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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

BUREAU OF FORESTRY,

THE FOREST MANUAL

CONTAINING

THE FOREST ACT’ (NO. 1148), EXTRACTS FROM OTHER LAWS
OF. THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION RELATING TO THE
FOREST SERVICE, AND THE FOREST’ REGULATIONS
PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRO-
VISIONS OF THE FOREST ACT.

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.

MANILA:
BUREAU OF PUBLIC PRINTING.
1904,

19454

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

BUREAU OF FORESTRY.

THE FOREST MANUAL

CONTAINING

THE FOREST ACT (NO. 1148), EXTRACTS FROM OTHER LAWS
OF ‘THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION RELATING TO THE
FOREST SERVICE, AND THE FOREST REGULATIONS
PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRO-
VISIONS OF THE FOREST ACT.

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.

MANILA:
BUREAU OF PUBLIC PRINTING.
1904.

19454

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF Forvsrry,
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF oF Burzat,
Manila, June 30, 1904.
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith the manuscript -of
‘The Forest Manual,’’ containing The Forest Act, extracts from other
laws relating to the forest service, the forest regulations, and notes, and
recommend its publication.

Very respectfully,
GEORGE P. AHERN,

Captain Ninth United States Infantry,
Chief of Bureau of Forestry.

The SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, Manila, P. I.

CONTENTS.

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THE FOREST ACT.

THE FOREST ACT.

No. 1148.—An Act to regulate the use of the public forests and forest
reserves in the Philippine Islands and repealing General Orders,
Numbered Ninety-two, series of nineteen hundred, Act Numbered
Two hundred and seventy-four, and sections twenty of Act Num-
bered Forty-nine, eleven of Act Numbered One hundred and nine-
teen, and eleven of Act Numbered One hundred and twenty.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:

Section 1. The short title of this Act shall be “The Forest
Act.”

Sec. 2. The public forests and forest reserves of the Philippine
Islands shall be held and administered for the protection of the
public interests, the utility and safety of the forests, and the per-
petuation thereof in productive condition by wise use; and it is
the purpose of this Act to provide for the same.

Sec. 3. The public forests shall include all unreserved public
lands covered with trees of whatever age.

Src. 4. Upon the recommendation of the Chief of the Bureau
of Forestry, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior,
the Civil Governor may set apart forest reserves from the
public lands, and he shall by proclamation declare the establish-
ment of such reserves and the boundaries theréof, and thereafter
such forest reserves shall not be entered, sold, or otherwise
disposed of, but shall remain as such for forest uses, and shall
be administered, except as provided in this section, in like manner
as the public forests under this Act: Provided, That the Civil
Governor may in like manner by proclamation alter or modify
the boundaries of any forest reserve from time to time, or revoke
any such proclamation, and upon such revocation such forest
reserve shall be and become part of the public lands as though
such proclamation had never been made.

Src. 5. The public forests and forest reserves and the timber,
firewood, gums, and other products thereof shall not be sold,
entered, leased, or otherwise disposed of except as herein provided:
Provided, That any mining claim, as defined in section one of
Act Numbered Six hundred and twenty-four, entitled “An Act
prescribing regulations governing the location and manner of
recording mining claims, and the amount of work necessary to
hold possession of « mining claim, under the provisions of the
Act of Congress approved July first, nineteen hundred and two,
entitled ‘An Act temporarily to provide for the administration
of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and
for other purposes,’” in any of the public forests and forest
reserves shall be entered only as provided in said Act Numbered
Six hundred and twenty-four, and the provisions of this Act
shall not be applicable to the entry and location of such claims,
but they shall be governed by Act Numbered Six hundred and

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twenty-four exclusively: And provided further, That the author-
ity given by the Chief of the Bureau of Forestry, as hereinafter
provided, to issue licenses for the taking of stone and earth
from public forests and forest reserves shall be understood to
apply only when such stone and earth is taken from lands not
more valuable for mining purposes than for other purposes, and
therefore not subject to entry as a mining claim.

Sec. 6. No prescriptive right to the use, possession, or enjoy-
ment of any forest product, nor any permanent concession, con-
tinuing right, privilege, or easement, of any kind whatsoever,
upon or within or respecting the products of the public forests
or forest reserves, shall accrue or be granted except as provided
in this Act. But the public forests and forest reserves shall be
and remain open of access for all lawful purposes to the people
of the Philippine Islands except as provided in this Act.

Sec. 7. Lands in public forests, upon the certification of the
Chief of the Bureau of Forestry that said lands are better
adapted and more valuable for agricultural than for forest, pur-
poses and not required by the public interests to be kept under
forest, shall be declared by the Secretary of the Interior to be
agricultural lands.

When in his opinion the public interests so require, the Chief
of the Bureau of Forestry may make application to the Chiefs
of the Bureaus of Agriculture and Public Lands for the detail
of an official from each of the said Bureaus to form, with an
official from the Bureau of Forestry, a committee for the purpose
of assisting said Chief of the Bureau of Forestry in making this
certification, and upon the receipt of said application it shall
be the duty of each of said Chiefs of the Bureaus of Agriculture
and Public Lands to direct one of his subordinates to render the
assistance applied for.

Src. 8. The Chief of the Bureau of Forestry, with the approval
of the Secretary of the Interior, shall prescribe such regulations
not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act as may be ex-
pedient or necessary for the protection, management, reproduc-
tion, occupancy, and use of the public forests and forest reserves,
and the said Chief, with the approval of the Secretary of the
Interior, is hereby authorized to alter and revise such regulations.
He shall in particular provide for the use of the public forests
and forest reserves in such manner as to insure for the future a
continued supply of valuable timber and other forest products.

Sec. 9. The Chief of the Bureau of Forestry, with the approval
of the Secretary of the Interior, may, upon proper terms which
he may deem reasonable, lcase, as herein provided, tracts of
land not exceeding four hectares in extent in the public forests
and forest reserves, to any person or to any association of persons
holding timber licenses, for occupancy as sites for sawmills or
timber depots, and the Secretary of the Interior may grant free
rights of way through the public lands to enable such person,
or association of persons, to get access to the lands to which
such licenses apply.
| Sec. 10. The Chief of the Bureau of Forestry, with the approval
- of the Secretary of the Interior, may select for sale or disposal,
and may sell or dispose of by license, from the public forests
and forest reserves, at rates of charge to be established by him in
accordance with the provisions of sections eleven and twelve of
this Act, any timber, firewood for commercial use, gums, resins,

and other forest products, whose removal will not be detrimental
to the public forests or forest reserves or to the interests which
depend upon them.

Sec. 11. For the purposes of this Act the various provinces in
the Philippine Islands are divided into two classes:

Class A shall include the Provinces of Abra, Bataan, Batangas,
Benguet, Bulacan, Capiz, Cavite, Cebu, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur,
Tloilo, La Laguna, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Romblon,
Rizal, Sorsogon, Tarlac, Union, and Zambales.

Class B shall include the Provinces of Albay, ‘Ambos Cama-
tines, Antique, Bohol, Cagayan, Isabela, Lepanto-Bontoc, Leyte,
Masbate, Mindoro, Misamis, Moro, Negros Occidental,’ Negros
Oriental, Nueva Vizcaya, Paragua, Samar, Surigao, and Tayabas.

For the purposes of this Act the various native trees are
divided into four groups:

The first group shall include acle, betis, baticulin, camagon,
ebony, ipil, lanete, mancono, molave, narra, tindalo, and yacal.

The second group shall include alupag, aranga, banaba, bansa-
laguin, banuyo, batitinan, bolongeta, calamansanay, calantas,
dungon, guijo, macaasin, malacadios, mangachapuy, palo Maria,
supa, teak, and tucan-calao.

The third group shall include agoho, amuguis, anubing, apitong,
batino, bitanhol, catmon, calumpit, cupang, dalinsi, dita, dungon-
late, malacmalac, malapapaya, malasantol, mayapis. nato, palo-
sapis, panao, sacat, santol, tamayuan, and tanguile.

The fourth group shall include anahao, anam, apuit, bacao,
balacat, balinhasay, batete, bayoc, bonga, bulao, lauan, malaano-
nang, malabalac, malabonga, mangasinoro, manicnic, pagatpat,
and pagsainguin.

Sec. 12. The metric system of weights and measures, as adopted
by sections thirty-five hundred and sixty-nine and thirty-five
hundred and seventy of the Revised Statutes of the United States,
shall be used.

On each cubic meter of timber which may be cut in any public
forest or forest reserve in any of the provinces of the Philippine
Islands for domestic sale or consumption, or for export, there
shall be paid, within thirty days from date of the receipt by
the owner or his agent of the order of payment of the Government
charge on the same, into the Insular Treasury, as provided by
existing law, the following sums: ;

On all timber included in the first group cut in any province
in Class A, five pesos; when cut in any province included in Class
B, two pesos and fifty centavos.

On all timber included in the second group cut in any province
included in Class A, three pesos; when cut in any province in-
cluded in Class B, one peso and fifty centavos.

On all timber included in the third group cut in any province
included in Class A, one peso and fifty centavos; when cut in
any province included in Class B, one peso.

On all timber included in the fourth group and on all non-
enumerated timber cut in any province included in Class A,
one peso; when cut in any province included in Class B, fifty
centavos: Provided, That when timber cut in provinces included
in Class A has been selected for felling by duly authorized forest
officials, the rates on such timber shall be only such as are fixed
in this section to timber cut in provinces included in Class B:

And provided further, That the taxes imposed in this section

on ebony and camagon shall be charged on said timbers when
presented for measurement and appraisal with the sapwood
still attached; and the number of cubic meters in each piece of
timber so measured shall include the sapwood attached to the
same, and when ebony or camagon timber from which the sap-
wood has been stripped is presented for measurement and ap-
praisal, there shall be assessed and collected the following sums:

On each cubic meter of ebony cut in any province included in
Class A, thirteen pesos and fifty centavos; when cut in any prov-
ince in Class B, six pesos. On each cubic meter of camagon
cut in any province included in Class A, eight pesos; when cut
in any province in Class B, four pesos and fifty centavos.

