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tions as may be established ; and such licenses shall have the effect of vest- 

 ing in the holders or possessors thereof all rights of property whatsoever 

 in all such trees, timber and lumber as shall or may be cut upon or within 

 the limits of any such license during the term thereof, whether such trees, 

 timber and lumber shall have been cut by or under the authority of the 

 holder or proprietor of such license, or by any other person, with or with- 

 out his consent, and such licenses shall be deemed sufficient authority to 

 entitle the holders or proprietors thereof to seize or cause to be seized by 

 way of re-vendication, saisie re-vendication, or otherwise, such trees, tim- 

 ber or lumber, where the same shall be found in Canada in the possession 

 of any unauthorized person, and shall be deemed sufficient authority to 

 institute any action or suit at law or equity against any wrongful possessor 

 or trespassers, as well as to prosecute all trespassers and other offenders to 

 punishment, and to sue for and recover damages if any shall have been 

 sustained, and all proceedings pending at the expiration of any such license 

 shall or may be continued and carried to final termination in the same man- 

 ner as if said license had not expired. 



3. And be it enacted, That all persons obtaining licenses shall, at the 

 expiration of said license, make to the officer or agent granting the same, 

 or to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, a return of the number and kinds 

 of trees cut, and of the quantity and description of sawlogs, or of the num^ 

 ber and description of sticks of square timber he has manufactured and 

 carried away under such license, which statement shall be sworn to by the 

 proprietor of the license, or his agent, or by his foreman or principal man, 

 before one of the justices of the peace, who are hereby authorized to adminis- 

 ter all oaths required by this Act; and persons refusing or neglecting to 

 (furnish such statement, or evading or attempting to evade any regulation 

 hereafter to be established by Order-in-Council, shall be held to have cut 

 without authority, and the timber made shall be dealt with accordingly. 



Subject to Seizure. 



4. And be it enacted, That all timber cut under licenses granted shall 

 be held liable for the payment of the dues established thereon, so long as 

 and wheresoever the said timber, or any part of it, may be found within the 

 limits of the Province, whether in the original logs or manufactured into 

 deals, boards, or other stuff, and it shall be lawful for all officers or agents 

 entrusted with the collection of such dues to follow all such timber and 

 seize and detain the same wherever it may be found until the dues are paid 

 nr satisfactorily secured. 



5. And be it enacted, That bonds or promissory notes, which may be 

 taken for the amount of dues either before or after the cutting of the tim- 

 ber, as collateral security or to facilitate collection, shall not in any way 

 'affect, or invalidate the lien of the Crown on any part of the timber, but the 

 lien shall subsist in full force until the dues are actually discharged. 



6. And be it enacted, That if any timber so seized and detained for non- 

 payment of dues, shall remain more than twelve months in custody of the 

 agent or person appointed to guard the same, without the dues and expenses 

 being paid, then it shall be lawful for the Commissioner of Crown Lands, 

 with the previous and special sanction of the Governor-in-Council to that 

 effect, to order a sale of the said timber to be made after sufficient notice, 

 and the balance of the proceeds of such sales, after retaining the amount of 

 dues, and costs incurred, shall be handed over to the owner or claimant of 

 «iich timbei. 



