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(c) Owners of private woodlands adjoining public forests and 

 forest reserves will be permitted to make "caifigins" thereon in 

 the following manner: Before clearing the land by fire the owner 

 must serve written notice of his intention upon the president 

 of the municipality or settlement in which the land is situated, 

 and. upon the local forest ofiieer, if any. Such notice must state 

 the location and extent of the proposed clearing and the place 

 of residence of the owner, and must be accompanied by some 

 evidence of 'title to the land which it is proposed to clear. 

 Copies of receipt for taxes upon such land for the preceding year 

 will be accepted as evidence of title. Upon receipt of such notice, 

 the local forest officer, or a municipal officer designated by the 

 municipal president for this purpose, will visit the site of the 

 proposed clearing and inspect the land. If satisfied with the 

 evidence of title submitted and that the making of the "oaiilgin" 

 will not endanger adjoining public property, the forest officer 

 or municipal officer will give written permission to make the 

 proposed clearing. He will fully instruct the owner as to the 

 proper measures to prevent the fire from damaging adjoining 

 property. Copies of reports of proceedings relative to the making 

 of "caiugins" on private woodlands will be made and filed as 

 prescribed relative to reports concerning "eaingins" on public 

 lands in paragraph (a) of this regulation. 



(d) All fires employed in making "caiHgins" will, when prac- 

 ticable, be lit in the presence of the local forest officer or duly 

 authorized municipal officer. 



(e) The use of fire in felling timber or opening roads in 

 public forests or forest reserves will not be allowed. 



(f) Any person violating this regulation will be proceeded 

 against under the provisions of section twenty-seven of The 

 Forest Act. 



OFFICERS and" EMPLOYEES OF THE BUREAU OP FOEESTRT NOT 

 AUTHORIZED t6 COLLECT MONET. 



XXVI. No money will be collected by any agent or employee 

 of the Bureau of Forestry under any pretext whatsoever, nor 

 will any charge, other than Government charges prescribed by 

 law, be made for licenses, permits, papers, or services of any 

 kind. 



