861.07 Obstructing roads.—Whenever any tie cutter or log cutter cutting ties for a railroad or logs for milling purposes shall cut or fell any tree into or across any traveled road, whether it be a county road, a road regularly used by the public, or a neighborhood road, and shall fail to remove the same within 2 hours thereafter so as to free the road from all obstruction therefrom, such tie cutter or log cutter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083; and such person and the person’s employer shall be liable or responsible for any and all damages resulting from so obstructing a traveled road.History.—s. 1, ch. 4780, 1899; GS 3673; RGS 5616; CGL 7805; s. 1106, ch. 71-136; s. 245, ch. 77-104; s. 1395, ch. 97-102.
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