The volume of all round timber shall be ascertained by multi-
plying the area of the small end by the length of the log. The
volume of all squared timber shall be ascertained by multiplying
the average cross section by the length, to which twenty-five per
centum shall be added for loss in squaring. The volume of
all sawn timber shall be ascertained by multiplying the average
cross section by the length, to which fifteen per centum shall be
added for loss in sawing.

All timber included in the preceding section in the third and
fourth groups and all nonenumerated timber cut in any prov-
ince, known in the market under the name of “raja” and which
shall not exceed one and one-half meters in length and fifteen
centimeters in diameter, shall be classed as firewood, and the
following taxes shall be collected thereon:

On all firewood consisting of “rajas” from sixty centimeters
to one and one-half meters in length, and from seven centi-
meters to fifteen centimeters in diameter, one peso for each one
thousand “rajas.”

On all firewood consisting of pieces of timber less than sixty
centimeters in length and less than seven centimeters in diameter,
ten centavos per cubic meter: Provided, That wheneyer in the
opinion of the Chief of the Bureau of Forestry the preservation
and use of the public forests and forest reserves shall render
necessary the removal of the tops of fallen timber, said tops
when removed in accordance with the regulations prescribed by
the Chief of the Bureau of Forestry, shall be exempted from the
payment of any tax imposed in this section on timber or fire-
wood or other forest products.

On all gums and resins and other forest products gathered or
removed from any province there shall be paid on the actual mar-
ket value thereof ten per centum. The Collector of Internal
Revenue and the Chief of the Bureau of Forestry shall upon the
passage of this Act, and from time to time thereafter, make a
joint assessment of the actual market value of the various prod-
ucts on which taxes are imposed in this section; said assess-
ments shall be made from the most reliable data available and
shall be published in the Official Gazette for the information of
taxpayers.

Src. 13. The Chief of the Bureau of Forestry, with the approval
of the Secretary of the Interior, may, as herein provided, issue
licenses for the cutting, collection, and removal of timber, fire-
wood, gums, resins, and other forest products from the public
forests and forest reserves. Every license so issued shall specify
in detail the rights to which it entitles the holder and shall pro-

vide, whenever practicable, for exclusive territory, in similar
products to each licensee. All licenses for timber shall pro-
vide for the selection of said timber before cutting: Provided, :
That when absolutely necessary the selection of timber or the;
granting of exclusive territory may, in the discretion of the
Chief of the Bureau of Forestry, be omitted in any license termi-
nating not later than June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight,
after which date the selection of timber and the granting of
exclusive territory whenever practicable shall be required.

Sec. 14. No license granted under the provisions of this Act
shall continue in force for more than twenty years. The Chief
of the Bureau of Forestry, with the approval of the Secretary of
the Interior, may, in granting any exclusive license, prescribe
such terms, conditions, and limitations not inconsistent with
the ‘provisions of this Act, including a minimum amount of
timber to be cut within a specified period or periods of time,
as may be deemed by the Chief of the Bureau of Forestry and
Secretary of the Interior to be in the public interest, and may
provide in such licenses for forfeiture thereof in case of viola-
tion of such terms, conditions, or limitations. .

Src. 15. The Chief of the Bureau of Forestry, with the approval
of the Secretary of the Interior, shall publicly announce what
classes of licenses shall be issued.

Sec. 16. The Chief of the Bureau of Forestry may, for viola-
tions of The Forest Act or of the regulations to be determined and
declared by him, with the approval of the Secretary of the In-
terior, revoke or temporarily suspend any license.

Sec. 17. A gratuitous license to cut and use timber for mining
purposes shall be granted on application to the holder, locator,
owner, lessee, or operator of a mining claim. Said license shall
be limited to the claim on which the timber is cut, and no timber
shall be used under such license except in the development of the
claim upon which it is cut. Said license shall specify the kinds
and uses of the timber to which it entitles the holder, and the
territorial limits within which it is valid. A miner’s timber
license to cut timber in the public forests or forest reserves other
than that standing on the claim and desired for the development
of said claim may be obtained on application by the holder,
locator, owner, lessee, or operator of a mining claim. Said license
shall specify the kinds and uses of the timber to which it entitles
the holder and the territorial limits within which it is valid.
The Government charge on timber thus used under a miner’s
timber license shall be one-half the rate prescribed for the prov-
ince within which said timber is cut.

Sec. 18. The Chief of the Bureau of Forestry, with the approval
of the Secretary of the Interior, may designate for sale or disposal,
and may sell or dispose of by license from the public forests and
forest reserves, stone or earth the removal of which will not be
detrimental to the public forests or forest reserves or to the
interests which depend upon them. The rates of charge shall
be determined by him in each case with like approval.

The Chief of the Bureau of Forestry may, with the approval
of the Secretary of the Interior, grant licenses for the removal
of such stone or earth, and in such licenses may prescribe such
terms, conditions, and limitations, including a minimum amount
of stone or earth to be removed within a specified period or periods
of time as may be deemed by the Chief of the Bureau of Forestry

and the Secretary of the Interior in the public interest, and may
provide in such licenses for forfeiture thereof in case of viola-
tion of such terms.

Sec. 19. The Chief of the Bureau of Forestry, under regulations
to be prescribed by him, with the approval of the Secretary of
the Interior, may grant gratuitous licenses for the free use of
timber, firewood, gums, resins, and other forest products, and of
stone and earth, in reasonable quantities and within definite
territorial limits, for domestic purposes, and not for sale, barter,
or any other use whatsoever. He may also, within definite
territorial limits, similarly prescribe the free use of forest
products and of stone and earth for public works: Provided,
That a gratuitous license for woods of the first group shall not
be issued.

Sec. 20. The Chief of the Bureau of Forestry, with the approval
of the Secretary of the Interior, may, when the public interests
so require, make requisition upon the Bureau charged with public
surveys, to proceed to demarcate, establish on the ground, and
erect monuments along the boundaries of any public forest or
forest reserves; and it shall be the duty of the last-named |
Bureau to comply with said requisition: Provided, That no
duplication of work shall be caused by such demarcation: And
provided further, That the cost of such demarcation shall be
defrayed from the revenues of the public forests or forest reserves.

Src. 21. In order to promote uniformity and céoperation in the
forest work of the Philippine Islands and the United States, and
to facilitate the comparison of results, the methods of the Philip-
pine Bureau of Forestry in forest measurements, timber tests,
silvicultural observations, and other forest work, shall, so far as
practicable, and in the discretion of the Chief of the Bureau of
Forestry, be based upon the corresponding methods of the Bureau
of Forestry of the United States Department of Agriculture.

Src. 22. No officer or employee of the Bureau of Forestry shall
have any pecuniary interest in any forest or in any business in
lumber, firewood, gums, resins, or other forest products, or stone
or earth, in the Philippine Islands; Provided, That this prohibi-
tion shall not apply to guards or assistant guards, or to persons
temporarily acting as guards or assistant guards.

Src. 23. Every official, employee, or agent of the Bureau of
Forestry is empowered to make arrests without process in or
upon the public forests or forest reserves, or territory adjacent
thereto, of any person who is committing or attempting to
commit any violation of this Act or the regulations established
thereunder, and it shall be the duties of governors of provinces,
the Philippines Constabulary, and of municipal presidents to
assist in making the arrests prescribed in this section when
-ealled upon to do so. Where the person or persons found violat-
ing the provisions of this Act are members of a non-Christian
tribe, they shall be dismissed with a warning in the case of a
first offense, but upon conviction of a second offense shall be
: punished as in this Act provided for violations hereof. When
any arrest is made under the provisions of this section without
warrant, the official, employee, or agent of the Bureau of Forestry
shall obtain a warrant from competent authority at the earliest
_ practicable moment under the circumstances. Prisoners with
or without warrant shall in all cases within twenty-four hours,
if reasonably practicable, be brought before u judge or justice of

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the peace having jurisdiction over the offense for examination
and release under bail if the offense is bailable.

Sec. 24. Every private owner of forest land shall register his
title to the same with the Chief of the Bureau of Forestry. In!
the absence of such registration, wood eut from alleged private”
lands and not from public forests or forest reserves shall be con- -
sidered as cut under license from public forests or forest reserves,
and shall be subject to all provisions of this Act and of the regu-
lations established thereunder in such case applicable.

When in his opinion the public interests so require, the Chief
of the Bureau of Forestry may make application to the examiner
of the Court of Land Registration or the fiscal of the province in
which the land lies, for such assistance as may be necessary in
the examination of the titles thereof, with a view to their regis-
tration in the Bureau of Forestry, and upon the receipt of such
application it shall be the duty of the fiscal or examiner of
titles, as the case may be, to render the assistance applied for
by the Bureau of Forestry.

Sec. 25. The cutting, clearing, or destroying of the public
forests or forest reserves, or any part thereof, for the purpose of
making caingins, without lawful authority, is hereby prohibited,
and whoever, in violation of this provision, shall cut, clear, or
destroy the same, for such purpose, or shall willfully or negli-
gently set fire thereto, shall, upon conviction by a court of com-
petent jurisdiction, be punished by a fine not exceeding a sum
equivalent to twice the regular Government charge upon the
timber so cut, cleared, or destroyed, and, in addition, thereto,
by imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, in the discretion
of the court.

The cutting, collecting destroying, or removing of timber or
other forest products, stone, or earth froni the public forests or
forest reserves for any other purpose than making a caingin,
without license, permit, or other sufficient authority, is hereby
prohibited, and any person who, in violation of this provision,
shall so cut, collect, destroy, or remove the same, by himself,
through an agent or employee, or for account of another, shall,
in addition to the payment of the regular Government charge
on such timber, forest products, stone, or earth, be subject to
the payment of an additional sum equivalent to the regular Gov-
ernment charge thereon, which shall be collected as in this Act
provided in the case of other Government charges.

