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fruct, and contract can dispose of no timber forest, old 

 standard trees, anciens, or trees which have stood over four or 

 three growths felled, modernes which have stood over two, or 

 balliveaux which have stood over one felling in coppice 

 woods, or even of trees the age of wood reserved in the 

 last sales, nor of windfalls, nor of stolen trees, nor of fines, 

 restitutions, or confiscations accruing to us; but the whole 

 shall remain entirely for our profit, and the proceeds shall 

 be paid entirely to our account to the Receiver of our 

 Domains, or of our Woods in places in which there are such, 

 along with the other money in their charge, and this shall 

 be done notwithstanding all attested letters, clauses, gifts, 

 decrees, contracts, adjudications, usages, and possessions to 

 the contrary. 



'6. Neither, moreover, can their farmers, attorneys, 

 agents, or receivers take or cause to be felled any trees 

 anciens, modernes, or balliveaux in coppice woods, by the 

 arpent or by the piece, to maintain and repair houses, 

 mills, and buildings belonging to the same domain, or 

 under any other pretext, excepting in virtue of letters 

 well and duly registered in the Court of Parliament and 

 Chambre des Comptes of the Province, on advices and 

 minutes by the Grand- Master under pain of deprivation, of 

 fine, and of restitution of entire loss likely to be sustained 

 against the possessors, and of condemnation against all, 

 severally and conjointly, against their farmers, agents, and 

 receivers, and against the merchants and contractors who 

 have exploited them, to like fine and restitution, and of 

 suspension against the Officers who have given the delivery, 

 together with payment of like fines, restitutions, damages, 

 and compensations without modification and without 

 appeal. 



' 7. There shall be observed by all, in the treatment of 

 the waters and woods thus held, the same conditions and 

 reservations which ought to be observed in the treatment 

 of our waters and woods in possession, and sales and 

 auctions shall be held by our Officers in waters and woods 

 with all the formalities which are prescribed by the present 



