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Section 19. When trees are cut from any classified land, the owner of 

 the land shall make such disposition of the slash as may be required by 

 such regulations as the state forester shall from time to time prescribe : 'pro- 

 vided, that such regulations shall permit of any approved forestry methods. 



Section 20. If any owner of classified land fails to comply with the 

 regulations of the state forester as to the seeding and planting of the land 

 or disposal of slash required under sections seventeen to nineteen, inclusive, 

 the sta;te forester may cause the land to be thus seeded or planted or such 

 slash to be disposed of, and the owner of the land shall be liable to the com- 

 monwealth for the expense thereof: provided, that such planting shall not 

 exceed in cost ten dollars per acre. 



If the owner, after notification from the state forester that the require- 

 ments of said regulations have not been complied with, fails to comply 

 there\\ith within a reasonable time thereafter, the state forester, after a 

 hearing, shall have the right to direct the clerk of the city or town to cancel 

 the classification of the land. The clerk shall forthwith cancel the classi- 

 fication, notify the assessors thereof, and record a certificate of cancella- 

 tion in the registry of deeds. The assessors shall forthwith make a valua- 

 tion of the trees standing upon the land, and assess a forest product tax 

 thereon, which shall forthwith be levied and shall be collected in accord- 

 ance with the provisions of section eight of this act. 



Section 21. For ser\'ices rendered under the provisions of sections two, 

 seven, eight and twelve, the forest warden of a city or town shall receive 

 from the city or town the compensation provided by section twenty-three 

 of chapter thirty-two of the Revised Laws. 



penalties. 



Section 22. Any applicant for the classification of land under this act 

 who fraudulently fails to disclose all encumbrances thereon or interests 

 therein then existing, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one 

 thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one year. 



Section 23. Any person violating any requirement of this act for 

 which no specific penalty is provided, shall be punished by a fine of not 

 more than one hundred dollars. 



organization and taxation of corporations formed for the purpose 



OF OWNING classified LANDS. 



Section 24. Section seven of chapter four hundred and thirty-seven of 

 the acts of the year nineteen hundred and three, as amended by chapter 

 two hundred and eighty-six of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and 

 six, and by chapter five hundred and ninety-five of the acts of the year 

 nineteen hundred and twelve, is hereby further amended by adding at the 

 end of said section the following words: — and provided, further, that cor- 

 porations formed for the purpose of owning classified forest land under the 

 provisions of the forest classification and taxation act may be organized 