Sec. 26. Whenever an exclusive license of any class shall have
been issued to any person, company, corporation, or other associa-
tion, for the cutting or removing, from the public forests or forest
reserves, of timber, firewood, or other forest products, stone, or
earth, it shall be unlawful for any other person, company, cor-
poration, or association, while such license is in force, to enter or
operate within the territory covered by such exclusive license
contrary to the terms thereof: Provided, That the residents
within or adjacent to said territory may be permitted to cut
or remove timber, firewood, other forest products, stone, or earth
for domestic purposes.

If, contrary to the provisions of this section, any person, com-
pany, corporation, or other association shall enter upon, and shall
cut or remove, or attempt to cut or remove, timber, firewood,
other forest products, stone, or earth, said property so attempted
to be cut or removed shall be seized as Government property, by
the local forest official or other representative of the Forestry

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Bureau, and the person making the seizure shall promptly notify
the holder of the exclusive license affected 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 officer, 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.

Src. 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. ©

Src. 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.

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Sec. 31. In the absence of a local forest officer the president
of the municipality or settlement within which timber or other
forest products are cut or collected shall act in his stead. Any
president who, in the absence of w local forest officer, shall neg-
lect, refuse, or unreasonably delay to prepare and sign a state-
ment of timber or other forest products, stone, or earth cut or
collected within the territery under his authority, or to inspect
firewood or other forest products cut or collected for local use
in said territory, or to perform other acts required by the pro-
visions of this Act, shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine
not to exceed fifty pesos; and the Chief of the Bureau of For-
estry, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, shall
prepare and furnish to local presidents the necessary instruc-
tions defining their duties under this Act.

Sec. 32. Forest products, stone, or earth on which the Govern-
ment charges have not been paid as prescribed by law, and which
have been seized in accorcance with the provisions of this Act,
shall be offered for sale at public auction, unless redeemed as
hereinafter provided.

Fifteen days after any tax on any forest products, stone, or
earth shall have become due and remains unpaid the local forest
officer shall prepare and sign a certified copy of the records of
his office showing the person or persons delinquent in payment
of such taxes, the amounts thereof, and of the costs and addi-
tional charges respectively due from him or them. The forest
officer thereupon shall proceed at once to seize the forest products,
stone, or earth of the delinquent, and, unless redeemed as herein-
after provided, to sell at public auction, at some public place
near where such property is seized, as the lgcal forest officer
shall determine, so much of the same as shall satisfy the tax,
additional charges, and costs of seizure and sale, to the highest
bidder for cash, after due advertisement by notice posted at the
main entrance of the municipal building in the municipality in
which such seizure is made and at a public and conspicuous place
in the barrio in which the property was seized, stating the time,
place, and cause of sale. The certified copy of the local forest
Officer’s record of delinquents, attested by the secretary of the
municipality within which the forest products were seized, ap-
proved by the forest inspector or forester in charge of the forest
or inspection district, shall be his warrant for thus proceeding,
and the purchaser at such sale shall acquire an indefeasible
title to the property sold. Within two days after the sale the
local forest officer shall make return of his proceedings in writing
to the Bureau of Forestry, and shall reserve a copy thereof to be
kept by him as an official record, which shall also be attested by
the municipal secretary: Provided, That if there is no bidder, or ~
if the highest bid is only equal to or less than the sum total of
the taxes, costs, and additional charges, the Chief of the Bureau
of Forestry shall have discretionary power to declare the same
sold to the Government in satisfaction of such taxes, costs, and
charges, and to invoice said products to the provincial supervisor
or to any other public official charged with similar duties, for
use in public works. The proceeds of such auction sales shall be ~
paid to the official to whom the Government charges on the same
should have been paid, who shall pay any surplus resulting from
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the person on account of whose delinquency the sale has been
made.

Sec. 33. The owner of forest products seized may redeem the
same from the local forest officer or collecting officer at any time
after seizure and before sale by tendering to him the amount of
the taxes, costs, and additional charges incurred up to the time
of tender. The costs to be charged in making such seizure and
sale shall embrace only the actual expense of seizure and pre-
servation of the property pending the sale, and no charge shall
be imposed for the services of the local forest officer or collecting
officer or his deputy.

Seo. 34, Whenever authority is given in this Act for the impo-
sition of any additional charge administratively, any person
aggrieved by the imposition of such additional charge may, within
twenty days after payment thereof, appeal therefrom to the Court
of First Instance of the province in which the additional charge
was imposed, and that court shall have jurisdiction, after due
hearing, to confirm the imposition of the additional charge or to
reverse or modify the same. Judgments of the Courts of First
Instance in such cases shall be certified to the Bureau of Forestry,
and when in favor of the taxpayer such judgment shall also be
certified to the Auditor for the Philippine Islands, who shall issue
a certificate for payment by settlement warrant upon the Insular
Treasurer, under the provisions of Act Numbered three hundred
and fifty-seven, and shall charge the amount of the warrant
against the forestry collections of the province and municipality
from which the timber was cut or the forest product obtained:
Provided, That if an appeal from the judgment of the Court of
First Instance is taken by the Bureau of Forestry, the Chief of
said Bureau shall immediately notify the Auditor, who shall
withhold settlement of the account pending final decision of the
court.

Sec. 35. From and after May twentieth, nineteen hundred and
four, there shall be paid on all timber, firewood, gums, resins, and
other forest products, and stone and earth cut, gathered, or
removed from all public forests or forest reserves on and after
May twentieth, nineteen hundred and four, the respective taxes,
costs, and additional charges imposed on such products in this
Act. The payment of all such taxes shall be made within thirty
days after the date of the receipt by ‘the owner or his agent of
the order directing payment, and the payment of the proceeds of
auction sales and of all charges and costs imposed by officers or
employees of the Bureau of Forestry, shall be made immediately
upon the receipt of the order directing payment, to collectors of
internal revenue or to provincial or municipal treasurers, as pro-
vided by law. The charges prescribed by General Orders, Num-
bered Ninety-two, series of nineteen hundred, office of the United
States Military Governor of the Philippine Islands, shall be
collected on all forest products cut, gathered, or removed prior
to May twentieth, nineteen hundred and four.

Sec. 36. All sums of money mentioned in this Act shall be
deemed to be in Philippine currency.

Sec. 37. General Orders, Nuimbered Ninety-two, series of nine-
teen hundred, issued by the Military Governor of the Philippine
Islands; Act. Numbered Two hundred and seventy-four, entitled
“An Act prohibiting the unauthorized destruction of timber on
public lands;” section twenty of Act Numbered Forty-nine, en-

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titled “An Act providing for the establishment of a civil govern-
ment for the Province of Benguet;” section eleven of Act Num-
bered One hundred and nineteen, entitled “An Act extending the
provisions of the Provincial Government Act and the Municipal
Code to the Province of Occidental Negros;” and section eleven
of Act Numbered One hundred and twenty, entitled “An Act
extending the provisions of the Provincial Government Act and
the Municipal Code to the Province of Oriental Negros,” are
hereby repealed.

Sec. 38. This Act shall take effect on its passage, except sections
eleven, twelve, and thirty-seven, which shall take effect May
twentieth, nineteen hundred and four.

Enacted, May 7, 1904.

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EXTRACTS.

Act No. 163.

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Src. 2. There is hereby appropriated, out of the Insular Treas-
ury from funds not otherwise appropriated, a sum sufficient to re-
turn to the provincial governments now or hereafter organized
under the general Provincial Government Act, all the internal-
revenue collections made between the first of January, nine-
teen hundred and one, and the. first of July, nineteen hundred
and one, in said provinces, in accordance with section thirty-
seven of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-three, one-half
to be paid into the provincial treasury and the other half to
be paid to the provincial treasurer, to be by him distributed to
the municipalities in which the same were collected. The author-
ity for payment hereby conferred may be exercised from time
to time in partial payments to provincial treasurers until all
that is due under section thirty-seven of Act Numbered One
hundred and thirty-three shall be paid. The warrants for the
same shall be drawn upon the application of the provincial
treasurers in the amounts certified to be correct by the Insular
Collector of Internal Revenue, approved by the Insular Auditor.
In so far as the manner of payment provided in section thirty-
seven of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-three is incon-
sistent with that herein provided, such section thirty-seven is
hereby modified.

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Act No. 165.

Section 1. Any person who desires to ship forest products
of whatever sort to a foreign port shall produce to the collector
of customs at the port of shipment a receipt from a forestry
official showing that the forestry taxes on these products have
been paid, unless such products are taken from private land
the title to which has been properly registered in the office of
the Forestry Bureau at Manila, in which case the shipper shall
produce a certificate from a forestry official to this effect.

Src. 2. No collector of customs shall clear a vessel having
on board forest products of any sort from any port of the Philip-
pine Islands for a foreign port until the shipper of such prod-
ucts has complied with the provisions of section one of this Act.

Sec. 3. Every collector of internal revenue and every pro-
vincial treasurer in the Philippine Islands shall make to the
Chief of the Forestry Bureau an itemized monthly report of
all moneys received by him for taxes on forest products, giving
for each payment the date when made, the name of the payor,
the number of the forestry official’s order under which the
payment is made, the nature of the product on which the pay-
ment is made, the name of the province in which it was taken
and the amount of the payment.

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Act No. 218.

Secrion 1. There is hereby created under the Department of
the Interior an Insular Bureau of Public: Lands which shall
have charge of all the public domain of the Government of the
Philippine Islands, except so far as control thereof may be
necessary to the functions of the Forestry and Mining Bureaus,
which shall not be affected by this Act. Under the supervision
of the Bureau of Public Lands shall be executed all instruments
for the sale or conveyance of the public lands when authorized
by law. ‘

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Act No. 527.

