172 FORESTRY IN ITALY. 



Horjied dattle and hogs shall not be allowed to run in forests until the young trees shall 

 have acquired a height and size sufficient to protect them from being trampled down or ifijured 

 by barking. 



TITLE XII. 



PREVENTATIVE MEASURES AGAINST FIRE. 



Art. 24. To protect forests from fire, it shall be required that all woody detritus caused 

 by the felling of trees be removed,) as well as all dead timber lying on the ground ; the wood 

 that can be utihzed shall be piled in the open places, if possible near springs, tanks or cis- 

 terns, or by the sides of the roads that run through or near vacant places. 



Should a fire break out, the dried leaves and grass shall be raked up to keep it from spread- 

 ing ; if a belt of trees is likely to catch on fire, it shall be felled and a ditch of suitable width 

 shall be dug in order to stop the spreading of the flames. 



The owner of a burnt grove shall trim up all the trees injured by the fire that are still capa- 

 ble of putting on new growth ; if the trees shall have been killed and the burnt district not 

 be in a condition to produce volunteers, the owner shall replant his grove within a period of 

 two years from the date of the fire, making an entire or partial renewal, according to the area 

 burnt. It shall be lawful for the commission to take into consideration the means of the pro- 

 prietor and to grant an extension of the time for the completion of the work. 



TITLE XIII. 



PRESERVATIVE MEASURES AGAINST INSECTS. 



Art. 25, All timber and wood lying on the ground, all old trunks of trees and decayed or 

 decaying stumps shall be removed from the forests, to protect the trees from the attacks of insects. 



Wlien insects make their appearance in a locality, their propagation shall be' prevented by 

 the destruction of their eggs and nests, by whipping them off of the infected trees, by using sul- 

 phur and by keeping fires under the trees during the night. The eggs and nests shall be 

 gathered up and burnt at a distance from the forests. 



When these measures Shall prove insufficient, the trees shall be felled without delay, and 

 all infected wood shall be removed from the forest and converted into charcoal. 



In every instance the proprietors shall notify the mayor of the locality and the forestry official 

 of the district as soon as he shall have discovered the presence of parasites, that they may apply 

 remedies best suited to stop the spread of the evil. 



TITLE XIV. 



RULES RELATING TO THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENS TO GATHER WOOD AND PASTURE STOCK 



IN THE COMMUNAL (DISTRICT) FORESTS. 



Art. 26. In forests in which the inhabitants of the commune have the right to cut and 

 gather green twigs and branches, this cutting shall be done in accordance with the rules estab- 

 hshed in the present regulations. 



Art. 27. All persons who have the right to pasture stock in the communal forests shall 

 exercise that right according to the dispositions of article 23 of the present regulations. 



TITLE XV. 

 PENAL REGULATIONS. 



/ Art. 28. The violation of the rules contained in articles I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 

 12, 21, 22 and 24 shall be considered as unlawful felling and cutting of wood, and shall be 

 punished according to articles 16 and 17 of the forestry law of June 20, 1877. 



The violation of the other rules laid down in the present regulations shall be punished as 

 prescribed in articles 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 of the forestry law and in articles 40, 41 and 

 42 of the general regulations adopted for the carrying into effect of said law, under date of 

 February 10, 1878. 



Article 29. The assessment of damages, of which article 44 of the general regulations 

 treats, shall be fixed at 5 per cent, for large trees and for coppice growth as well. 



