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They are equally responsible and personally liable for the 

 payment of fines, and for making restitution in cases of mis- 

 demeanour or offences committed under the same conditions 

 of time and place, by their agents, sales-guards, workmen, 

 woodcutters, teamsters, and any other employees whatever. 



SECTION V. — CHECK ' OF CUTTING AREA 



Art. 49. The check of each sale area shall be undertaken 

 within six months immediately after the day upon which the 

 period allowed for the clearing up of the felling areas has ex- 

 pired. After the lapse of these six months, the purchaser by 

 auction or by agreement shall be free of any charges for the 

 felling of timber if the administration has not carried out the 

 check. 



However, any person who shall have terminated the felling 

 and clearing of his lot, before the expiration of the time agreed 

 upon, shall be able to summon the Service to proceed with the 

 check by a special judicial notice to the local Waters and 

 Forests officer and may be discharged, if there have been no 

 proceedings against him within the period of six months to 

 date from the day of the notification. 



Art. 50. The purchaser by auction or by agreement, or 

 assignee, shall be bound to assist at the check; for this purpose 

 he shall be notified in writing a fortnight in advance, the day 

 fixed for the verification being stated. 



In case of his failing to present himself, or to delegate a rep- 

 resentative, the report shall be considered as having been drawn 

 up in the presence of both parties. 



Art. 51. After the lapse of a month from the termination 

 of the work, the Service and the purchaser by auction or by 

 agreement may require the annulment of the report, in case of 

 irregularity or false statement. 



For this purpose they shall present themselves before the 

 council of the prefecture, who shall judge the case. 



^ Literally the translation of " recolements " is "verifications," but the word 

 " check " is more generally used in the United States. 