Section 1. Section eighteen of Act Numbered Eighty-three,
entitled “The Provincial Government Act,” as amended by Act
Numbered One hundred and thirty-three, entitled “An Act to
amend the Provincial Government Act, Numbered Eighty-three,”
is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Src. 18. In all provinces organized under this Act, the in-
dustrial] tax, the stamp taxes, and all other taxes known as inland
revenue taxes, except taxes on forest products from Government
lands, shall cease to be levied and collected as heretofore for the
Central Government of the Archipelago from and after the thir-
tieth of June, nineteen hundred and one, and shall thereafter
be collected as provincial and municipal taxes by the provincial
and municipal treasurers, until such time as an internal-revenue
law shall be enacted by the Commission. One-half of the taxes
so collected shall be paid into the provincial treasury and the
other one-half shall be paid into the treasuries of the respective
municipalities in which they shall be collected. The treasurer
of each province shall, either in person or through his deputies,
or through the municipal treasurers of the province, collect,
subject to the forestry regulations, the Government valuations
on forest products from public lands, and each collector of in-
ternal revenue and each. provincial treasurer in the Philippine
Islands shall make to the Insular Auditor and to the Chief of the
Forestry Bureau itemized monthly reports of moneys received by
him from taxes on forest products, giving for each payment the
date when made, the name of the payor, the number of the
forestry official’s order under which the payment is made, the
nature of the product on which the payment is made, the name cf
the province in which it was taken, and the amount of the pay-
ment. All moneys received by any provincial treasurer or collector
of internal revenue from taxes on forest products shall he covered
into the Insular Treasury by him. Collections derived from
forest products on Government land under the forestry regula-
tions shall be regarded for the purposes of this section as collected
in the province where the timber is cut or the forest products
obtained, although actually collected at Manila or some other
place. The net amount of the collections under the forestry laws
made in the provinces and in the city of Manila shall be, after
July first, nineteen hundred and two, returned pro rata to the
provinces to which they respectively relate, after the entire
expenses of conducting the Forestry Bureau and the service under
its control shall have been deducted from the gross receipts. Such

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return shall be made as soon as the accounts of collections and
disbursements shall have been settled and adjusted by the Auditor.
Such returns of forestry collections to the provinces shall be
made upon certification of the amount due by the Auditor, by
settlement warrant, and for this purpose an appropriation of
the sums so required is hereby made. One-half of all sums so
returned to each province shall be covered into the provincial
treasury and shall be available for all lawful provincial expenses.
The remaining one-half shall be divided among the several munic-
ipalities from which came the forest products on which the
original collections were made, pro rata to the amounts originally
collected on products from each municipality. In the case of
internal revenue collected in unorganized provinces and returned
to them for disbursement upon organization, and in that of col-
lections on forest products made at Manila where it is possible
from the records in the office of the Acting Collector of Internal
Revenue, the Forestry Bureau, and the provincial treasurer to
determine to what municipality such funds belong, the provincial
treasurer shall transfer such funds to the province, and if at any
time the provincial treasurer shall ascertain to what municipality
such funds were due he shall reimburse such municipalities for
the amounts respectively due them from provincial funds. The
stamps required by law for the collection of taxes shall be fur-
nished to provincial treasurers by the Insular Treasurer, who shall
obtain the same from the City Assessor and Collector of Manila
in sufficient quantities for the purposes of this section, giving
a proper receipt therefor. The provincial treasurer receiving
the stamps shall receipt for the same to the Insular Treasurer.
The Insular Treasurer shall render a monthly account-current
to the Insular Auditor of the stamps furnished by him to pro-
vincial treasurers, supporting the same by proper vouchers. Pro-
vincial treasurers shall render for each month a report of stamps
sold and stamps on hand to the Insular Auditor.”

Sec. 2. Section ninety-seven of Act Numbered Eighty-two, en-
titled ‘The Municipal Code,” paragraph (c) of section one of Act
Numbered Three hundred and seventy-four amendatory thereof,
and all other acts or parts of acts in conflict with the provisions
of this, Act, are hereby repealed.

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Act No. 530.

Section 1. No licenses shall be granted for the sale of or deal-—
ing in any intoxicating liquors on any public land reserved by
the President of: the United States for military purposes in the
Philippine Islands.

Sec. 2. The military authorities shall have the right to eject
any intruder or trespasser on any public lands reserved by the
President for military purposes in the Philippine Islands, and to
suppress open breaches of the peace and abate nuisances thereon.

Sec. 3. No branch of the Civil Government in force on or over
any public lands reserved by the President for military purposes,
and no civilian residents thereon, shall interfere with military
administration or the use of such lands for military purposes.

Sec. 4. The personal property of persons employed in the mili-
tary service of the United States in the Philippine Islands and

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used by them incident to said service shall be exempt from all
taxation under the laws in force in said Islands.

Sec. 5. No mining claims shall be located by any person on
any public lands reserved by the President for military purposes
in the Philippine Islands.

Sec. 6. Every person who unlawfully cuts, or aids, or is em-
ployed in unlawfully cutting, or wantonly destroys, or procures
to be wantonly destroyed, any timber standing upon lands of the
United States, which in pursuance of law may be reserved or
purchased for military purposes in the Philippine Islands, or re-
moves any other public property, shall, upon conviction, be fined
for each offense a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, or be
imprisoned for a period not exceeding twelve months, or both,
in the discretion of the court.

Sec. 7. No arrest of any officer, soldier, or civilian employee,
in the military service of the United States on any military
reservation, camp, or barracks, shall be made except on warrant
in due form in writing and served upon the commanding officer
thereof. 2

Sec. 8. All laws or parts of laws in force in the Philippine
Islands not inconsistent with military use of any public lands
reserved by the President for military purposes shall be in full
force and effect over said lands.

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Act No, 926.—The Public Land Act.
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Sec. 2. Any person applying to enter land under the provisions
of this chapter shall file with such officer as may be designated
by law as local land officer, or in case there be no such officer
then with the Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands, an applica-
tion under oath showing that he has the qualifications required
under section one of this chapter, and that he possesses none of
the disqualifications there mentioned; that such application is
made for his exclusive use and benefit; that the same is made
for the purpose of actual settlement and cultivation, and not,
either directly or indirectly, for the use or benefit of any other
person, persons, corporation, or association of persons; that the
land applied for is nonmineral, does not contain valuable deposits
of coal or salts, is more valuable for agricultural than forestry
purposes, and is not occupied by any other person; and showing
the location of the land by stating the province, municipality,
and barrio in which the same is situated, and as accurate a
description as may be given, showing the boundaries of the land,
having reference to natural objects and permanent monuments,
if any. Upon the filing of said application the Chief of the
Bureau ot Public Lands shall summarily determine, by inquiry
of the Chief of the Bureau of Forestry and from the available
land records, whether the land described is prima facie subject
under the law to homestead settlement, and, if he shall find
nothing to the contrary, the applicant, upon the payment of ten
pesos, Philippine currency, shall be permitted to enter the
quantity of land specitied.

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Sec. 13. It shall be the duty of the Chief of the Bureau of
Public Lands to examine all applications to purchase under this
chapter, and to determine whether the applicant has the qualifica-
tions required in section ten hereof, and from the certificate of
the Chief of the Bureau of Forestry to determine whether the
land applied for is more valuable for agricultural than forestry
purposes. He shall report his findings to the Secretary of the
Interior, who, after proper consideration and approval of same,
shall order the sale to be made.

It shall also be the duty of the Chief of the Bureau of Public
Lands to appraise the land applied for under this chapter, which
appraisement shall not be less than ten pesos, Philippine cur-
rency, per hectare, and in making this appraisal he may call to
his assistance any provincial or municipal official of the province
in which the land lies. When the land shall have been appraised,
as hereinabove provided, the Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands
shall advertise the same for sale by publishing a notice’ thereof
once a week for six consecutive weeks, in two newspapers, one
published at Manila and the other (if any such there be)
published near the land applied for, such notices to be published
in both the English and Spanish languages. The Chief of the
Bureau of Public Lands shall, with the approval of the Secretary
of the Interior, prescribe, in addition to the publication in news-
papers, a suitable method of posting notice upon the land sought
to be purchased or in the pueblo where the land is situated.
The notices shall state a date not earlier than ten days after the
date of the last publication of the notice in the newspaper
published at Manila, upon which date the Chief of the Bureau
of Public Lands will award the land to the highest bidder, or
will call for new bids, or otherwise proceed as provided by law.

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Sec. 26. It shall be the duty of the Chief of the Bureau of
Public Lands to examine all applications for leases under this
chapter, and to determine whether the applicant has the qualifica-
tions required in section twenty-two hereof, and, from the certifi-
cate of the Chief of the Bureau of Forestry, to determine whether
the land applied for is more valuable for agricultural than
forestry purposes, and further summarily to determine from
available records whether the land is nonmineral and does not
contain deposits of coal or salts. He shall report his findings
to the Secretary of the Interior, who, after proper consideration
and approval of same, shall cause the lease to be executed.

Sec. 27. The rate per hectare per annum for lands leased under
this chapter shall be fixed by the Chief of the Bureau of Public
Lands, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, and
shall in no case be less than fifty centavos, Philippine currency,
per hectare per annum; said rent shall be paid yearly in advance,
the first payment being deposited with the Chief of the Bureau of
Public Lands before the delivery of the lease.

Sec. 28. Leases hereunder shall run for a period of not more
than twenty-five years, but may be renewed for a second period
of twenty-five years, at u rate to be fixed as above indicated,
which rate shall not be less than fifty centavos per hectare and
shall not exceed one peso and fifty centavos, Philippine currency,
per hectare. Land leased hereunder shall not be assigned or
sublet without the consent of the Chief of the Bureau of Public
Lands and the Secretary of the Interior.

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Sec. 29. No land shall be leased under the ‘provisions of, this
chapter until the land has been surveyed under the direction of
the Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands and an accurate plat
made thereof, the cost of survey to be borne by the lessee.

Sec. 30. The lease of any lands under this chapter shall not
confer the right to remove or dispose of any valuable timber
except as provided in regulations of the Bureau of Forestry for
cutting timber upon such lands. Nor shall such lease confer the
right to remove or dispose of stone, oil, coal, salts, or other
minerals, but the lease as to the part thereof which shall be
mineral may be canceled by the Chief of the Bureau of Public
Lands, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, when-
ever the mineral character of such part shall be made satis-
factorily to appear, after due notice to the lessee.

