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of these keys shall be for the Master, or the Lieutenant, 

 to be used by him in the absence of the Master; another 

 for our Attorney or Procureur; and the third for the Garde- 

 Marteau, so that the Marteau cannot be taken out but with 

 the consent of all, and with an obligation to replace it 

 every day on which it is taken out, after the business for 

 which it was required has been done. 



' 4. We will also that within or near the same Chamber 

 there shall be placed presses, in which shall be deposited 

 all the registers and papers of the Registry, to which the 

 Grand- Master, or the Forest-Master, our Attorney, and 

 other Officers, shall have access whenever seems good 

 to them, but without having a right under any circum- 

 stances or any pretext to remove them, under penalty 

 of a fine of three thousand livres, and suspension from 

 office. 



' 5. From this time forward none of the Forest- Masters, 

 Lieutenants, King's Attorneys^ Gardes- Marteau, Survey- 

 ors, or Registrars shall be kinsmen, or so nearly related as 

 cousins-german; nor shall they hold two offices in the forest 

 service, or any office of judicature or finance, excepting the 

 Lieutenant, who may combine with his office another royal 

 appointment, which may be in the judicature or the 

 finance. 



'6. Neither can they give permission verbally, or in 

 writing, to cut or pull up any wood, or to send beasts to 

 pasture in our forests, under penalty of a fine of three 

 hundred livres. 



' 7, We expressly forbid forest officials to take any wood 

 in payment of fees or salary due to them ; and to merchants 

 to give them any, under any pretext whatsoever, under 

 pain of suspension and a fine of a thousand livres against 

 the officers, and a fine of three hundred livres against the 

 merchants. 



' 8. We forbid all officials in a Maitrise to exercise by 

 appointment or commission any office, or to receive any 

 salary, or hold any farm belonging to seigneurs, communi- 

 ties, or private persons, directly or indirectly, under any 



