hereinafter provided before the land shall be deemed to be classified within the meaning or this act. After receiving the application blanks the applicant shall have the parcel of land proposed for classification surveyed by metes and bounds and located with reference to some established corner. In addition, the parcel of land shall be located as to section, township, range and county; two plots of the survey shall be made in ink, and on a scale of 100 feet to the inch, such plot shall show true north, the length of each side of such parcel of land in feet and inches, the size of all enclosed angles, the magnetic bearing, and the angle of the line connecting the plot with an established corner. Each plot shall be made a part of the application; one copy of the plot shall be sent to the state forester and the other shall be filed and recorded in the office of the recorder of the county in which such parcel of land is situated. The person making the survey of the tract shall fill in the necessary and appropriate part of the application and sign the same as hereinafter prescribed. The applicant shall then have the land appraised by the township assessor of the township in which such parcel of land is situated and said appraisement shall become a part of the application and the township assessor shall sign the appraise