Sec. 31. The commission of waste or the violation of the
forestry regulations by the lessee shall work a forfeiture of his
last payment of rent and render him liable to immediate dispos-
session and suit for damage.

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Act No. 1032.

Section 1. All provincial treasurers, municipal councils, and
other authorities of every kind in the Philippine Islands who
have authority to fix the salaries of municipal officers and
employees are hereby authorized and directed to fix such sal-
aries in Philippine currency, instead of in Mexican currency,
anything in existing law to the contrary notwithstanding. All
such salaries heretofore fixed in Mexican currency shall, after
January first, nineteen hundred and four, be payable in Philip-
pine currency at the same amounts as now provided by law
‘in Mexican currency, and shall remain fixed at such amounts
in Philippine currency until changed by competent authority.

Sec. 2. On and after the first day of January, nineteen hun-
dred and four, all public dues, internal revenues, industrial,
stamp, forestry, cedula, license, and municipal taxes of every
kind, and all fines and penalties imposed by courts or other
authorities, shall be imposed, assessed, and collected in Philippine
currency, instead of in Mexican currency as now provided by
law, and at the same amounts in Philippine currency as are
now fixed by law for such taxes, fines, and penalties in Mexi-
ean currency: Provided, however, That Spanish-Filipino coins
may be received in payment of such taxes, fines, and penalties
at the official ratio that shall from time to time prevail until
such time as Spanish-Filipino coins shall by law cease to be
receivable for public dues.

Sec. 3. On and after January first, nineteen hundred and four,
all compensation that is provided by law for Insular or provin-
cial officers and employees, wherever such compensation is fixed
in Mexican currency, and all official fees and charges, Insular,’
provincial, or municipal, wherever such fees are fixed in Mexi-
can currency, shall be payable in Philippine currency, on the
basis of one Philippine peso for one Mexican dollar.

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Act No. 1189.—The Internal Revenue Law.
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Sec. 147. Of the taxes assessed and collected by virtue of the
provisions of this Act the following shall inure to the Insular
Treasury and be devoted wholly to the purposes of the Insular
Government, except such portion thereof as is in this article
set apart for the use and benefit of the provincial and municipal

governments:
First. All stamp taxes:
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Tenth. All taxes on forestry products.
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Sec. 150. Ten per centum of all revenues accruing to the
Insular Treasury by virtue of the provisions of this Act shall
be set apart by the Insular Treasurer for the benefit of the
several provincial governments for general provincial purposes,
and said sum of ten per centum shall be apportioned among the
several provinces in proportion to their respective populations
as shown by the census of nineteen hundred and three. Fifteen
per centum of all the revenues accruing to the Insular Treasury
by virtue of the provisions of this Act shall be set apart by the
Insular Treasurer for the benefit of the several municipal gov-
ernments for general municipal purposes in accordance with
law, and said sum of fifteen per centum shall be apportioned
among the several municipalities in proportion to their respective
populations as shown by the census of nineteen hundred and
three: Provided, That of the fifteen per centum of the revenues
set apart by this section for the benefit of the several munici-
pal governments, one-third thereof shall be utilized solely for
the purposes of the maintenance of free public primary schools
in the respective municipalities, including the payment of teach-
ers, the building of schoolhouses, and other expenditures apper-
taining to the maintenance of the public schools. For the pur-
poses of this Act the city of Manila shall be deemed as a
municipality and as a province, so that in the apportionment
to the several provinces and municipalities it shall receive on a
basis of twenty-five per centum. The distribution of funds to
the provinces and municipalities under this section shall be
made once every three months, beginning with the first day of
January, nineteen hundred and five.

Sec. 151. Wherever in this Act it is prescribed that a duty
shall be performed by the provincial treasurer and his deputies,
the duty so imposed on the provincial treasurer and his deputies
shall be performed in the city of Manila by the City Assessor
and Collector and his deputies.

THE FOREST REGULATIONS.

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THE FOREST REGULATIONS.

These regulations are established in accordance with the provi-
sions of The Forest Act (No. 1148).

I. (a) Forest reserves differ from public forests in that the
a are exempt from entry (except for mining claims) and
sale.

(b) Licenses will’ be issued for the cutting, collection, and
removal of forest products from forest reserves. The operations
of licensees on forest reserves will be subject to the constant and
personal supervision of the officers in charge.

II. (a@) Land will be considered more valuable for agricultural
than for forest purposes if worth more per acre cleared than are
land and trees together when not cleared.

(b) Persons who desire to enter agricultural land in any
public forest, in accordance with the provisions of section seven
of The Forest Act, must, before making such entry, obtain from
the Chief of the Bureau of Forestry a certificate setting ‘forth
that said land is more valuable for agricultural than for forestry
purposes and is not required by public interests to be kept under
forest. Blank forms of application for such certificate will be
supplied by the Bureau of Forestry on request.

III. Sites for sawmills or timber depots not exceeding four
hectares in extent may be leased to holders of timber licenses
for periods of not more than twenty years, under such property
terms, not inconsistent with the provisions of section nine of The
Forest Act, as may be deemed reasonable by the Chief of the
Bureau of Forestry, approved by the Secretary of the Interior,
and included in each instance in the lease. Blank forms of
application for such leases may be obtained from the Bureau
of Forestry.

IV. The volume of approximately octagonal logs (four sides
being hewn and the other four unhewn) will be ascertained by
multiplying eight-tenths of the square of the average diameter
connecting the two pairs of opposite unhewn sides of the smaller
end and multiplying the result by the length.

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Example: Average diameter between opposite unhewn sides of smaller end, 51
centimeters; length, 14 meters. .51 x .51 & .8 x 14 = 2.923 cubic meters,

44 meters

V. In the measurement of a log having an eyehole or u rope
hole in one end, the length taken will be the distance from
such hole to the more distant end of the log: Provided, That
if such hole be more than thirty centimeters from the nearer
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the full length of the log in estimating the length for the purpose
of determining its cubic contents.

VI. The volume of pieces of timber which come to a point or
nearly to a point at one end, will be determined by multiplying
the square of the average diameter by eight-tenths and the result
by the length; one-half of the diameter of the large end will be
considered the average diameter.

VII. Pieces of wood more than one and one-half meters in
length and fifteen centimeters in diameter will be designated
as timber. :

VIII. In determining the Government charges on minor forest
products other than firewood—i. e., charcoal (carbon vegetal),
gums (gomas and gutapercha), resins (almaciga and. breas),
wood oils (balao), dyewood (sibucao, maderas tintoreas), dye-
bark (nigue), and tanbark (cascalote)—the actual value at the
market nearest the forest where the product is gathered will
be taken as the “actual market value.” The following weights
and measures will be used in manifesting such minor forest
products:

The metric quintal for gums, resins, and dyewoods.

The liter for wood oils.

The cubic meter for charcoal.

Tanbark and dyebark will be estimated by the thousand pieces,
provided that where the pieces are not of uniform size or are
so small as to make their counting burdensome, the metric
quintal may be used.

GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO LICENSES.

IX. (a) Licenses issued under the provisions of The Forest
Act will entitle the holders for certain fixed periods of time to
enter upon definite tracts of public land and obtain therefrom,
under conditions stated in the licenses, the material designated
therein, but will not convey any further right or authority.

(b) Licenses to cut, collect, and remove timber, firewood, gums,
resins, or other forest products from public forests and forest
reserves will, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior,
be granted by the Chief of the Bureau of Forestry: Provided,
That special authority to grant licenses for small amounts of
forest products may be given by the Chief of the Bureau of
Forestry to foresters, assistant foresters, inspectors, and assistant
inspectors. They will be of the following four general classes:

(1) License agreements, which will provide for the exclusive
privilege of cutting, collecting, and removing forest products for
a period not to exceed twenty years over areas of public forest
larger than those granted in ordinary licenses.

These agreements will provide certain conditions, limitations,
and restrictions, including a minimum amount of timber to be
cut during the first year, and methods of cutting and hauling
the same to prevent undue injury to the forest, responsibility
of agents and employees, and the charges to be collected on forest
products.

(2) Miners’ licenses, which will provide for the cutting, collect-
ing, and removing of timber from the public forests or forest
reserves for use in developing the mines mentioned in the licenses.
The timber so cut to be paid for at one-half the ordinary Govern-
ment charges on such timber.

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(3) Gratuitous licenses, which will provide for the cutting,
collecting, and removing of forest products from public forests
and forest reserves free of charge. Such licenses may be granted
under certain conditions, restrictions, and limitations to needy
residents, miners, or to officials for use in public works.

(4) Ordinary licenses, which will provide for the cutting, col-
lecting, and removing from public forests and forest reserves of
forest products on which the full charges prescribed in section
12 of The Forest Act are due.

(c) Every license issued will be delivered to the licensee
attached within the covers of a book containing a copy of The
Forest Act, of these regulations, and of any special rules appli-
cable to said license, together with lists of the forest reserves
and of protected areas, and such other information as may be
deemed of value by the Chief of the Bureau of Forestry.

(d) In granting licenses covering given forest tracts or other
tracts in their immediate vicinity, preference will be given to
persons to whom licenses have previously been granted and who
have obeyed the law and regulations and have aided in pro-
tecting the forests; to residents of municipalities or settlements
in which the timber or other forest products to be collected are
situated; to applicants for’ small amounts of timber or other
forest products for their own immediate use; and to persons
or associations of persons contemplating the employment upon
a considerable scale of modern machinery and logging methods.

(e) Licenses will ordinarily be granted for a period of one
year, except in cases where special cause is shown for granting
them for a longer period.

(f) The number of licenses granted in each province will be
limited, and will depend upon the forest conditions in the prov-
ince and the needs of the people.

(g) No license will be granted except upon the express con-
dition that the licensee assumes responsibility for all the acts
of his agents.

APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSES.

X. (a) Applications for licenses must be made on_ official
forms, which will be furnished on request by any executive officer
of the Bureau of Forestry or by the Chief of the Bureau, and
must contain the following information:

(1) The class of license desired.

