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working-plan improvements, work for the protection of the coast hne, ahenation, and 

 resale, or for any other cause of this sort, trees tapped alive, felled, or diverted from 

 felling an indemnity equal to the average new revenue produced by each tree alive shall 

 be allowed to the contractor for each year remaining. When, under the same condi- 

 tions, trees to be tapped to death should be felled or included in compartments out- 

 side the feUing area, a like indemnity shall be credited him for these trees if the priva- 

 tion of tapping occurs before the third year of the exploitation period. Under such con- 

 ditions the contractor shall be bound to exploit them and remove them within the period 

 which shall be allotted; in default of which the owner of the forest may dispose of the 

 trees as he likes. These indemnities shall be arranged between the head ranger and the 

 contractor or his representative after a hearing and approval by the conservator. 



Art. 26. — When the plan of sale authorizes or requires feUing by extraction of 

 stumps, the contractors shall fill up and level the holes made by the uprooted trees as 

 the cutting proceeds. 



Art. 27. — The contractors shall only be required to brand and top trees (before 

 feUing) marked for exploitation which shall be so designated by the Waters and Forests 

 Service; the number of such trees and how they are marked shall be indicated in the 

 advertisements and sale data. The wood resulting from these operations as well as 

 that from the removal of branches and tops (done at the contractor's option) shall be 

 immediately removed, and especially before felhng, when they cover either young growth 

 or seedlings. 



Art. 28. — Trees shall be cut in such a way as not to damage those reserved and felled 

 so far as possible upon areas where there is no reproduction. 



Art. 29. — The twigs and branches shall be removed and piled as the cutting proceeds 

 so as not to hinder access to the felling areas. 



Art. 30. — Unless otherwise stipulated in the special clauses of sale, the felling of all 

 wood shall be terminated by April 15 of the last year of the period, whether the wood 

 has been tapped or not. 



Art. 31. — Every contractor who cannot finish felling or cording according to the 

 prescribed periods and requires an extension of time shall be bound to make the demand 

 of the conservator on "stamped" paper at least 20 days before the expiration of the 

 cutting period. This request shall include information as to the amount of wood re- 

 maining to be cut or the amount and quality of the wood remaining to be corded, the 

 causes of the delay in feUing, and the extension which it is necessary to grant. It wiU 

 be judged on its merits by the conservator. The contractor, simply by making such a 

 request for an extension of time for felling, obligates himself to pay the costs fixed by 

 the administration. The extension runs from the day of the expiration of the periods 

 fixed in the preceding article. When the contractors have not profited by the exten- 

 sions which they have been granted, they cannot obtain any refund of the indemnity 

 fixed except by a report of the Waters and Forests agent or head ranger, dated at the 

 latest on the day of the expiration of the term of exploitation, and showing clearly they 

 have profited by the benefits of the decision. This report is exempt from stamp and 

 registry fees. (Law of May 15, 1818, Art. 30.) 



Art. 32. — The contractor is forbidden : (a) To pile or aUow branches, chips, sawdust, 

 bark, etc., to remain (on the ground) except on areas designated by the local Waters and 

 Forests agent or his representative The contractor may be required to scatter these 

 remnants if it is considered necessary; (6) to place or pile wood on young growth or 

 against reserved trees; (c) to place the material of exploitation outside the limits of the 

 felhng except at depots specially designated by the local Waters and Forests agent or 

 his representative. 



Art. 33. — As cutting proceeds the contractor must remove wood which faUs in the 

 paths separating the felling areas. 



