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Sec. ^o. a forest district must be tapped for pitch only each time after the lapse of two 

 years. Because of peculiar circumstances the forest officials can make an exception to the 

 above rule, and can allow the pitch to be gathered every year. The cutting of the taps must 

 not be made before the middle of June and the gathering must be concluded before the 

 middle of September. 



Sec. 51. The districts for digging out pine roots and the length of time during which the 

 digging may be carried on, is to be specified by the forest officials, and to be so specified that 

 the trees do not suffer harm. The person allowed to dig out such roots is in duty bound to 

 fill up the holes again. 



Sec. 52. The gathering of woodberries in places planted with young trees, or in places 

 where plants are treated,, can be forbidden by the officials until the trees are five years old. 



Sec. 53. If bees are to be set out in the woods the forests officials must indicate what place 

 is adapted for the purpose. 



Sec. 54. The hunting for mushroons must not be carried on in places where young trees 

 are growing, but in forests where the trees are very large and no young trees are growing. 



Sec. 55. By quarries or gravel and sandbanks, as well as by turf-beds, the place to make 

 an opening where least harm can come to the forest is to be indicated by the forest officials, 

 they will also indicate the road by which the stuff will be drawn away, also the spots where it 

 may be piled up, also the places where the refuse matter may be piled. 



Sec. 56. By digging in the forests the trees are to be cared for as much as possible. Those 

 persons who wish to do digging in the forests must inform the officials of their purpose and get 

 information from them as to where digging is allowed. All holes made by digging must be 

 levelled off again. 



Sec. 57. No dwelling house or building, except those built for forest purposes, must b6 

 built within 400 feet of the forest. 



The repairing or extension of a house already built is allowed. 



A limit of distance within which a house must not be built can be assigned on other grounds 

 than those relating to forestry. 



Sec. 58. The above paragraph 57 does not affect buildings belonging to a village, nor does 

 it affect private, isolated woods of less than 100 acres. 



Sec. 59. An exception to paragraph 57 can only be made by the forest officials, by and with 

 the consent of the state authorities and parties owning forest land within 400 feet of the build- 

 ing desired to be erected. If such privilege is accorded it must be understood, when not speci- 

 fied, that no woodenware manufactory and no building for carrying on business in wood will 

 be allowed. 



measures for preventing fire. 



Sec. 60. The places where charcoal may be made in the forests must be assigned by the 

 forest authorities. The coal pits must be 15 paces from the ends of the nearest tree boughs, 

 and for a distance of 4 paces from the burning pile all combustible materials must be removed. 

 A pace in this, as in every case where a doubt may be found to exist, is to be regarded as two 

 and a. ha\i feet (scAuk), ' 



Sec. 61. The charcoal maker is in duty bound to notify the forester, or forest overseer, of 

 the time when he starts his fires. After the fire is once started the charcoal-maker must not 

 leave his pit by day nor by night ; besides, he is in duty bound to have a sufficient quantity of 

 water on hand to prevent accident by fire. 



Sec. 62. In windy or stormy weather the charcoal burner is in duliy bound to erect some- 

 thing to break and keep off the wind, and during the prevalence of such weather he must not 

 remove the cover from his pit nor draw out coal. Coal must not be taken from the pits through 

 the forest before 24 hours have elapsed after it has been drawn from the pit. 



Sec. 63. The same rules must be observed in preparing ashes as are prescribed for the 

 making of charcoal. 

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