(2) The kinds and amounts of timber or other forest products
applied for.

(3) The name, age, citizenship, residence, and occupation of
the applicant. s

(4) A statement of former licenses granted to him or to
any corporation, partnership, or association of persons with
which he has been connected.

(5) The amount of forest products gathered under last license
granted applicant, if any.

(6) Facilities for logging.

(7) Amount of capital applicant has available and purposes
to employ in operations under the license if granted.

(8) Applicants for gratuitous licenses must state in detail
the use to be made of the forest products for the taking of
which a gratuitous license is requested, and any person making
use of such forest products other than that stated in the license

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will be proceeded against under the provisions of section twenty-
nine of The Forest Act.

(9) Applications for gratuitous licenses to cut timber for
public works must be forwarded by the local forest officer to
the office of the person, if any, discharging the duties of pro-
vincial supervisor for the province in which the forest products
for the taking of which license is requested are situated.

(10) Residents of Manila who desire licenses to gather forest
products in the provinces may file their applications in the
Manila office.

(11) When application is made for a license by an incorpo-
rated company, a certified copy of the articles of incorporation
must be submitted with such application.

LICENSE AGREEMENTS.

XI. (a) A license agreement will be granted only for territory
where extensive cutting extending over a period of years can be
allowed and where logging operations can be personally super-
vised by forest officers. A minimum annual cutting will be
required, the amount so required to be cut depending upon the
forest conditions in the territory covered by the license and the
extent of the territory. ‘Should the amount of timber cut be
less than that prescribed in the license agreement, the Chief of
the Bureau of Forestry may reduce the area of timber land
covered by the license.

GRATUITOUS LICENSES.

X11. (a) Gratuitous licenses will be granted as follows:

(1) A private gratuitous license for w needy resident will
be issued only upon the certification of his need by the president
of the municipality or settlement in which the applicant resides,
or upon that of the local forest officer, and upon the sworn
agreement by such applicant that he will employ the timber or
use the forest products for which he applies solely for his own
use and benefit and will not sell the same or dispose of it in
any other manner than that authorized in the license. A
private gratuitous license may be granted for not more than
thirty cubic meters of timber of the second, third, or fourth
groups. The amount of timber granted by gratuitous license
to a needy resident will depend to some extent upon the abun-
dance of bamboo in the vicinity of the applicant’s residence.

(2) A public gratuitous license for timber to be used in
public works, entitlihg the holder free of charge to take such
amount of timber as may be needed in the public works desired.

(3) Miner’s gratuitous license. (See Regulation XIII.)

(b) J£ any person holding an ordinary license cuts or removes
timber from public forests or forest reserves for a person holding
a gratuitous timber license, such ordinary license may be for-
feited. A gratuitous license will not be.issued to a holder of
an ordinary license of the same class. Holders of gratuitous
licenses are prohibited from giving away or selling any wood or
other forest products cut thereunder. Wood or other forest
products cut must be used for the purpose specified in the license
and should there be any surplus the regular Government charges
may be collected thereon.

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or gathering forest products for his personal and exclusive use,
or for public works, gather 2 greater quantity than is allowed
by the license, or take different classes from those specified, or
apply them to different objects from those stated in the license,
such products will be considered as taken without a license, and
the offender will be compelled to pay thereon the charges pre-
scribed in section twenty-five of The Forest Act.

MINERS’ LICENSES.

XIII. A miner’s timber license or a miner’s gratuitous license
will be granted in accordance with the provisions of section
seventeen of The Forest Act upon application by the holder,
locator, owner, lessee, or operdtor of a mining claim who submits
satisfactory evidence of registration of the claim on which he
proposes to use the timber. Timber cut by miners in violation
of The Forest Act, forest regulations, instructions or orders
of forest officers may be considered as cut without license and
charged for at double the full Government rate.

FORFEITURE Of ORDINARY TIMBER LICENSES.

XIV. Holders of ordinary timber licenses will be allowed four
months’ time within which to begin operations. At the expira-
tion of that period, persons who have taken no advantage of
their licenses may, unless good reason be shown, have them
forfeited because of such failure to take advantage thereof. In
the event of such forfeiture, applicants for timber licenses who
are on the waiting list will be notified that they may renew
their applications. Forest officers will report monthly on the
report of utilization of forest products (Bureau of Forestry
Form 17) the names of all holders of ordinary timber licenses
who have not made use thereof during the month for which the
report is made.

TRANSFER OF LICENSES,

XV. (a) Licenses of all classes may be transferred by authority
of the forest officer granting the same, or by that of the Chief
of the Bureau, after the person to whom the license is to be
transferred has furnished to the officer empowered 1o make the
transfer the information which would be required were he making
an original application for a license of the same class. No
other mode of transfer will be authorized.

(b) After June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, every
holder of a license will be required to perform, himself, or through
his duly authorized agents or employees, all operations in the
forest under the license which he holds. Failure to comply with
this regulation may subject the offender to forfeiture of his
license.

FIREWOOD FOR HOUSEHOLD USE.

XVI. Firewood may be taken from public forests and forest
reserves without license by residents of the vicinity for their
own household use.

PRIVATE WOODLANDS.

XVII. (a) The issuance by the Bureau of Forestry of a license
to cut or utilize timber or other forest products from public

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forests or forest reserves does not authorize the gathering of
such products from private lands, or from lands claimed as
private lands unless specificaliy authorized in the license.

(b) Registration of titles in this Bureau as provided in section
twenty-four of The Forest Act is not necessary in order to
protect private lands from licensees claiming the right to cut
on public lands. Any such licensee who cuts timber on private
lands belonging to another, even though such lands are not
registered in this Bureau, may have his license forfeited.

XVIII. Applications for registration of titles to private wood-
lands must be made on’ forms which may be had on application
at any station of the Bureau of Forestry, and each such applica-
tion must be accompanied by a map showing approximately the
extent and boundaries of the parcel or parcels of alleged private
lands containing forest products which it is desired to remove.
Each sueh application and map will be filed in the Bureau of
Forestry and evidence of title will be returned to the owner
after inspection and report on the lands is made by the local
forest officer.

X1A. (a) Before removing forest products from registered
private woodlands, the owner or administrator of the same must
secure a manifest as provided in Regulation XXII, paragraph
(k). He will also present to the proper forest or municipal
officer, at the time the statement of forest products is presented
for inspection, a receipt or certified copy of a receipt from the
Bureau of Forestry showing the proper registration of title to
such private woodlands. Any person who fails to so present
a proper receipt and manifest will be proceeded against under
the provisions of sections eight and thirty of The Forest Act.

(b) Forest products from private woodlands which are not
to be removed from the premises of the owner but are to be used
thereon, may be cut and gathered without charge on such private
woodlands without registering title thereto in the Bureau of
Forestry.

THE CUTTING, COLLECTING, AND REMOVAL OF FOREST PRODUCTS.

XX. (a) If a holder of a license cuts or collects forest prod-
ucts in a forest area other than that specified in his license,
the products so cut or collected will be considered as taken with-
out license.

(b) All timber selecte1 for felling under any license should
be taken from the forest. When timber has been so selected,
no nonselected timber may be cut in the forest area covered by
such license. Tf nonselected timber is taken from an area in
which timber has been selected, it will be considered as taken
without license and charged for accordingly.

(c) Holders of licenses must exercise particular care in cut-
ting, working up, collecting, or transporting timber, firewood,
or other forest products to avoid killing or injuring young
trees less than forty centimeters in diameter or seedlings, especi-
ally those of the’ first and second groups. Such young trees
of the first and second groups must not be cut for use in logging.
As the future supply of the forest depends upon preserving
young trees of valuable species, failure on the part of the holder
of a license to exercise reasonable care to avoid the destruction
of such young trees or seedlings may be followed by the forfeit-
ure of his license.

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(d) The holder of a timber license of any class may, when
the permission of the Chief of the Bureau of Forestry is specifi-
cally given in his license, work up the tops of any trees cut for
timber into firewood and market the same, free of all Govern-
ment charges, under such special regulations as the Chief of
the Bureau of Foresty in his license may prescribe and the
Secretary of the Interior approve.

(e) The Chief of the Bureau of Forestry, in granting any
timber license, may require as a condition of granting such
license, that the holder shall work up and remove the tops and
large branches of trees felled by him.

(f) The height of the stump of any trée cut for timber or
firewood must not exceed the diameter of the tree on the stump.

(g) The diameter limit of trees allowed to be cut in any
given forest area will vary in accordance with the species of
the tree, the condition of the forest, and the requirements of
each locality. In general, unless there is specific reason for
fixing a specific size, no tree less than forty centimeters in
diameter on the stump may be cut for timber, and trees cut for
firewood should be at least twenty-five centimeters on the stump.

(h) Whoever fells undersized trees, or trees the felling of
which is prohibited by these regulations or special orders, will
be considered as cutting without a license and will be com-
pelled to pay the regular charges thereon and the additional
charge prescribed in section twenty-five of The Forest Act.

(i) The felling in the public forest or forest reserves of trees
from which valuable gums, resins, or oils are extracted will
not be allowed.

(j) The gathering of forest products not specially mentioned
in these regulations will be authorized by license containing
such special conditions as the Chief of the Bureau of Forestry
may, after investigation, deem advisable, and the Secretary of
the Interior approve.

() Round timber forty centimeters or more in diameter at
the larger end, and squared timber twenty-two centimeters or
more in width or twenty-two centimeters or more in thickness
at the larger end will be considered of legal size. Timber of
the first group of less than legal size must not be felled, unless
such timber has been selected for felling by duly authorized
forest officers, provided that these regulations shall not apply
to ebony and lanete.

(1) Timber used for levers, skids, parts of timber slides, or
otherwise employed in logging, must be of the fourth group,
unless proper timber of this sort is wholly wanting within a
reasonable distance. Timber so used and left on the ground
will be charged for, if of the third group, at the regular rate;
if of the second or first groups, at twice the regular rate.

