364 RECENT LEGISLATION IN PRUSSIA. 



Those who have made the request, shall be responsible for the indem- 

 nities, and for furnishing the sums necessary for the establishment and 

 maintenance of the works of protection, and of the forest-cultures in 

 paragraph 2. 



However, in cases a, 6, and c of the said paragraph, the owners of 

 the premises endangered shall contribute to these expenses in a certain 

 proportion, which shall not exceed the value of the damages to be pre- 

 vented. 



The owners of the dangerous premises shall also, in all cases included 

 in paragraph 2, contribute to these expenses of works of protection in 

 a proportion that shall not exceed the difference in amount of value 

 they will derive in consequence of such regulations. 



Sec. 6. Every proposition, in so far as it does not bring the public 

 interests into question, may be withdrawn prior to the determination of 

 its regulation by the Tribunal of Forest Protection ; but in the cases 

 a, ft, and c of paragraph 2, after the publication of the rules- of the com- 

 mission, it shall not be withdrawn until its author shall have paid his 

 quota of the indemnities, and of the expenses of construction of the 

 works of protection. 



Sec. 7. The committee of the circle and in the provinces of the prin- 

 cipality of Hohenzollern, the committee of bailage shall be judges in 

 this question, and shall fix the rules to be observed in each particular 

 case, as also the indemnities and the charges (section 5). These com- 

 mittees shall be known under the name of the Tribunal of Forest Pro- 

 tection. 



The procedures before this tribunal, appeals from its decisions, and 

 the procedures in cases of appeal, shall be in conformity with the rules 

 of common justice. Proceedings before this tribunal shall, however, be 

 subject to the following rules : 



Sec. 8. Propositions for regulation, in conformity with paragraph 2, 

 shall be submitted in writing to the competent tribunal. 



The dangerous premises, as well as those menaced, and the kind of 

 danger shall be therein exactly indicated, and a project of measures to 

 be taken for protection, shall be also annexed. 



The competence of the tribunal shall be determined by the location of 

 the dangerous lands. Whenever the proposition emanates from the 

 district itself, or is directed against it, the judicial administration shall 

 decide as to what is the competent tribunal. 



Sec. 9. The tribunal shall charge one of its members, or if need be, 

 an expert, as a commissioner for examining the question in its general 

 aspect, and upon the spot, and to make a report containing all necessary 

 evidence. 



Sec. 10. The tribunal may, upon the proposition of this commission, 

 or of the parties interested, before giving judgment, decide whether 

 there is danger within the meaning of paragraph 2, and may suspend 

 all discussions until this point is settled. 



The commissioner shall, before deciding the question, prepare a writ- 

 ten proposition, which shall be open for the inspection of those inter- 

 ested, in accordance with section 13. 



Sec. 11. The examination by the commissioner in the preparation of 

 his plan of regulation, shall bear upon the following points : 



1. The pointing out of the dangt^rous premises and of the premises 

 endangered. 



2. The restrictions to be imposed in the working of the dangerous 

 premises. 



3. The establishment, maintenance, and supervision of the forest cul- 



