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a proposition is now under discussion to give a 

 tax release for 20 years for reforested tracts, pro- 

 vided the owner foregoes all use of it for that 

 period. 



The two smaller states of Baden and Wurtem- 

 berg seem to have succeeded better than any 

 other states in their restrictive policies. Wiirtem- 

 berg began proper measures, which have remained 

 fundamental, as early as 1614, remodelling them 

 in 1875 and 1879. 



The "forest police law " of 1879 decides : 



(a) Clearing of forest requires a state permit: 

 illegal clearing is punished with a fine. 



() A neglected piece of forest shall not be- 

 come waste land ; the state authority sees to its 

 reforestation with or without help of owner, the 

 expenses to be charged to the forest. 



(c) If the state forester is convinced that a pri- 

 vate owner cuts too much wood or otherwise mis- 

 manages his forest, he is to warn the owner, and 

 if this warning is not heeded, the forest authority 

 may take in hand and manage the particular tract. 



(d) Owners of small tracts of forest can com- 

 bine into associations and can place their properties 

 with municipal or even state forests for protec- 

 tion and management. In the latter case they 

 share the advantages of part of the municipal or 

 communal forests which are managed by state 

 authorities. 



The law of 1875 relating to the management 



