§ 100-12. Roads, trails, and fences authorized; protection of property.
§100‑12. Roads, trails, and fences authorized; protection of property.
The Department of Environmentand Natural Resources is authorized and empowered to enter upon the landhereinbefore referred to, and to build a fence or fences around the same, alsoroads, paths, and trails and protect the property against trespass and fire andinjury of any and all kinds whatsoever; cut wood and timber upon the same, butonly for the purpose of protecting the other timber thereon and improving theproperty generally. (1919, c. 316, s. 5; C.S., s. 6942; 1921, c. 222, s.1; 1925, c. 122, s. 23; 1973, c. 1262, s. 28; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727,s. 218(29); 1997‑443, s. 11A.119(a).)