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8. Failure to carry out the above requirement will render the party so offending 

 liable to a discretionary penalty, which shall not exceed $100. 



ART. 67. 1. The chief forestry official of the district or section shall, after inspec- 

 tion, give the order to unload, after the manifest has been presented showing that 

 said product has been paid for. If this verification of the cargo shows that the 

 figures agree with the manifest, it shall be delivered to the interested party, noting 

 on same the said fact. 



2. If an excess of cargo should be found and should not exceed 10 per cent of cargo, 

 payment of full amount of cargo only shall be paid by the concessioner; but if such 

 excess should be found to be more than 10 per cent, a penalty, as indicated in article 

 72, shall be paid by the concessioner in addition to full payment on cargo as found 

 at inspection. 



3. If the product has not been paid for, the order of payment shall be given to the 

 concessioner, made out for the amount as shown on the provisional manifest, and 

 upon payment of which, as shown by the presentation of the letter of payment, the 

 order to unload is given, and subsequent proceedings shall conform with that laid 

 down in the preceding paragraph. 



4. If the concessioner should, at the termination of his voyage, dispose of said 

 product without having first obtained the order to discharge he shall incur a penalty 

 of 25 per cent of the value of same, in addition to other penalties to which he may 

 be liable for other violations. 



5. In order to move said product after it has been unloaded, the owners or persons 

 in charge must be provided with a manifest indorsed by the official who inspected at 

 the time of loading. In no instance shall the order to unload be used in place of the 

 manifest in order to move the said product. 



ART. 68. If payment on said product should be delayed more than one month, 

 counting from the date of the order of payment, a penalty of 50 per cent of its value 

 will be incurred. 



ART. 69. In case of accidents or of damage to ships, or where the product is "carried 

 in mail vessels which can not be delayed in port, said product may be unloaded at 

 once, having previously given a satisfactory bond or cash deposit, fixed in each case 

 by the chief forestry official of the district. 



ART. 70. 1. When a cargo of a forest product is to be exported to China, Australia, 

 or any other point outside of the archipelago, the concessioner before loading shall 

 pay into the internal-revenue office a sum equal to $2 for each ton of capacity registered 

 by the vessel in which the shipment is to be made, as a guarantee of payment of the 

 value of said product. 



2. After the deposit is made loading may begin under a designated forestry official 

 who will make out the official statement of the product loaded. 



3. This having been finished, the ship may begin her voyage, and the concessioner 

 should repair to the nearest forestry official in order to obtain the order of payment, 

 and having proven same by presenting the letter of payment an order will be made 

 out which will enable him to withdraw his deposit and be free from all responsibility 

 to this bureau for said cargo. 



4. In case the manifest is not shown the forest product shall be detained and a 

 fine of from 1 to 5 per cent of the value of the products imposed. 



ART. 71. 1. Presidents or alcaldes of the towns who officially authenticate mani- 

 fests which contain inaccuracies prejudicial to the state shall incur a fine of not less 

 than $5. 



2. Where a forestry official is unable to act, the president or alcalde of the town 

 who fails, when called upon by a concessioner, to inspect and measure the wood or 

 other forest product, either in person or by sending another official belonging to the 

 municipality, shall incur a fine of not less than $5. 



ART. 72. Violations of these regulations as to time and manner of utilizing the pub- 

 lic forest products, where no damage has been caused, will be punished by a discretion- 

 ary fine which shall not exceed $100. In case damage has been caused the party so 

 offending shall be held responsible and pay for same, and shall pay in addition a fine 

 of from 10 to 25 per cent of said damage, according to the nature of the case. 



In cases of grave violations of these regulations by any concessioner or his repre- 

 sentatives or employees the license may be withdrawn after due notice to the party 

 in interest. 



ART. 73. 1. All cutting or harvesting of the products of the public forests without 

 license shall be considered fraudulent, and will be punished as follows: 



If the products be not timber, and subject to payment, the delinquent will be com- 

 pelled to pay the value of the same and damages, and also a fine for the first offense 

 of from 25 to 50 per cent of said value, 50 to 75 per cent for the second offense, and 

 100 per cent for the third offense, with confiscation and loss of products. 



