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3. All roads laid out through the reserved strips shall be approved by the 

 inspector before any cutting is commenced. 



4. No trees shall be cut for timber which are not marked. 



5. All trees marked shall be cut unless a satisfactory reason is given for 

 leaving them. 



6. No trees containing merchantable timber shall be left lodged in the woods. 



7. No trees shall be cut more than six inches above the swelling of the roots 

 unless a satisfactory reason is given. 



8. All merchantable timber in a tree, above the established diameter at the 

 small end, shall be utilized. Any such timber left purposely or through careless- 

 ness shall be scaled double and charged at the stumpage rate paid for the timber. 



9. No small spruce or pine shall be used for bridges, corduroys, skids, or for 

 building camps or dams, unless the scarcity of less valuable timber makes it 

 absolutely necessary. Any timber so used, unnecessarily, shall be scaled double 

 and charged at the stumpage rate paid for the timber. 



10. All merchantable timber necessarily used in building camps, bridges, 

 dams or booms, or for other purposes, shall be scaled and charged to the pur- 

 chaser at the same stumpage price as if it were cut into logs. Hemlock timber, 

 used for building or for other purposes, shall be charged at the same price as 

 spruce. 



11. Unnecessary slashes, caused by felling several trees on top of each other, 

 shall be avoided. 



12. All merchantable timber used for building skidways shall be cut into logs, 

 an opportunity for scaling the logs shall be given, and they shall be hauled out, 

 before abandoning the log roads, or closing up the winter's jobs in the spring. 



13. Contractors and lumbermen shall be careful not to do any unnecessary 

 damage to young growth in lumbering. 



14. The violation of any of these rules, if persisted in, shall be deemed a 

 sufficient cause of annulling the contract. 



Inspection. 



The selection of the inspector for overseeing the lumbering operations is of 

 the greatest importance. Upon his capability and judgment depends the success- 

 ful carrying out of the recommendations made for properly lumbering this or any 

 other tract. He should combine all the qualities of a first-class lumberman and a 

 competent and impartial log scaler. He should also have a thorough knowledge 

 of practical forestry, together with the necessary energy to insure a careful and 



