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17. The Commissioner of Crown Lands or any authorized Agent, shall 

 at all times have free access to and be permitted to examine the books and 

 memoranda kept by any Licensee shewing the quantity of lumber in board 

 measure sawn by him from logs cut on his timber berth or berths, and fail- 

 ing to produce such books and memoranda when required to do so, will sub- 

 ject such Licensee to a forfeiture of his right to a renewal of his License. 



18. When any License-holder is in default for, or has evaded the pay- 

 ment of dues to the Crown on any part of his timber or saw logs, such dues 

 may be levied on any other timber or saw logs belonging to such defaulter 

 cut under license, together with the dues thereon. 



19. Before moving any raft, or parcel of timber, lumber or saw logs 

 from the Agency in which it has been cut, the owner or person in charge 

 thereof, shall report the same to the Crown Timber Agent making, if 

 required, declaration upon oath, as to where the said Timber was cut, the 

 number of pieces and description of each kind of wood contained in such 

 raft or parcel of timber, and the number of cribs, stating at the same time^ 

 the number and description of pieces cut on private lands, also on lands 

 under Settlers' License, giving the names of the owners or Licensees of 

 such land, with the name of the Township, and number of each lot, and 

 concession, and should such Crown Timber Agent not be satisfied with the 

 correctness of such report, he shall cause a strict count to be made of the 

 timber in such raft; and on being satisfied of the correctness of such report 

 or count, the said Crown Timber Agent may grant a clearance, in due form, 

 for such raft, stating the number of pieces and description of timber con- 

 tained therein, distinguishing the timber cut on private lands and under 

 Settlers' License, from that cut on the Crown Domain. 



20. The owner or holder of any such raft or parcel of timber shall, 

 within twenty-four hours after the same shall have arrived at its destina- 

 tion at Quebec, Sorel, Montreal or other port of sale or shipment, report the 

 arrival of such raft to the Collector of Crown Timber Dues, or if at Sorel 

 or Montreal to the Deputy Supervisor of Cullers, and should the said raft 

 be found by the specification of measurement to contain a greater number 

 of pieces of timber than is noted in the clearance, the surplus number of 

 pieces, if not satisfactorily explained, shall be held as having been cut on 

 Crown Lands without authority, and subject to the payment of dues accord- 

 ingly. 



21. Parties omitting to obtain their clearance at such agency, or 

 omitting to report the arrival of such raft at its destination as above men- 

 tioned, may be refused further license, and may be subject to forfeiture 

 of the timber for evasion of regulations, as provided in Cap. 23 of the Con- 

 solidated Statutes of Canada. 



22. Persons evading or refusing the payment of timber dues, or the 

 final settlement of bonds or promissory notes for the payment of such dues, 

 or in default with the Crown Timber office or agent; also persons taking 

 fcrcible possession of disputed ground before obtaining decision in their 

 favor, and persons refusing to comply with the decision of arbitrators or 

 of the umpire, as provided by the 8th section of these Eegulations, or with 

 the Regulations established by Order in Council, or who forcibly inteir- 

 rupt surveyors in the discharge of their duty, shall be refused further 

 licenses, and their berths shall be forfeited at the expiration of the then 

 existing license. 



23. Dues of all kinds on timber cut under license remaining unpaid 

 on the 30th November following the season in which it was cut, shall be 

 subject to interest from that date, but without prejudice to the power of 



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