The Algerian Forest Code 75 



While the Bridge and Roads Service has the right to excavate 

 for pubHc works, yet their contractors are bound by the same rules 

 as private individuals. 



The fine for illegal cultivation is from $4 to $16 per acre with a 

 minimum of 40 cents. If the offence is repeated an additional 

 sentence of 8 days' imprisonment must be enforced. 



According to Articles 121 and 122: 



"Article 121. Any persons found in the woods and forests at night, ofiF the 

 highways and ordinary roads, with bill-hooks, axes, hatchets, saws or other 

 instruments of a similar nature, shall be sentenced to a fine of $1 to $2 and 

 have the aforesaid instruments confiscated. 



"The maximum fine shall be enforced in case of a repetition of the offence." 



"Article 122. Any persons whose wagons, stock, pack or saddle animals, 

 shall be found in the forest off the highways and ordinary roads, shall be 

 sentenced as foUows: 



"To a fine of $1 to $2 for each wagon found in a forest of over 10 years growth, 

 and $2 to $4 if the wood is less than that age. 



The foregoing fines are given as illustrations of the severity of 

 this code in dealing with the native population. Presumably, 

 after thorough trial, such severity was foimd absolutely essential 

 to successftil protection of public and private forests. The methods 

 of imposing the fines are particularly explicit and simple, and the 

 general rule of holding a man trespassing as guilty until he has 

 proved himself innocent is adhered to, judging from the provisions 

 of Articles 121 and 122, which are partioilarly significant. The 

 conditions for the exploitation, sale, and removal of forest materials 

 is according to the decrees of the Governor-General, and violations 

 may be ptmished by a fine of from 20 cents to $20 and, in addition 

 by 1 to 5 days' imprisonment and confiscation of the products. 

 In case of repetition, imprisonment is obligatory. 



{Re: Fires.) 



A great deal of money is being spent in Algeria on fire protection. 

 Most of this goes for the construction of fire lines. The fire laws 

 are especially strict. It is illegal to kindle fires or carry torches 

 outside logging houses or buildings within a distance of 200 yards 

 of forests, and from July 1 until October 30 this applies even to 

 owners of forests themselves, and forbids the manufacture of 

 charcoal or the distillation of tar or resin. From November 1 to 

 Jime 30, charcoal, tar, or resin manufacture is permitted provided 

 the operation is separated from the forest by a suitable trench. 

 The rights of adjoining property owners to protection from the 

 carelessness of their neighbors is recognized by Article 124: 



