160 OUTLINES OF FORESTRY. 



" ARTICLE 3. Premiums in money given to individuals can- 

 not be paid until after the work is done. 



ARTICLE 4. In cases where the public interests demand that 

 the works of reboisement should be made obligatory, either 

 on account of the condition of the soil, or the dangers that 

 may happen to the lands below, proceedings are to be had 

 as follows : 



" ARTICLE 5. An imperial decree, issued in council of state, 

 declares the public utility of the works, fixes the boundaries 

 of land in which it is necessary to execute the reforesting, 

 and the time within which it must be done. This decree is 

 preceded (1) by an open inquiry in each of the communes 

 interested ; (2) by a deliberation in the municipal councils of 

 these communes, in conjunction with those most important ; 

 (3) the advice of a special commission, composed of the pre- 

 fect of the department or his delegate, a member of the gen- 

 eral council, a member of the council of arrondissement, an 

 engineer of bridges and roads or of mines, a forest-agent, and 

 two landholders of the commune interested ; (4) the advice of 

 the council of arrondissement, and that of the general council. 



" The proems-verbal specify ing the lands, the plan of the places, 

 and the project of the works prepared by the forest adminis- 

 tration, with the concurrence of an engineer of bridges, roads, 

 or of mines, are to be deposited in the office of the mayor 

 during the inquiry, the duration of which is one month, be- 

 ginning with the publication of the prefectoral order, which 

 prescribes the opening of the inquest and the meeting of the 

 municipal council. 



"ARTICLE 6. The imperial decree is to be published and 

 posted up in the communes interested. The prefect is also to 



