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and of all which have been reported to him, or to the 

 Registrar of the Maitrise, to whatever cause they may be 

 attributed ; and of all appeals which have been taken by 

 him against judgments, sentences, and orders pronounced 

 at the Court, with the names of the parties, the days on 

 which they were notified, and sent by him to the Attorney- 

 General, and notice was given to the Grand-Master ; the 

 second shall contain all the preliminary and definite con- 

 clusions given ; and the third all business relating to 

 woods held in Grurie, Grairie, Tiers et Danger, and in co- 

 proprietorship, and by appanage, sale-contract, and usufruct, 

 and to those of ecclesiastics and communities within the 

 bounds of the Maitrise. 



' 3. If any deed or minute shall not have been reported, 

 or any reply, reference, or absolution which may have been 

 granted, whether verbally or in writing, according to the 

 nature or arrangements of the business, shall not be 

 reported by him, this shall entail a fine of five hundred 

 livres against the Master and other officers involved in the 

 contravention, with suspension and deprivation of charge 

 in case of repetition. 



' 4. He shall be bound to give, without hesitancy or delay, 

 his preliminary and definitive decisions on the minutes of 

 visitations made by officers, on reports by Gardes-Marteau, 

 and Sergeants of the Guard, and generally on all deeds 

 presented to him, in relation to abuses, malversations, 

 defaults, and encroachments made in our waters and 

 forests, woods held in G-rurie, Grairie, Tiers et Danger, and 

 in co-proprietorship, and in those held under title of 

 appanage, sale-contract, and usufruct, and in regard to all 

 pertaining to our service, and the prosecutions of the 

 judgments and condemnations on his decisions, under pain 

 of being held personally responsible. 



'5. He shall be bound to prepare each month a state- 

 ment of the appeals which have been made, and have been 

 notified to him, or to the Registrar of the Court ; and of 

 the judgments and condemnations which have been pro- 

 nounced affecting our waters and forests, woods and 



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