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PART VIII. Prosecutions for Misdemeanors and Offences. 



SECTION I. Prosecutions Undertaken in the Name of the Waters and 

 Forests Service. 

 (Re: Prosecution.) 

 (Re: Examination.) 

 SECTION II. Prosecutions for Misdemeanors and Offences in Woods 

 not under Forest Administration. 

 PART IX. Penalties and Sentences Applicable to Woods and Forests in 

 General. 

 (Re: Penalties.) 



(Re: Enforcement of Penalties, etc.) 

 PART X. Execution of Judgments. 



SECTION I. Judgments Concerning Misdemeanors and Offences in 



Woods under Forest Administration. 

 SECTION II. Judgments Concerning Misdemeanors and Offences 

 Committed in Woods Which Are not iinder Forest Administration. 

 PART XI. General Provisions. 



Part I. Forest Regime 



In Algeria, the forest administration includes woods and forests 

 belonging to the state, to the commune, to public institutions, and 

 those forests in which the state communes or public institutions 

 have "proprietary rights conjointly with private individuals," 

 as well as grotmd "either covered with brush or bare, the refores- 

 tation of which has been recognized and declared to be of public 

 benefit." 



In addition, certain forests in litigation between the classes of 

 owners enimierated above, or within the territory under military 

 control, are provisionally placed under forest administration. 



Part II. Waters and Forests Administration 



Forest officers employed in Algeria are subject to the laws and 

 promotions of the Waters and Forests Service of France proper. 

 They work under the Governor-General of Algeria, and promo- 

 tions in grade and class are upon his recommendation. 



The subordinate force includes "natives who have served in 

 the French Army, or Civil Service, and the sons of the native 

 employes," who can be admitted as native forest guards when 22 

 years of age if they have learned the French language. When a 

 man works for the Service, he cannot accept any other appoint- 

 ment, "either administrative or legal." 



Curiously enough, imder Part II is included the regulations 

 concerning marking hatchets. The special marks on these hatchets 

 are registered at the record office, so that it is possible to identify 

 by the mark on any tree what official did the marking. 



