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fodder are sold in accordance with the provisions of Section III, 

 heretofore described. 



The lease of land for a maximum period of 18 years can be author- 

 ized by the Governor-General of Algeria. This land may include 

 blanks, or clearings, existing in the federal forests and the lease 

 may be by public auction or by means of mutual agreement. It 

 is significant that the title to agricultural land within forests is 

 retained by the Waters and Forests Service. 



Section VII . Wood Rights in State Forests — The law specifically 

 provides that right holders must have been recognized at the time 

 this law was promulgated (1903), and that no other rights or servi- 

 tudes can be granted under any pretext whatever, except that 

 "the rights which the natives enjoy by virtue of tradition shall be 

 maintained until the application of the senatorial decree," or "in 

 case of absolute necessity . . . with due regard for pre-existing 

 rights, a decree of the Governor-General . . . shall concede to 

 natives displaced for purposes of colonization rights in the forests 

 of their new territory equivalent to those enjoyed in the first 

 place." 



Arrangements are made for the wiping out of old rights by special 

 grants of land, wood, or money payments. Rights other than 

 those of pasturage can be redeemed b}'^ giving over to those who 

 have common rights a piece of forest land where they can exercise 

 these rights. On the first of August each year, forest officers 

 announce the number of cattle to be grazed, and the local terri- 

 torial officials draw up the individual lists of right holders, with the 

 allotment for each individual. According to Articles 68 and 69 : 



"Article 68. The right holders in any case can only enjoy the rights of 

 pasturage for their own cattle. 



"The herds, other than those used for exploitation, belonging to cattle 

 dealers, even if those dealers are right holders, as well as herds on shares 

 {en achaba), are excluded from the benefits of rights." 



"Article 69. The roads by which cattle may go and come from pasturage, 

 shall be designated by the Waters and Forests Officers. These roads shall be 

 considered as having at least a width of 20 yards. 



"If these roads cross any coppice, or any young growth of high forest which 

 is not enclosed, ditches or enclosures may be constructed at the joint expense 

 of right holders and the Service, and in accordance with the directions of the 

 Waters and Forests ofl&cer, in order to prevent the cattle from straying into 

 the woods." 



Right holders cannot bring sheep, goats or camels into forests 

 without being penalized and the specific fine and imprisonment of 

 herders who are guilty of handling stock in trespass is provided for. 

 Provision is made, however, by specific order from the Governor- 



