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Art. 22. If from any cause whatever the penalties provided for under 

 the present law shall come within the sphere of existing general penal 

 laws, and if the penalties decreed by these laws are more severe, the 

 latter shall be applied without abatement in the least degree, save only 

 as regards the provisions of article 20. 



Art. 23. The pecuniary fine established by the present law shall, in 

 case payment is not made, be changed to imprisonment or arrest, ac- 

 cording to its importance, and within limits established by the penal 

 code. 



Art. 24. The forest committee shall propose in each province the 

 necessary forestal police regulations. These shall be approved by the 

 provincial council, and validity will be given by the ministry of agri- 

 culture, industry, and commerce, whatever they may be. After a hear- 

 ing, the council of state may annul such portions as are contrary to the 

 object and to the arrangements of the present law, or to general regu- 

 lations. 



Art. 25. The violation of rules of the forest police shall be punished 

 in such manner as the penal laws provide. 



TITLE IV. — Forest administration. 



Art. 26. The pay of oflBcers and forest guards shall be borne by the 

 State. Expenses relating to the personal support of the guards shall be 

 two-thirds at the cost of the communes and one-third at the cost of the 

 province. The provincial council, upon the advice of the forest com- 

 mittee, shall determine the amount of pay, the number of guards, and 

 the division of the expenses. 



Art. 27. Forest guards shall be placed upon the same footing as those 

 of the customs, so far as relates to article 18 of the law of May 13, 

 1862. 



Art. 28. Forest agents shall be deemed officers of the judicial police, 

 conformably with the rules of the code of penal procedure, and for the 

 maintenance of the public laws. 



TITLE Y .—Of rights of usage. 



Art. 29. Ko rights of usage should be granted, beyond the terms of 

 article 521 of the civil code, upon the lands mentioned in article 1 of 

 the present law. 



Art. 30. All those who claim to have rights of pasturage or other 

 rights of usage, upon lands submitted to regulation by virtue of the 

 terms of the present law, should make, within two years after its pub- 

 lication, a declaration setting forth their title, or their means of justifi- 

 cation, to the secretary of the civil and correctional tribunal in the dis- 

 trict within which the properties burdened with these rights is located. 

 This declaration should be given to the communal secretary, who will 

 forward it to the secretary of the tribunal. At the end of the time above 

 indicated, the owner of the property should prevent, by legal means, the 

 exercise of this right by those who have not made this declaration. 

 Within the six months following the day when this prohibition is made, 

 the user has the right of filing his declaration, upon paying a fine of 

 from 5 to 25 liras. When this time is elapsed, those who have made 

 their declaration may exercise their lights, while the rest shall be de- 

 prived of all rights. 



Art. 31. Upon citations issued at the instance of the more diligent 

 parties, the civil and correctional tribunal shall proceed in a summary 



