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Sec. 50. The damages caused to forests by insects are to be closely watched. 

 The owners of forests and their employees are required, in case they cannot succeed 

 in preventing the spread of such damage to adjacent woods, or on their own 

 grounds, to notify the political authorities at once, or rti default thereof to pay a 

 fine of from 5 to 50 florins. Every person is authorized to give such notice. 



Sec. 51. The political authorities, with the assistance of experts, must at 

 once take the proper measures to prevent this damage by insects. All owners of 

 forests whose woods may be in danger are bound to render assistance and to 

 submit to the order of the authorities, who are herewith authorized to enforce 

 their orders. 



The expense shall be borne by the owners of the forests in proportion to the 

 dimensions of their respective tracts. 



Forest Preservation Service. 



Sec. 52. Provides for the organization of forest guards to be attached to the 

 forest administration service. These guards, whether employed by the State, by 

 communities, or by private individuals, to take the oath of office. (Form of oath 

 general, with reference to performance of duties in preserving forests as law 

 requires). 



Sec. 53. These sworn guards to be regarded as public guards, with all rights 

 guaranteed to public officers by law, and authorized to carry the usual arms. 

 Every persons is required to obey their orders given in the line of their duties. 



Sec. 54. The guards shall use their arms only in case of self-defence. To 



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wear uniforms. 



Sec, 55. The guards are authorized to order suspicious persons to leave the 

 forests and to confiscate all tools used for gathering forest products if the parties 

 carrying them in the forest cannot give a satisfactory explanation. 



Sec. 56. Confiscation of forest products in possession of suspicious party" 

 in the forest. 



Sec. 57. Offender who are strangers to the guards are to be arrested ; offenders 

 known to the guard are to be arrested only in case they attack or abuse him, or 

 if they have no fixed home. Persons arrested to be delivered at once to the 

 competent authorities. 



Sec. 58. In case the offender was caught in the act and took flight he may 

 be pursued beyond the forest and the stolen product attached. 



Miscellaneous. 



Chapter five contains an enumeration of minor forests offences not hereinbe- 

 fore particularly mentioned, and fixes the punishment. 



These offences are : Gathering of loose wood and twigs, marking and barking 

 of trees, using climbing irons, boring into trees, appropriating bark from felled 

 timber, exposing the roots of trees, cutting or tearing off limbs or twigs or leaves, 

 digging or cutting out young trees, grathering twigs for brooms, gathering tree juice 

 of all sorts, gathering tree seeds or sponges or rotten wood or digging out roots, 

 gathering bedding of all sorts, especially if gathered with hoes or iron rakes ; 

 taking away earth, clay, turf, stones, and other minerals, or cutting sod, or mo wing 

 grass and herbs. 



This chapter also provides for proceedings and estimate for damages to 

 forests by cattle. Chapter six provides for mode of procedure and proper tribunal 

 to fix damages:. Chapter seven provides for proceedings on appeal. 



