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kiad of tree as that of the purchase ; and if it be of a 

 better kind, quality, or age, he shall be bound to pay that 

 penalty, and to make restitution au pied le tour. 



' 10. The purchaser who shall fail to exhibit halliveaux, 

 corner trees, or boundary and partition trees left in his 

 charge, shall be bound to pay for them as is said in the 

 chapter on Penalties. 



'11. All merchant-purchasers shall be bound at the 

 end of the exploitation of their purchases to deliver the 

 stamps of which they have made use, to be broken. 



' 12. If by the judgment which shall be given the dis- 

 charge of the Court shall be granted to the merchants, our 

 Attorney shall cause the same to be delivered to the Garde- 

 Marteau, in order that he may put the lot in charge of the 

 Sergeant, and in case there be only a penalty or pecuniary 

 fine, he shall be bound to cause delivery of copies to be 

 made to those who are charged \vith the recovery of our 

 monies ; and if the judgment carry any condemnation 

 against the merchants or others, he shall be bound to 

 prosecute these to their execution, under pain of being 

 personally responsible for the same. 



Chapter XVII. — Of Sales of Windfalls and of Wood in 

 Small Parcels. 



' Art. 1. If there be found any trees injured, uprooted, 

 or broken over by the force of the wind, or by any other 

 accident, the Sergeant of the Guard shall prepare a minute 

 of this in his register, stating the quality, kind, and size 

 of them, and the place where they have been found ; and 

 he shall state whither in falling they have injured or 

 broken any others by their fall. Of this he shall be bound 

 to lodge a copy, under his seal, with the Registrar of the 

 Mattrise, within three days, and for this he shall take a 

 receipt from the Registrar, under pain of fifty livres fine. 



' 2. The Garde-Marleau and the Sergeant of the Guard 

 shall see to the preservation of the wood of windfalls, and 

 prevent this being taken, carried off", or lopped by usagers 



