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those who have ordered them shall be subject to the penalties set forth under 

 Articles 100 and 101. 



"All owners of stock allowed to enter, or found in woods less than six years 

 of age, shall be fined in accordance with the rules set forth under Article 177, 

 paragraph 2." 



Woods or brush within forestation areas, of course, cannot be 

 denuded without special authorization in accordance with the pro- 

 visions set forth in Article 76, already quoted in full. Private 

 owners who desire special guards to watch their forests have them 

 approved by the sub-prefect, and those who wish to free their 

 forests from rights or servitudes can do so imder the same condi- 

 tions prescribed for the federal forests. 



The damage to roads by stock in the western United States is 

 well known. In Algeria, in accordance with Article 114: "The 

 right holders shall contribute to the maintenance of the roads over 

 private property where they exercise their rights." 



Areas sown or planted on mountains or on sand dimes are ex- 

 empt from taxation for a period of 30 years and, where woods or 

 forests have been burned over through no negligence of the owner, 

 the part destroyed is exempted from taxation for 10 years. This 

 latter rule might lead to abuse. 



Part VII. Police and Conservation oj Woods and Forests 



Section I. Provisions Applicable to All woods. 



(Re: Damage other than fire.) 



A fine of from $1 to $100 is prescribed for the injury, destruction, 

 change, or obliteration of boundary marks or fences, and, if a con- 

 siderable length of fence or boundary demarcation is moved or 

 obliterated the offender can, in addition, be imprisoned for from 

 three days to three months. In addition, civil damages can be 

 collected. Moreover, the repair and return of the fence or bound- 

 ary mark damaged is obligatory as is imprisonment, in case of a 

 repetition. 



According to Article 118: 



"All unauthorized quarrying or removal of rock, sand, mineral, earth, turf, 

 heather, gorse, grass, green or dead leaves, manure found on forest soil, acorns 

 and other fruits, seeds of woods and forests, shall be punished by fines of 

 40 cents to $1 for each harnessed animal employed, of 20 to 40 cents for each 

 pack animal and 20 cents for each man. 



"In case of a repetition of the offence, the maximum fine shall always be en- 

 forced and the offender can, in addition, be sentenced to from one to three 

 days' imprisonment." 



