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roads; (6) to slide or roll wood down the slopes; (c) to graze work or pack animals or 

 allow them to pasture in the forests and even to lead them unmuzzled into felling areas 

 stocked with seedlings or young growth. Logs or squared timbers cannot be skidded 

 on the surface of felling areas except under unusual circumstances, which the local 

 Waters and Forests agent will decide upon. 



Art. 42. When the purchaser wishes to dispense with the removal of small branches 

 and other logging debris, he must burn them on areas which will be designated by the 

 local Waters and Forests agent or his representative unless the sales circular contains 

 an explicit authorization to scatter them on the felling area. 



He must take every necessary precaution that this (brush) burning does not damage 

 either the new growth or reserved trees, and he will be held responsible for any damage 

 which may result even when carried out in the presence of and under the supervision 

 of Waters and Forests officers and employees. 



Art. 48. The sawdust and bark from manufactured wood will be removed, spread 

 on forest roads, or burned under the conditions specified in the preceding article. 



Art. 44- Unless the special sales clauses specify other periods, the logging must 

 be completed within one year dating from April 15 following the auction. 



Art. 45. The provisions of Art. 28, relative to felling delays, are (also) applicable 

 to logging delays. 



Art. 46. The provisions of Art. 35 are applicable to the reserves which, despite 

 the observance of the rules governing the removal of the wood, shall be overturned or 

 damaged by logging. 



Art. 47. The purchasers on Federal sales must pay to the communes the special 

 subsidies, to which they must be entitled, under Art. 14 of the law of May 21, 1836, 

 and under Art. 11 of the law of August 20, 1881, for extraordinary (exceptional) damage 

 caused by hauling sales products on roads, classed as parish or rural. 



Art. 48. Unless waived by the Waters and Forests officer in charge the purchasers 

 must, three days before the date fixed for the check (of the sales area) : Surround with 

 a conspicuous band all standing trees in the felling areas where reserved trees have been 

 marked; place visible stakes near the stumps of trees felled in the felling areas where 

 the trees were marked for cutting. They will see to it that these stakes are protected 

 up to the date for the check. If the purchasers fail to fulfil the above requirements, 

 it can be done at their expense in accordance with the provisions of Art. 41 of the 

 Forest Code. 



PART V. CHECK (OF SALES AREA) 



Art. 49. Under penalty of the law the purchasers must show the imprint of the 

 Federal marking hatchet on all wood and trees reserved, and in the felling areas marked 

 for cutting, on the stumps of trees cut, at the time the felling area is checked over. 



Art. 50. In the felling areas, where the trees were marked for cutting, and when the 

 stumps are removed in logging, the root bearing the imprint of the marking hatchet 

 must remain intact in the ground. 



Art. 51. The purchaser who wishes to obtain, after the stump check, the certificate 

 mentioned in paragraph 4 of Art. 8, must present to the Waters and Forests agent in 

 charge receipts showing that he has made the payments required under Arts. 59 and 61. 



He must besides prove payment for the products sold on the unit of product basis 

 when his felling area requires it. 



PART VI. ACCESSORY SALE ON THE UNIT BASIS 



Art. 52. When the sale contract binds the purchaser to make within the boundary 

 of his felling area, in addition to the main logging, accessory fellings with the obligation 



