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sale of windfalls, and the proceeds shall be paid to the 

 Receiver of woods or of the domain, without the woodmen 

 having power to carry them away or dispose of them under 

 pretext of hearth-wood or otherwise, under pain of 

 arbitrary fine and of restitution of double the value, for 

 which the contractor also shall be equally responsible. 



' 6. Those who fell and work up the trees spoken of 

 above shall, before the delivery of them, furnish to the 

 Garde- Marteau of the Maitrise, and to the Sergeant in the 

 ward in which they have been marked, for each of them 

 to make mention of it on their register, the number, height, 

 size, and quality of them, the time at which they were 

 taken away, and the names of those who took them away. 



' 7. If there shall be more wood marked than is required, 

 the contractor, or he who has charge of the work, after 

 having taken what is necessary, shall make and sign on the 

 Register of the Registrar of the Maitrise his declaration of 

 what he leaves, in order that the mark may be effaced 

 within three days at the very latest on the pieces which 

 shall be still standing ; and if it be felled, it shall be sold 

 for our profit, and the price paid to the Receiver to be 

 accounted for. 



CHAPTER XXII. Of the Waters, Forests, Woods and Warrens held 

 under Title of Douaire, Concession, Sale-Contract, and Usufruct. 



'Art. 1. We forbid all persons of whatever rank or 

 quality to intermeddle in any way whatever, or commence 

 operations on any waters, woods, and forests in our domain, 

 held under title of douaire, concession, sale-contract, usu- 

 fruct, or otherwise, under any title or pretext whatsoever, 

 if the Grand-Masters, in the several departments, have 

 not previously visited the places, and made a minute of 

 the state in which they found them, containing in detail the 

 nature and quality of the trees, the state, kind, and number 

 of balliveaux in the coppice woods in each separate ward or 

 lot, the density and value of the ordinary fellings, as esti- 

 mated by him, and a report of the last six sales. 



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