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of the justifications of the long-term sales for large amounts 

 is the need of road development which falls to the purchaser 

 as a part of the purchase price of the timber: 



"ART. 39. The roads and trails shall be built on solid 

 ground, following the alignment which will be previously 

 bench marked by the cantonment chief; the roads cannot 

 be covered over with split wood or with chips after the com- 

 mencement of the work of alignment by the forest agent. 



"The bridges to be built or repaired shall be constructed 

 with impregnated (tarred) wood, supported by masonry abut- 

 ments or piers; yet, under certain exceptional circumstances, 

 reserved for the approval of the conservator, the contractor 

 may be permitted to lay the floor on rows of piles and wooden 

 buttresses. 



"ART. 40. The trees to be felled in order to open up logging 

 roads shall first be designated by the Waters and Forest 

 agent in charge and marked with his hammer, and will belong 

 to the purchaser who will be bound to take them and pay 

 for them when they have a commercial value, according to 

 the prices fixed in the sales circular and in the record of sale 

 and under the conditions given in Part VI below. 



"The wood necessary for the construction or repair of 

 bridges, for the maintenance of ways or corduroying road 

 beds shall come from trees marked for felling, either in the 

 felling areas to be cut over or on the rights of way of the 

 roads and logging trails; in default of wood from these sources, 

 suitable to be used for this purpose, the purchasers may be 

 authorized, under the same conditions mentioned above, to 

 take the trees which shall be judged necessary, outside of 

 the felling area, in the stands bordering the construction to 

 be done. 



"ART. 41. All roads shall always be free and (so that) 

 they can be put at the disposal of the purchasers of near-by 

 felling areas, without any other obligation on their part 

 except to repair the damages resulting from their logging." 



Owing to the long hauls, lower prices, and lack of market for 

 low quality fuel much debris must be burned in the woods as 

 a fire protection measure : 



"ART. 42. The purchasers shall have the option of leaving 

 on the felling area trees limbed and topped, billets and large 

 refuse coming under No. 2 of Article 25. They may also 



