I20 . FORESTRY IN GERMANY. 



COMMON rURPOSES OF SECTIONS 7, 10, 1 3 TO 1 7 WITH 23 AND 22. 

 Sec. 23. The purposes of sections 7, 10, 13 to 17 with 22 can be brought into apphcation 

 in cases of unlawful pasturing and injuring of the forests. 



OPPOSITION OR VIOLATION OE THE FOREST POLICE REGULATIONS— UNLAWFUL BUILDING 

 NEAR A WOOD OR FOREST. 



Sec. 24. The violation of the law as laid down in sections 57 to 69 of the forest laws will 

 be punished by a fine as high as 150 marks. 



endangering the FORESTS BY FIRE. 



Sec. 25. The violation of the law, as laid down in sections 60 to 67 of the forest laws, will 

 be punished by a fine as high as 60 marks, or fourteen days' imprisonment. 



UNLAWFUL OR UNPERMITTED CLEARING. 



Sec. 26. The unpermitted clearing out of a wood or forest by rooting out, cutting down, 

 destroying or endangering of a forest will be punished by a fine of as high as 1,500 marks. 



The punishment can be put at the full value of the wood or damages, when this goes over 

 1 ,500 marks, and imprisonment for six months. 



Upon the ground of a judicial sentence, the party sentenced can be placed under the sur- 

 veillance of the forest authorities (section 90 of forest laws). ' 



OTHER SPECIALLY PUNISHED VIOLATIONS. 



Sec. 27. A tine as high as 150 marks will be declared — 



a. Against forest officials who violate the ordinances in regard to forest cultivation. 

 l>. The violation of section 95 of the forest laws. 



t. For neglecting to cultivate lands intrusted to him by a private owner by a forest town or 

 corporation official. 



Sentence 3 of section 26 may be used also against such officials. 



OTHER VIOLATIONS NOT SPECIALLY NOTICED WITH PUNISHMENTS. 



Sec. 28. The violation of statutes for which no special punishment is laid down, will be 

 punished with fines ranging from I to 10 marks. 



UNLAWFUL DELAY IN THE WOODS AND UNLAWFUL COLLECTING OF BERRIES. 



Sec. 29. Will be punished by fines from i to 10 marks (l) any person who is found in any 

 other part of the woods than in the open public paths, and who has not aright to be in other 

 parts, and who is caught in carrying out a forest theft. (2) Any person who gathers berries, 

 vegetables, herbs, &c., against the will of the owner after he has forbidden such gathering. 



These changes and new laws found themselves upon the condition of affairs in the Grand 

 Duchy, many alterations being based upon circumstances pecuhar to certain districts, yet all 

 growing out of changes found necessary to the original laws. It is not thought necessary to 

 record each trifling change. 



SPECIAL FOREST PROCEEDINCS AT LAW IN THE CASICS WHERE SPECIAL OPERATIONS ARE 



NEEDED. 



Sec. I. The representation of the state shall lie in the hands of the forest officials. Wlien 

 a case comes up to the principal courts exceptions to the first part of this rule may be made. 

 The sentence shall be pronounced by the local judge, without assistance from his sheriffs. 



JURISDICTION. 



Sec. 2. The jurisdiction in regard to all persons participating in or encouraging theft, or 

 receiving stolen goods, is limited to the district courts in the district where the act was com- 

 mitted. 



