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rules to be observed in preservation of works of reboisement ; 

 (3) the mode of determining the advances made by the state, 

 and the measures proper for assuring repayment of principal 

 and interest, and the rules to be followed in the relinquish- 

 ment of lands which article 9 allows communes to make to 

 the state. 



" ARTICLE 14. The sum of ten million francs is appropri- 

 ated for paying the expenses authorized by the present law, 

 to the extent of one million a year. The minister of finances 

 is authorized to sell, with right of clearing, if necessary, woods 

 belonging to the state, to the value of five million francs. 



" These woods may only be taken from such as are entered 

 in Table B, appended to this law. The sales shall be done in 

 succession, within ten years from January 1, 1861. The min- 

 ister of finances is likewise authorized to sell to communes, 

 upon approved valuation, and on conditions fixed by a rule of 

 the public administration, the woods hereinabove mentioned. 

 The five million francs needed to complete the expenses au- 

 thorized by the present law shall be provided by means of 

 extraordinary cuttings, and, if necessary, from the ordinary 

 resources of the budget." 



