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CHAPTER IV. Firewood for the market. 



ART. 44. 1. Licenses to cut firewood for the market, to be cut in the State forests 1 

 shall be issued from this office. 



2. Applications for said licenses shall be delivered to the chief of the forest district 

 or section, who will forward same to this office with the necessary remarks. 



3. District commanders may issue such licenses, after having received the proper 

 information concerning the circumstances of each particular case from the chief of 

 the forest section of the locality w T here the wood is to be cut. 



4. District commanders shall notify this office, and also the chief forestry official 

 of the province, of the number of licenses issued by their order. 



5. One year from date of license shall be allowed for the cutting, splitting, and 

 removal of firewood. 



6. When said period is not sufficient, a new license shall be solicited, in time to 

 allow of its issue before the expiration of the old license. 



ART. 45. The tree species of the third, fourth, and fifth groups only can be used 

 for firewood, and those cutting other species shall render themselves liable to a fine 

 of four times the value of the wood, which shall be measured and valued as timber, 

 as per official tariff. 



ART. 46. When there is a great amount of firewood cut, the concessioner shall 

 localize his cutting and pile the wood beyond the forest, to avoid danger of fire when 

 wood becomes dry. 



ART. 47. When the forest consists of dead and dry timber as a result of fire, all 

 may be cut down, but if the forest is composed of live trees, those to be cut must be 

 selected and cut down close to the ground. In falling, care must be taken that the 

 adjacent standing trees are not injured. 



ART. 48. When it is not convenient for the concessioner to pay the value of the 

 products utilized in the office of the internal revenue of the province, on account of 

 its distance from the place of cutting, payment may be made to the president or 

 alcalde of the nearest town, who shall receive the amount, give a receipt to the con- 

 cessioner, and send a copv of this receipt to the nearest forestry official. 



The sums thus collected by presidents qr alcaldes shall be turned into the office of 

 internal revenue. 



ART. 49. The concessioners shall notify the local forestry official, or in his absence 

 the president of the town, where the wood is being piled. If said notice is not prop- 

 erly given a fine of 25 per cent of the value of the firewood shall be imposed. 



ART. 50.' 1. Firewood cut in the forests of the State shall be divided into two 

 classes. 



The first class, whether pieces are round or split, is known in the market under 

 the name of "rajas," from 75 centimeters to 1J meters long, and from 20 to 40 centi- 

 meters in circumference. 



2. All firewood in small sticks not of these dimensions belong to the second class. 



ART. 51. All pieces exceeding the maximum dimensions fixed for firewood shall 

 be designated as timber, paid for by cubic feet, as per official tariff. 



ART. 52. 1. Firewood of the first class, destined for home consumption, shall be 

 charged for at the rate of $1 per thousand "rajas," and when intended for export at 

 the rate of $2 per thousand "rajas." 



2. Firewood of small size belonging to the second class, destined for home con- 

 sumption, shall be charged for at the rate of 20 cents per cubic meter, and when 

 intended for export at the rate of 40 cents per cubic meter. 



Proportional charge will be made for fractions of a thousand or cubic meter. 



CHAPTER V. Caoutchouc, gum elastic, gutta-percha, gum mastic, rosin (black and white), 



and balao. 



ART. 53. One year from date of license shall be allowed for the harvesting of this 

 class of products. When said period of time is not sufficient, a new license shall be 

 solicited in time to allow its issue before the expiration of the old license. 



ART. 54. 1. In extracting these products the concessioner shall make cuttings or 

 incisions into the trunks of the trees at least 25 centimeters above the ground. The 

 felling of said trees without permission is absolutely prohibited. 



2. These incisions should be made with a very sharp instrument, penetrating the 

 bark and the first layers of wood. 



3. The incisions shall be cut horizontally and 25 centimeters in length. 



4. When the flow of the juices is obstructed at the opening, the concessioner will 

 be permitted to recut the outer edges, and to enlarge the incision or cutting by 25 

 centimeters, prolonging it upward. 



