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ment and furnishings; but after this period the commune of 

 Asco shall become the owner, and do as it pleases with all build- 

 ings and material which may not have been removed by the 

 purchaser. 



Art. 1 6. The responsibility decreed by Art. 45 of the Forest 

 Code will be in force in compartments during exploitation, 

 from the time the special permit for felling in these compart- 

 ments is given until they are checked over, or until the release 

 is given the purchaser. 



Moreover no reduction in the price of the sale nor any refund 

 can be claimed because of trespass damage committed on trees 

 sold comprised in the compartments remaining for exploitation. 



Art. 17. The purchaser cannot raise any claim for damages 

 because of windfall or the death of trees, which shall have taken 

 place since the marking among trees designated and marked for 

 the sale. 



Part 111. — Tapping 



Art. 18. The purchaser shall have the privilege of tapping 

 trees marked for felling. 



Art. 19. In the compartments opened for felling and in the 

 ordinary course of exploitation the tapping will be conducted 

 at the option of the purchaser who can work the trees as desired. 



For this purpose a special tapping to death permit will be 

 included in the logging permit, on the preliminary written re- 

 quest from the purchaser, and in this event the period for the 

 exploitation and removal for each compartment shall be fixed 

 at 5 years, commencing from the date of the cutting permit 

 (and) without any extension permissible. 



Art. 20. In the compartments not yet opened for felling, 

 but which have already been settled for, ... the purchaser 

 shall have in addition the right to tap alive the trees marked 

 for felling by making a written request to the inspector, who 

 after seeing the remittance receipt, will deliver to him a special 

 permit for tapping alive. This permit will be valid up to the 

 time (the compartment) is opened for regular felling and com- 

 mencing with the date of the felling permit the purchaser will 



