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Bureau, and the person making the seizure shall promptly notify 

 the holder of the exclusive license afiFected thereby, and the said 

 property so seized shall be surrendered to him upon the payment 

 of the proper Government charges thereon. Should, however, 

 acceptance of said, property and the payment of the charges 

 thereon be refused, it shall be disposed of in the manner provided 

 in section thirty-two of this Act for the disposition of forest 

 products, stone, or earth on which the Government charges have 

 not been paid, and the proceeds turned over to the proper official to 

 whom the Government charges thereon should have been paid. 



Sec. 27. No fire for clearing shall be started on private forests, 

 woodlands, or fields adjoining public forests or forest reserves, 

 without written permission first obtained from the local forest 

 officer, or, in the absence of such ofiieer, from the president of 

 the municipality or settlement in which such forests, woodlands, 

 or fields are situated. A copy of said written permission, when 

 given by a president shall be furnished by him to the local 

 forest officer prior to the burning contemplated, when practicable; 

 and said fires shall, when practicable, be lighted in the presence 

 of such forest officer, president, or other duly authorized munici- 

 pal official. Any person violating any of the provisions of this 

 section shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not exceeding 

 one hundred pesos or by imprisonment not exceeding thirty 

 days, or both. 



Sbc. 28. Whoever, without authority of law, shall cut, make, 

 manufacture, or have in his possession any Government mark- 

 ing hatchet or other marking implement, or any mark, poster, 

 or other device officially used by officers of the Bureau of For- 

 estry for the marking or identification of timber or other forest 

 products, or any duplicate, counterfeit, or imitation thereof, 

 or who shall fraudulently make or apply a Government mark 

 to timber or any other forest product by means of any authentic 

 or counterfeit Government marking hatchet, implement, mark, 

 poster, or other device, or who shall fraudulently alter, deface, 

 or remove Government marks from .logs, stumps, firewood, or 

 other forest products, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a 

 fine not exceeding five hundred pesos or by imprisonment not 

 exceeding one year, or both. 



Sec. 29. Neglect, unreasonable delay, or falsification in the 

 making of reports, presentation of papers, or in other acts 

 required by the provisions of this Act or the Forestry Regula- 

 tions, or refusal to make reports, present papers, or to perform 

 other acts required by this Act or the Forestry Regulations, 

 shall, upon conviction, unless otherwise specially provided, by law, 

 be punished by a fine not to exceed two hundred pesos. 



Sec. 30. Whoever, in violation of the provisions of this Act or 

 of the Forestry Regulations or orders made in accordance here- 

 with, transports, removes, or discharges from any ship, boat, 

 raft, car, cart, or other means of transportation, forest products, 

 or stone or earth, or fails to pay the amounts due the Govern- 

 ment on forest products, stone, or earth for a period of more 

 than thirty days from the date of the receipt by him or his 

 agent of the order directing the payment of the same, shall, 

 in addition to the regular Government charges thereon, be sub- 

 ject to the payment of the sum of fifty per centum thereof, to 

 be collected as in this Act provided for the collection of other 

 Government charges. 