(m) The holder of a license for cutting timber or firewood -
must advise the local forest officer of the time when and the
place where cutting under such license will begin, and of the
places where the wood cut will be piled. Felled timber must
be piled in a clear place, in such a manner that measurement
thereof may be readily made. The holder of a license must also
notify the local forest officer of the names and residences of his
representatives, if any. In the event of failure to so notify
the proper officer, the products so cut, collected, or removed will
be considered as taken without license.

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(x) When the cutting or gathering of forest products under
any license has been finished, the holder of the license must in
writing notify the nearest forest officer of the place where such
products are deposited, the classes and amounts of the same,
and their destination. He must also state whether he has left
any felled timber or any standing selected timber in the area
covered by his license, and if so, he must state the amount and
classes of such felled or selected timber left in the forest. Any
person who fails or unreasonably delays to give such notice may
be punished as provided in section twenty-nine of The Forest Act.

(o) Timber cut under a license and not removed from the
forest within the period covered by such license will be charged
for at the regular rate.

(p) Firewood, except when worked up from tree tops, as
provided in section twelve of The Forest Act and in Regulation
XX (d) and (e), must be of the third or fourth groups, and if
woods of the first or second groups are taken as firewood, the
same must be paid for as timber at double the Government rate
for timber of these groups.

(q) Wood cut for burning into charcoal must be of the third
or fourth groups, and the unauthorized use of woods of other
groups for this purpose will subject the holder of the license
to payment for the same as timber at double the Government
rate for timber of such groups.

(r) All wood employed in the manufacture of charcoal must
be paid for before it is burned. After felling trees and before
commencing the process of burning for charcoal, the holder of a
license must present to the local forest officer, or, in his absence,
to the president of the municipality or settlement within which
the wood is being piled, an itemized statement of the timber
felled and must state where it is being piled. This statement
will be verified and the wood valued by such officer or president;
payment will be made and manifest will be issued as prescribed
in Regulation XXII, paragraphs (b), (f), (h), and (s). After
making the payment ordered, the holder of a license may proceed
with the burning, but he must exercise care to avoid injury to
standing timber, and if any damage results to such timber
from his burning operations, said damage will be estimated by
the local forest officer and payment therefor will be enforced
in accordance with the provisions of the last paragraph of sec-
tion twenty-five of The Forest Act.

GUMS, RESINS, AND WOOD OILS.

XXI. (a) In extracting gums, resins, wood oils, and similar
forest products, the holder of a license must make the cuttings
or incisions into the trunks of the trees at least twenty-five
centimeters above the ground. These incisions should be made
with a very sharp instrument and may penetrate the bark and
the first layers of sapwood only; they must not exceed twenty-
five centimeters in length and must not penetrate the heart
wood. When the flow of juice is obstructed at the outer edges
of the incisions, the holder of a license will be permitted to
recut these edges and to lengthen the cut by twenty-five centi-
meters, prolonging it upward, provided that the width of the
incision shall never exceed eight centimeters. The making of
incisions, or the trimming of the edges of incisions already made,
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the period from the flowering of the tree to the ripening of its
seed. A metal or wooden plate may be placed at the lower -
part of the incision to facilitate the collection of juice. A vessel
may be placed under the incision at the foot of the tree. Any
holder of a license violating these provisions may have his
license forfeited and must pay double the regular charge for
timber on each tree so incised.
(0) Gums, resins, wood oils, and similar forest products
May be stored in municipalities, settlements, or other places,
at the convenience of the holder of the license, after previous
notification to the local forest officer, or in the absence of such
officer, to the nearest local municipal authority of the place or
places where such products are to be stored.

MANIFESTS. °

XXII. (a) Native forest products of all kinds will be pre-
sumed to belong to the Government until the contrary is proved.

(b) Before using, transporting, or disposing of any native’
forest product, the owner or his agent must obtain a manifest,
authenticated by the local forest officer, provided that where no
forest officer can be reached without undue hardship a duly
authorized municipal officer may authenticate the manifest. In °
such cases if the product is to be transported by sea, the holder
of a license will present a statement of the product in dupli-
cate to the proper municipal officer, who will verify such state-
ment and affix his seal or stamp of office, if any, and his signature
thereto, forwarding one copy to the nearest forest station and
returning to the holder of the license the other copy, which will
be his authority to transport the product. If the product is’
to be transported by land or is for local use, the holder of a
license in such cases will present a statement of the product
in duplicate to the proper municipal officer, who will forward
it to the local forest officer, who if it be impracticable for him
to inspect the product, will appraise the same at his station
and forward an order of payment to the proper municipal officer
for delivery to the holder of the license. After payment has
been made, the receipt will be forwarded to the local forest officer,
who will issue a paid manifest to the party at interest, which
will be his authority to dispose of the product. No charge will
be made for making or authenticating a manifest. No manifest
will be valid on which does not appear the signature of the forest
officer or municipal officer duly authorized to sign manifests, and
the signature must be accompanied by the stamp or seal of such
officer if he has one.

(ec) The holder of a license must not load, remove, sell, or
use any forest product which has not been paid for, unless he
has received express authority to do so from the Chief of the
Bureau of Forestry and has given a satisfactory guarantee to
that official, except as provided in paragraphs (6b), (e), and
(h) of this regulation.

(d@) When the holder of a license agreement or of an ordinary
or miners’ license has cut and piled his product, he must submit
to the nearest forest station a statement of said product on
Bureau of Forestry Form Thirteen and one-half, which will be
furnished on application to any forest station. Upon receipt of
this statement, the local forest officer will verify and appraise
the product, taking the signature of the holder of the license

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on the manifest, which, when affixed, will be understood to indi-
cate that the holder of the license approves the appraisement.

(e) If the product is to be transported by sea to another point
in the Philippines, the holder of a license will have the option
of paying the Government charges at the point of origin or at
the destination of the product. ,

(f) In case the product is to be transported by sea to another
point in the Philippines, and the holder of a license wishes to
pay the Government charges at the point of origin, or in case
the product is not to be transported by sea, the forest officer
will issue an order directing the payment of the Government
charges into the nearest provincial or municipal treasury or
internal revenue office authorized to receive such payments.

(g) When the holder of a license presents his receipts of
payment, the forest officer will take them up and mark the
set of manifests paid, delivering to him the originals, which
will be his authority to use, transport, or dispose of his product.

(2) In case the product is to be transported by sea to another
point in the Philippines and the holder of the license wishes
to pay the Government charges at the point of destination, the
local forest officer will issue to him an unpaid manifest with a
notation thereon to the effect that the product will be paid for
at the point of destination. This manifest must be presented
to the forest officer at the point of destination within five days
after the arrival of the product; that officer will take up the
manifest and issue an order of payment on which payment
must be made by the holder of the license in the manner pre-
scribed in paragraph (f) of this regulation, and the receipt of
payment will be delivered to the forest officer, who will issue to
the holder of the license or his agent an order allowing him
to discharge the product. The product will be reappraised at
the time of discharge, and the party at interest will be required
to pay any excess which may be found upon reappraisement. In
case the party at interest is satisfied with the reappraisement, he
will sign the reappraisement sheets, the originals of which will
be delivered to him.

(i) If, upon reappraisement at destination of the forest prod-
ucts manifested by a municipal officer, an excess of fifteen per
centum or more shall be found over the amount manifested, the
owner of the license or his agents will be proceeded against as
provided in section twenty-nine of The Forest Act.

(j) When the holder of a gratuitous license has cut or gathered
forest products, he will, before removing the same, submit a
statement of the products to the nearest forest station on « form
which will be furnished on application to such station. The
local forest officer will take up this statement, verify it, and
issue a manifest which will be the authority of the holder
of the license to dispose of the products for the purpose
specified in the license, provided that in case a forest officer can
not be reached without undue hardship, the holder of a license
may submit, in duplicate, a statement to the president of the
municipality or settlement within which the products have heen
cut or gathered, which the president will verify, sign, and seal
in duplicate, returning one copy to the party at intérest and
forwarding the other to the nearest forest station.

(k) All owners of private woodlands registered in the Bureau
of Forestry in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-

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four of The Forest Act will, before removing forest products
from such lands, proceed as prescribed in the previous paragraph
for holders of gratuitous licenses.

(1) Forest products for export will be paid for before ship-
ment, and the manifest must be presented to the collector of
customs at the port of shipment. Any person violating this
regulation will be proceeded against under the provisions of
section thirty of The Forest Act.

(m) If at any time the party at interest should desire to
detain a portion of a cargo or load of forest products which has
been manifested, or divert a portion to some point other than
that of original destination, the local forest officer will, upon
application, make an entry of the facts at the foot of the original
manifest, returning same to the party at interest, and issuing
him in addition a new manifest to accompany the product
detained or diverted. In the case of timber a line will be drawn
through the entries on the original manifest of the pieces so
detained or diverted.

(n) For identification of pieces belonging to different mani-
fests, to aid in the recovery of lost timber, and to avoid fraud,
the holder of a license will immediately after felling mark every
piece of timber with his special mark which must be previously
registered at the forest station. This mark will be indicated
in the proper column of the manifest. The pieces of timber
embraced in a manifest must also be numbered consecutively,
beginning with one, and the corresponding numbers must be
entered in the manifest under the proper heading. Where two
different lots of timber for the same licensee are shipped on the
same vessel, the pieces of the second lot must be marked “ 1A,”
“9A,” and so forth.

(o) In all manifests of undersized timber, classified in the
official tariff as belonging to the first group, except ebony and
lanete (and camagon when stripped of its bark and sapwood),
there should appear a statement by a ranger or president of a
municipality or settlement as to whether such undersized pieces
have been cut from trees of a diameter of forty or more centi-
meters as provided in Regulation XX, paragraph (ik).

(p) Forest officers will, whenever practicable, mark with the
official marking hatchet both ends of every log of timber
manifested.

(q) Failure to present to the nearest forest officer manifests
of forest products within five days of arrival at destination will,
for the purpose of these regulations, be considered unreasonable
delay in the making of a report; and failure to deliver or mail
receipts of payment to a forest station or to a forest officer
within seven days from date of payment will be considered an
unreasonable delay in the making of «a report.

