PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL WOODS 193 



These fines shall be imposed by the Governor General at the 

 government council, after review of the minutes, reports, and 

 recommendations of the local administrative authority and of 

 the Waters and Forests Service, the chiefs of tribes or douars 

 having been previously notified. 



The proceeds of the fines shall be deposited at the Treasury. 

 They can be entirely or partly employed towards repairing the 

 damage caused by the fires. In this case the Governor General 

 shall draw up the assessment statement and shall forward it to 

 the injured parties; these may protest to the Council of State 

 against the decisions made by the Governor General with re- 

 gard to them, within a period of two months after having re- 

 ceived the notification. 



When the fires by their nature, or by the fact of their occur- 

 ring simultaneously, indicate preconcerted action on the part of 

 the natives, they may be treated as acts of rebellion and in 

 consequence can lead to an application for sequestration in 

 accordance with the provisions actually in force under the 

 Royal decree of October 13, 1845. 



ART. 131. The right holders are forbidden to use their 

 grazing privileges for a period of at least six years, throughout 

 the whole area of woods and forests which have been burnt, 

 under pain of the penalties imposed in Art. 177, paragraph 2, 

 of the present law. 



In private woods this prohibition can be removed by the 

 Governor General at the request of the owner, after consul- 

 tation with the Waters and Forests Service. 



ART. 132. Railway or steam tramway companies having 

 grants or leases, and built within or bordering woods and forests 

 shall not allow any grass or herbaceous growth to grow on the 

 railway right-of-way from June i to November i under penalty 

 of a fine of 16 to 300 francs ($3.09 to $57.90). 



Moreover, fire lines may be (required to be) constructed along 

 the track, cleared of all brush and, if it is considered necessary, 

 of all conifers, and constantly maintained in good condition. 

 These fire lines shall be 20 metres (22 yards) in breadth, com- 

 mencing at the railway right-of-way and shall be constructed 



