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mendations of the Water and Forest Service. These recom- 

 mendations shall be communicated previously to the municipal 

 councils and to the officers of public institutions, who shall be 

 consulted in regard to them. 



Submission to forest control shall be pronounced by decree. 

 And the same forms shall be proceeded with for all the separate 

 parts of the code and all the woods concerned. 



ART. 80. Ground even when not covered with trees shall be 

 put under forest control, if it belongs to communes or public 

 establishments, under the conditions provided for under Art. 76, 

 and if its reafforestation is recognized as being of general profit. 



ART. 81. Communes and public institutions cannot under- 

 take any clearing in their woods without special and express 

 authorization by the Governor General; any persons who have 

 such fellings shall be liable to the penalties declared under 

 Part VI against private individuals for offences of a similar 

 nature. 



ART. 82. Properties in the communal woods can never be 

 divided up amongst the inhabitants. 



But when one, or several communes, or sections of communes, 

 possess jointly a wood, each one of these holds the right to 

 demand a subdivision. 



ART. 83. Communal woods, or the woods of public institutions 

 are inspected and governed by the Waters and Forests Service. 



In order to indemnify the State for the costs of adminis- 

 tration and inspection a sum of 10 centimes ($0.02) per franc 

 ($0.19) shall be paid for the benefit of the Treasury (in addition 

 to the total sum) on the sale or transfer of all forest products 

 either principal or accessory. 



ART. 84. The ordinary, as well as the extraordinary sales 

 of felling areas shall be proceeded with by the Waters and 

 Forests officers, in the same manner as for State woods. 



The sale by auction comprising several successive felling areas 

 and the transfer by mutual agreement can only be effected with 

 the assent of the municipal council or of the officers of public 

 institutions. 



The auction can only take place in the presence (the hereafter 



