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no forest ground must be devoted to other purposes than 

 timber production. If forest ground is used for other pur- 

 poses than timber production, the owner shall be fined 30 

 cents to 1 1. 50 per acre. After such unlawful use the ground 

 must be replanted within a time prescribed by the local 

 authorities. If reforestation does not take place within the 

 time thus prescribed a second punishment shall take place. 

 Paragraph 3 : ' 'Areas cleared from forests are to be planted 

 up with timber species within five years after the clear 

 cutting in the case of forests owned by the state or by the 

 communities. Wherever there are clearings left from 

 olden times they must be planted up within a period equal 

 to the time fixed for the rotation of crops or fixed as the 

 age of maturity of trees. In the case of private forests, 

 a longer space may be allowed according to circumstances. 

 Whosoever neglects this prescription shall be punished in 

 the same way as if he had used forest ground for other 

 purposes than for timber production. ' ' Paragraph 4 : * 'No 

 forest must be devastated; i. e., it must not be treated in 

 such a way as might endanger or render impossible the 

 continuation of timber production. If there is such danger, 

 the fine to be imposed upon the owner of the land shall 

 be the same as if forest ground was used for other pur- 

 poses than timber production, or as if afforestation was 

 omitted after a clear cutting. Aside from the fine, affor- 

 estation shall be made by force, if necessary, the owner 

 bearing the expenses." 



If the treatment was such as to render timber production 

 impossible for the future, a fine up to $3 per acre shall be 

 imposed upon the owner. Under these rules or laws the 

 local authorities have planted up during the years 1891 

 to 1895: 



In state and fund forests, 231 acres ; in communal forests, 

 28,269 acres; in private forests, 126,949 acres. 

 Preventives against forest devastation were taken: 



