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by official order, or cuts species the utilization of which is prohibited by special 

 mention in the license, shall incur a penalty amounting to four times the value of 

 the products. A copy of these regulations shall accompany each license. 



ART. 61. The concessioner must gather said forest product together, and pile it in 

 the district where cut or gathered, and not where the cutting of timber or other 

 utilization of forest products is forbidden. For any violation he shall incur a penalty 

 of four times the value of the product gathered. 



ART. 62. 1. The trees to be cut shall be selected and cut down close to the 

 ground, care being taken that no damage be done in falling to the adjacent trees. 

 The concessioner shall compactly pile the branches of all trees felled, and place said 

 branches where the least damage shall be done to the younger growth. 



2. Forest products shall be transported as far as possible by routes where there 

 are few trees, avoiding as far as practicable the destruction of the younger growth. 



3. Concessioners shall be held responsible for any damage to the forests through 

 failure to comply with the above requirements. They shall also be held responsible 

 for violations of said regulations on the part of their representatives or their 

 employees. 



ART. 63. When the cutting or gathering of forest products has been finished, the 

 concessioner shall notify in writing the nearest forestry official of the place where 

 said product is deposited, the classes and amount of the same, and its destination. 



He shall also state if he has left any felled timber in the forest; and if so, the 

 number of trees and the classes. 



A forestry official shall verify the "statement" of forest products presented by the 

 concessioner, examining and measuring the same. He will make out, in duplicate, 

 the manifest for each shipment, and give one copy of this to the concessioner. 



ART. 64. The concessioner shall not load, sell, nor use any forest product which 

 has not been paid for, unless he has had express authority from the chief of the 

 forestry bureau and has given a satisfactory guaranty to that official. 



ART. 65. 1. A manifest will not be necessary in case the forest product is not to 

 be removed from the jurisdiction of the town in which the forest is situated. 



In this case, after having examined, measured, and valued said product, the 

 forestry official of the district or section gives to the concessioner or his representa- 

 tive an order of payment to the internal-revenue office, stating amount to be paid. 



2. This having been done, the concessioner or his representative shall deliver the 

 letter acknowledging payment to the official who made out the order, who shall 

 acknowledge receipt of same, making a note at the bottom of the page of the official 

 statement, which he will deliver to the interested party. Having complied with 

 these conditions, the owner of the forest product can dispose of same as he sees fit. 



3. For any violation of these requirements he will be liable to a fine of 25 per 

 cent of the value of said product. 



ART. 66. 1. When the forest product is to be transported by land or by river 

 from one town to another, within the same province, the carrier must be .provided 

 with a manifest, signed by the concessioner or his representative and authenticated 

 by the forestry official residing in the town where the timber or other forest product 

 was cut or gathered, and in case there should be no such official there, then by the 

 president or alcalde. Upon the arrival of said product at its destination, it can not 

 be disposed of until the forms as provided for in the foregoing conditions are com- 

 plied with. 



2. The concessioner shall not remove said product in case it is to be carried by 

 land or river from one province to another without having first paid its value in the 

 internal-revenue office of the province in which the forest is situated. 



3. The concessioner may remove said product after having the manifest indorsed 

 by the forestry official to the effect that it has been paid for, and said manifest must 

 accompany the person in charge of above transportation. 



4. Should said product be transported by sea and shipped from one point to 

 another in the archipelago the payment may, at the option of the concessioner, be 

 made in the office of internal revenue at the place of origin or destination. 



5. In the first case, where payment has been made at place of origin, the conces- 

 sioner will be governed by section 3, in that the cargo must be accompanied by the 

 manifest, upon which has been noted the receipt of the letter of payment. 



6. In the second instance, he must be provided with the manifest given by the 

 forestry official or by the president or alcalde of the town of departure; the conces- 

 sioner being held responsible for any difference which may be found at the inspection 

 at port of arrival. 



7. The person in charge of forest products transported by sea will, within five days 

 of arrival at port of destination, present the manifest to the nearest forestry official. 



