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no small effect by their physical action, and they will not be without 

 interest, in more than one locality, in regard to their influence in pacifying 

 the mind. We hope, gentlemen, that they will meet with your approval." 



The draft, or Projet de hi, with such modifications as were proposed by 

 the Commission to which it was submitted, was adopted by a unanimous 

 vote of the (Jorps Legislatif, and was issued in the following terms : — 



" Law of 8th June 1864, completing, in what relates to gazonnement, the 

 law of 28th July 1860, Sur le Reboisement des Montagues. 



"Art. 1. Ground situated in the mountains, the consolidation of which 

 is, by the terms of the law of 28th July 1860, recognised to be necessary 

 on account of the state of the soil, and the dangers which may result to 

 the lower ground, may be, according to the necessities of the public 

 interest, either entirely returfed, or partly returfed and partly reboised, or 

 entirely reboised. 



" Art. 2. Applicable to the work of gazonnement, in so far as they contain 

 nothing contrary to the present loi, are the Articles 1 to 8, and Articles 11, 

 of the law of 28th July 1860, on reboisement. 



" Everywhere, with regard to territory comprehended within the p6ri- 

 mfetre of obligatory reboisements, previous to the publication of the present 

 law, the Forest Administration is authorised, after consultation with the 

 Municipal Councils of the interested communes, to substitute gazonnement 

 for reboisement, in such measure as they may judge necessary. 



" Communes and public institutions, and private proprietors, may call 

 for this substitution. In case of refusal by the Forest Administration, it 

 shall be decreed by the prefect in council, after the fulfilment of the 

 formalities enacted by 3 and 4 of the second paragraph of Art. 5 of the 

 law of 28th July 1860. 



" The decision of the prefect may be referred to the Minister of Finance, 

 who shall make it law, after having taken the advice of the finance section 

 of the Council of State. 



"Art. 3. In every case, communes and public institutions maybe released of 

 repayment to the State by giving up at most the half of the returfed land, 

 during the time necessary to repay to the State, both principal and interest, 

 the advances made for useful works ; or they have the alternative of giving 

 up entirely a part of the land, not to exceed one-fourth, all being specified 

 by professional surveyors. 



" Art. 4. There shall not be carried on the execution, at one time, of 

 works of gazonnement and enclosure, on more than one-third of the surface 

 to he gazonnid in each commune, unless the Municipal Council shall authorise 

 them being carried on over a more considerable extent. 



" Art. 5. A proprietor expropriated by the execution of the present law 

 has the right of recovering his estate after being gazonned, on condition of 

 repaying the price of expropriation, and the expense of the operations, both 

 principal and interest. He can exonerate himself from the repayment for 

 the work executed by resigning one-fourth of his estate. 



"Art. 6. An enactment of the public Administration shall determine (1) 

 What measures are to be taken for selecting the portions pointed'out in 

 Art. 1 of the present law ; (2) Kulos to be observed for the execution and 

 preservation of the gazonnement ; (3) The mode of determining the grants 

 made by the State, the measures necessary for securing the repayment 

 of principal and interest, and the rules to be followed for the cession or 



