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hogs on the acorn ground, and the Lieutenant, our Attor- 

 ney, and Garde- Mar teau, six each ; the Registrar, four ; 

 and the Sergeant of the Guard, three ; all under pain of 

 confiscation, and the wholo in case of their being actually 

 resident there and not otherwise. 



CHAPTER XX. Of l Chaufage ' or Firewood, and other Claims, 

 Founded on Usage, for Wood for Buildings and Repairs. 



'Art. 1. We revoke all and every of the rights of usage 

 with which our woods are at present burdened, of whatever 

 nature and condition they may be. 



' 2. We will, nevertheless, that those who possess them 

 on account of exchanges or indemnities, or who shall 

 establish by a possession previous to the year 1560, or 

 otherwise, their right, shall be compensated according to a 

 valuation, which shall be made before our Council, and 

 until actual reimbursement, they shall be paid annually 

 from the proceeds of sale the value of their chauffage. 



1 3. We will also that chauffage assigned to the Officers 

 of our waters and forests by edicts or declarations, in con- 

 sequence of money paid by them, shall be valued in our 

 Council, in order that they may be reimbursed, or paid 

 annually the value of these from the proceeds of sales, 

 following a statement relative thereto which shall be 

 determined by us. 



* 4. The communities and private persons who enjoy, on 

 account of rent or tenure, or of allegiance, a right to chauf- 

 fage in money, or in kind, or of personal service in the 

 Guard, of corve'es or husbandry service, or other charges, 

 shall remain free in the enjoyment of these, and be, in 

 consequence, exempt from this revocation. 



' 5. With regard to chauffages given and granted by us, 

 or our predecessors, founders, and benefactors, as endow- 

 ments and donations made to churches, chapters, monas- 

 teries, hospitals, infirmaries, and other communities, 

 ecclesiastical, secular, and regular, we will that these 

 should retain them in kind, following the statements 



