1 70 THE ALGERIAN FOREST CODE 



These reports shall be subject to the same formalities as 

 those of the employees of Waters and Forests, and shall be 

 received in evidence until contrary proof is forthcoming. 



ART. 36. The purchaser by auction or by agreement, if this 

 provision is included in his contract, shall be bound to deposit 

 with the local Waters and Forests officer and at the record 

 office of the court of the arrondissement, under penalty of a 

 fine of not less than 25 francs ($4.82), and not more than 100 

 francs ($19.30), the mark of the hammer, blaze, stamps, or 

 other instrument to be used to mark the trees, wood, cork, or 

 bark of his purchase. The purchaser by auction and his asso- 

 ciates can only have one mark for one purchase, nor shall they 

 mark with it products other than those purchased at the said 

 sale, under penalty of a fine of 100 to 500 francs ($19.30 to 

 $96.50). 



ART. 37. The purchaser by auction or by agreement shall be 

 bound to preserve all the trees marked or designated as reserved, 

 the number of which shall be indicated in the marking record, 

 without their being permitted to exchange these for other trees 

 which they might have left standing. 



ART. 38. The fines incurred by the purchasers by auction 

 or by agreement, in virtue of the preceding article, for fell- 

 ing or removing reserved trees shall be from 2 to 200 francs 

 (80.386 to $38.60) each, without renouncing claims for (civil) 

 damages. 



The restitution shall be effected in kind, if the adequate 

 (marked) trees can be given, and the Waters and Forests Service 

 require it. 



If it is a question of trees having a circumference of less than 

 2 decimetres (8 inches), the fine shall be from o franc 10 cen- 

 times ($0.0193) to 2 francs ($0.386) each whatever the dimen- 

 sions may be. 



ART. 39. The purchasers by auction or by agreement shall 

 not fell, or remove any wood, bark, or cork, before sunrise or 

 after sunset unless they have obtained a special permit from 

 the Forest Service under penalty of a fine of not less than 20 

 ($3.86) or more than 100 francs ($19.30). 



