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control as the Waters and Forests officers exercise in woods 

 placed under forest administration. 



ART. 114. The right holders shall contribute to the main- 

 tenance of the roads over private property where they exercise 

 their rights. 



ART. 115. In case of disputes between the owner and the 

 right holder the case shall be brought into court. 



ART. 116. Areas sown or planted on the summits or slopes 

 of mountains and upon the dunes shall be exempt from all 

 taxation for thirty years. Woods and forests which have been 

 burned over shall be exempt from all taxation for a period of ten 

 years so far as the part which has been destroyed by the fire 

 is concerned, and in case the fire has not been caused by the 

 owner. 



PART VII. POLICE AND CONSERVATION OF WOODS 

 AND FORESTS 



SECTION I. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL WOODS 



Re damage other than fire. 



ART. 117. Whoever shall have injured, destroyed, moved, or 

 obliterated any boundary marks or fences which serve to the 

 boundaries of the forests, or forest cantons, shall be punished 

 by a fine of 5 to 500 francs ($0.96 to $96.50). 



If a series of boundary marks, or a considerable length of 

 fence has been destroyed, moved, or obliterated, the offender can 

 in addition be sentenced to imprisonment for three days to 

 three months. This without prejudice to the claim for civil 

 damages. 



In any event the return of the objects that have been re- 

 moved and their repair shall be obligatory. 



Imprisonment shall be obligatory in case of a repetition of 

 the offence. 



ART. 118. All unauthorized quarrying or removal of stones, 

 sand, minerals, earth, turf heather, gorse, grass, green or dead 

 leaves, manure found on the forest soil, acorns and other fruits, 

 seeds of woods and forests, shall be punished by fines of 2 



