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By special legislation, enacted in 1860 and 1882, 

 however, the special cases of torrential action were 

 taken care of in a special manner, which will be set 

 forth in following pages. The reboisement law of 1882 

 authorizes the administration to acquire by expro- 

 priation mountain forests or mountain slopes needed 

 for reforestation for the sake of safeguarding them 

 and preventing torrential damage. 



For Algiers, the same authorization to expropriate 

 was extended by law of 1903 to include all such areas 

 on which according to the Code forestier the ad- 

 ministration might forbid clearing, and such exten- 

 sion is advocated for the mother country. 



As a rule the administration has been able to avoid 

 expropriation and secure the territories by voluntary 

 sale at less than $10 per acre. 



At present, the forest service is under the Minister 

 of Agriculture as President of the Forestry Council, 

 with a Director-General as Vice President and 

 technical head, and three Administrateurs Verifica- 

 teurs generaux, chiefs of the three bureaux into 

 which the administration is divided, each with two 

 chiefs of sections, Inspectors, and the necessary office 

 staff. For purposes of the local administration the 

 forest area is divided into 32 conservations, each 

 under charge of a Conservatenr equivalent to the 

 German Oberforstmeister. These are again sub- 

 divided into Chefferies or Inspections, two to twelve 

 in each conservation, which are administrative units, 

 under the supervision of Inspectors (200) and Assis- 

 tant Inspectors (210). In addition, a special service 

 for forest-organization and reboisement employs 14 



