MISDEMEANOURS AND OFFENCES 207 



misdemeanours and offences committed in the woods under 

 forest jurisdiction. 



The Waters and Forests Service can allow trespassers to 

 settle fines, civil payments and costs, by means of maintenance 

 or improvement work on rural roads (up to three days) or in 

 the forests. 



The general council shall fix the value of a day of such labor 

 for each commune. 



The labor can also be furnished by piece-work. 



If this labor is not forthcoming, within the time fixed by the 

 Waters and Forests Service, the offenders shall be prosecuted 

 according to the previous sentence. 



ART. 1 88. Imprisonment for debt is exercised in matters con- 

 nected with the Forest Code, according to the law of July 22, 

 1867. The duration of such imprisonment is fixed by the 

 sentence within a limit of a week to six months. If the offender 

 has already been previously convicted, however, the sentence 

 can run to a year. 



SECTION II. JUDGMENTS CONCERNING MISDEMEANOURS AND 



OFFENCES COMMITTED IN WOODS WHICH ARE NOT 



UNDER FOREST ADMINISTRATION 



ART. 189. Judgments given in favor of private individuals 

 for damages for misdemeanours and offences committed in their 

 woods shall be, at their request, notified and executed accord- 

 ing to the same forms and acts of constraint as in the case of 

 judgments delivered at the request of the Waters and Forests 

 Service. 



The recovery of fines shall be effected by the general tax 

 collectors. 



Insolvent offenders shall be permitted to discharge their debts 

 as already stated in Art. 187, but only in the case of fines and 

 costs claimed by the State. 



In this case the work of labor must be done on the rural 

 roads depending on the commune in the territory where the 

 offence has been committed. 



