174 THE ALGERIAN FOREST CODE 



ART. 52. In case of the annulling of the report the Service 

 shall be able in the following month to rectify the mistakes by 

 means of a fresh report. At the expiration of the time allowed 

 under Art. 51, and if the Service has raised no opposition, the 

 purchaser by auction shall be free of the charges of the felling 

 of timber. 



SECTION VI. AUCTIONS AND RENTALS OF GRAZING, MAST, MIS- 

 CELLANEOUS FOREST PRODUCTS, AND AGRICULTURAL LAND 



ART. 53. In State forests, declared exempt and free from 

 rights for wood, mast or hog grazing and pasturage 8 can -be 

 put up to auction for a maximum period of three years. 



The formalities prescribed under Section III of the present 

 Part for the sale of wood felling areas shall be observed at those 

 auctions. 



Before proceeding with the public auction, the cession of 

 grazing rights by means of a sale by mutual agreement shall 

 be offered to the neighbouring communities. In case of a re- 

 fusal of the offer by these, the aforesaid rights shall be put 

 up to auction, starting with the price previously put forward 

 for sale by agreement. 



The Service is equally authorized to treat for a sale by agree- 

 ment in the case of the failure of the auctions. 



ART. 54. The purchasers by auction or by agreement shall 

 not be allowed to bring into the forest a larger number of ani- 

 mals than that which shall be determined in the specifications, 9 

 under pain of the maximum penalty established by Art. 177. 



ART. 55. The purchasers by auction or by agreement shall 

 be bound, if it is thus prescribed in the specification, to have 

 the animals they bring into the forest marked with a sign (brand) 

 specified in the terms of the sale, under the penalty of the fine 

 established in Art. 177. 



There shall be no question of trespass, if it has not hitherto 

 been possible to mark the animals found in the forest, pro- 



8 The word "Parcours" here signifies grazing by all kinds of stock. 



9 "Cahier des charges "; see p. 177 for an example. 



