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have 5 years, as given above, to tap to death if he wishes, and 

 to entirely finish the exploitation and removal in each com- 

 partment. 



Art. 21. The tapping alive in the compartments not yet 

 opened for felling must conform to the following rules: 



The trees to be tapped aHve shall be cut with only one face 

 at a time which shall be begun above the root collar and always 

 continued vertically. The face may be raised during the first 

 year it is cut to 60 centimetres (23 inches), and each of the 

 following years 70 centimetres (27 inches) provided that the 

 total height of the face does not exceed 3.40 metres (3.7 

 yards). 



The width of the face should not exceed 9 centimetres (3.5 

 inches) for the first two years they are cut, 8 centimetres 

 (3 inches) commencing with the third year and 7 centimetres 

 (2.7 inches) during the last year. 



Their depth must not exceed i centimetre (0.4 inch), meas- 

 ured from a cord stretched from one side of the scar to the 

 other, beginning with the cambium. 



The successive faces shall be cut so far as possible on opposite 

 sides of the tree perpendicular to each other. 



The old faces shall be abandoned no matter what their height 

 may be. 



However, in the first compartments in which the period for 

 tapping alive may be less than 5 years, the width of the faces 

 or height may be modified by the conservator on the request 

 of the purchaser. 



Art. 22. Every tree worked contrary to the preceding rules 

 in compartments not yet opened for cutting will be considered 

 as having been mutilated and (therefore) falling under the force 

 of Arts. 192 and 196 of the Forest Code (of France). 



The purchaser will incur the same penalties every time (in 

 order to conduct the gum into the cup) he shall cut at the base 

 of the trees tapped alive circular incisions deep enough to hit 

 the wood. 



Art. 23. The tapping alive will only be allowed from March 

 I to October 31 of each year, but the purchaser can com- 