(r) Any person found utilizing forest products in violation
of section twenty-five or of section thirty of The Forest Act will
be directed by the local forest officer to deposit the same with
the nearest president of a municipality or settlement and an
order of payment for the same, including the charges and ad-
ditional charges provided in section twenty-five of The Forest Act,
will be issued to him. Upon presentation of a receipt of payment
to the local forest officer, the latter will issue a manifest to the
party at interest, which will serve as an order on the municipal
president for the release of the products and as an authorization
for the party at interest to dispose of them.

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(s) When a forest officer delivers an order of payment to a
holder of a license or his agent, the latter will receipt therefor
on the lower part of the original and duplicate. When imprac-
ticable to deliver an order of payment to the holder of a license
or his agent, the same will be delivered to the proper municipal
officer, taking his receipt in the manner above prescribed. The
municipal officer will deliver the original to the holder of the
license or his agent, causing him to receipt therefor with date
of delivery, and advising the local forest officer of the date of
delivery to the holder of the license or his agent, or when an
order of payment is sent to a municipal officer for delivery to
payor he will cause the order to be receipted for, by the licensee
or his agent, with date of delivery, and advise the forest station
as above.

(¢) Each manifest of timber selected for felling by = forester
will contain a certification to that effect at the foot of the
original, duplicate, and triplicate manifests. Certification will
also be made by foresters on manifests of firewood exempted
from payment of Government charges under the provisions of
paragraph eleven of section twelve of The Forest Act.

‘ ("%) Whoever, in violation of the provisions of The Forest
‘Act or of these Regulations, discharges from any ship, boat, raft,
car, cart, or any other means of transportation, forest products,
or stone, or earth, or fails to pay the amounts due the Govern-
ment on forest products, or 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, or
transports or removes forest products, or stone, or earth without
a manifest, unless he has received express authority to do so
from the Chief of the Bureau of Forestry, will, in addition to
the regular Government charges thereon, be subject to the pay-
ment of the sum of fifty per centum thereof, to be collected on
an order of payment, in accordance with section thirty of The
Forest Act.

AUCTION SALES.

XXIII. (a) When forest products, stone, or earth are sold
at public auction under the provisions of section thirty-two of
The Forest Act, within two days after such sale the local forest
officer shall forward the duplicate manifest therefor to the
Bureau of Forestry at Manila. He will file the triplicate at
the forest station and deliver the original to the purchaser.
On the original, duplicate, and triplicate manifests the proceed-
ings of the sale will be noted and signed by the local forest
officer and attested by the secretary of the municipality or
settlement. The local forest officer will make out an order of
payment equal to the amount of the bid, and upon presentation
of the receipt of payment the manifest of the products sold
will be marked paid and turned over to the purchaser, who may
then take charge of and remove the products sold. The cost
of seizure will include the cost of transporting the products to
a secure place.

. (b) If after sale there is a balance due the delinquent, the
local forest officer will forward a certified copy of the manifest
on Bureau of Forestry Form Thirteen and one-half to the collect-
ing officer. Notation of said balance will also be made on the
order of payment. If there is nothing due the delinquent, no
manifest will be furnished the collecting officer.

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(c) Before incurring any expense in transporting to a secure
place forest products, stone, or earth, to be sold at public auction,
the forest officer making the seizure will, if practicable, confer
with the provincial supervisor or other public officer charged
with similar duties and learn if he considers the products of
sufficient value to warrant incurring the cost of transportation.
When such unsold products are turned over to the supervisor
or other public officer charged with similar duties, he will sign
a receipt therefor on the bottom of the original, duplicate, and
triplicate manifests.

ABANDONED FOREST PRODUCTS.

XXIV. (a) All abandoned drift or stranded timber, firewood,
bamboo, or other forest products will be considered the property
of the Government unless the owner, if there be one, establishes
his right and title thereto. Such products will be disposed of
by the local forest officer as provided in Regulation XXIII for
the public sale of forest products on which the Government
charges have not been paid.

(6) If such products are claimed by more than one person
the local forest officer may deliver the same to the person whom
he deems entitled thereto, or may refer the claimants to the
civil courts and deposit the product for safe keeping with the
nearest president of a municipality or settlement pending the
decision of such courts as to its disposal. Copies of all notices
published and of all evidence of title to abandoned forest products
will be kept on file at the local forest station. One copy of
each such notice must be forwarded to the Chief of the Bureau
of Forestry by the local forest officer, together with a memo-
randum of the action taken in the case by him.

CAINGINS.

XXV. (a) The clearing by fire of grass and brush land and
of land in the public forest containing but little timber of
inferior species, for the purpose of making ‘“‘caifigins” will be
permitted in the following manner only:

Application will be made in writing to the.local forest officer,
or in his absence to the nearest president of a municipality or
settlement, for permission to make a “caifigin.” The local forest
officer, or if there is no local forest officer, a municipal officer
designated by the president, will inspect the site of the proposed
“caifigin,” and if satisfied that it can be cleared with fire without
injury to adjoining public forests, will give written permission
to make the clearing, stating the allowed limits thereof. He
will instruct the person desiring to make such “caifigin” relative
to the proper measures to be taken to prevent fire from damaging
adjoining property. If a “caifigin” is authorized by a muni-
cipal officer, he must file with the local forest officer a report
in duplicate of his proceedings, giving location and extent of
the “caifigin.” The local forest officer must forward a copy of
this report to the Chief of the Bureau of Forestry.

(b) In every case of violation of the provisions of section
twenty-five of The Forest Act, the local forest officer will, if
practicable, furnish the prosecuting officer with a detailed state-
ment of the facts relative to such violation.

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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 officer, 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 “caifigin”
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 “caiiigins” on private woodlands will be made and filed as
prescribed relative to reports concerning “caifigins” on public
lands in paragraph (a) of this regulation.

(d) All fires employed in making “caifigins” 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 OF FORESTRY NOT
AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT MONEY.

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.

NOTES.

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NOTES.

Section 11 of The Forest Act prescribes the division of the native trees into four
groups, the various provinces in the Philippine Islands into two classes, and the

Government charges, as follows:
Native trees.
First group. Second group. Third group. Fourth group.
Acle. Alupag. Agoho. Anahao,
Baticulin. Aranga. Amuguis. Anam,
etis. Banaba. Anubing. Apuit.
Camagon Bansalaguin. Apitong. Bacao.
Ebony. Banuyo. Batino. Balacat.
Ipil. Batitinan. Bitanhol. Balinhasay.
Lanete Bolongeta. Catmon Batete.
Mancono. Calamansanay. Calumpit Bayoc.
Molave. Calantas. Cupan Bonga.
Narra. Dungon. Dalinsi Bulao.
Tindalo. Guijo. Dita. Lauan.
Yacal. Macaasin. Dungon-late. Malaanonang.
Malacadios. Malacmalac. Malabalac.
Mangachapuy. Malapapaya. Malabonga.
Palo Maria. Malasantol. Mangasinoro.
Supa. Mayapis. Manicnic.
Teak. Nato. Pagatpat.
Tucan-calao. Palosapis. Pagsainguin.
Panao.
Sacat.
Santol.
Tamayuan.
Tanguile.
All nonenumerated timber will be subject to the charges on fourth-group trees.
Provinces.
Class A. Class B.
Abra. La Laguna. Albay. Moro.
Bataan Nueva Ecija. pei Camarines. Negros Occidental.
Batangas Pampanga. Antique Negros Oriental.
Benguet. Pangasinan. Bohol. Nueva, Vizcaya...
Bulacan Romblon. Cagayan Paragua.
Capiz. Rizal. Isabela. Samar.
Cavite. Sorsogon. Lepanto-Bontoc. Surigao.
Cebu. Tarlac. Leyte. Tayabas.
Ilocos Norte. Union. Masbate
Tlocos Sur. Zambales, Mindoro.
Nilo, Misamis
spay ere per cubic meter of timber in provinces ae pe cubic meter of timber in provinces
in Class
First- eae WeOSlao2 sno ereub ee esetce P5.00 First-group trees_____-----------------
Second-group trees __ - 8.00 Second-group trees
Third-group trees ___ 1.50 Third-group trees __
Fourth-group trees ______-__-__-----_-_- 1.00 Fourth-group trees

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Sections 3569 and 3570 of the Revised Statutes of the United States read
as follows:

“SEc. 3569. It shall be lawful throughout the United States of America to
employ the weights and measures of the metric system; and no contract, or deal-
ing, or pleading in any court, shall be deemed invalid or liable to objection
because the weights or measures expressed or referred to therein are weights or
measures of the metric system.

“Src. 3570. The tables in the schedule hereto annexed shall be recognized in
the construction of contracts, and in all legal proceedings, as establishing in
terms of the weights and measures now in use in the United States, the equiva-
lents of the weights and measures expressed therein in terms of the metric
system; and the tables may lawfully be used for computing, determining, and
expressing in customary weights and measures the weights and measures of the
metric system.”

A meter is equal to 39.37 English inches.

’ A cubic meter is equal to 1.308 cubic English yards, or 35.316 cubic English
eet.

A liter is equal to 1.0567 liquid quarts.

A kilogram is equal to 2.20462 pounds, avoirdupois.

A quintal is equal to 220.46212 pounds, avoirdupois.

* a * * * * *

The volume of all timber in accordance with the provisions of section twelve
of The Forest Act will be determined as follows:

Round timber.—Multiply the area of the smaller end by the length of the log.

KAI ;
“Dy

10 meters
Example: Length, 10 meters: circumference of smaller end, 90 centimeters or
.90 meters. .90 x .90 X .08 X 10=—.648 cubic meters.
Square timber.—Multiply the average cross section by the length, to which
twenty-five per centum shall be added for loss in squaring.

wz 06

er)

GAZ = 1
AO :
os Sp Sie le aie ce a ee

Example: Width of average cross section, 50 centimeters; thickness of
average cross section, 45 centimeters: length, 12 meters. .50 xX 45x 12=2.7
cubic meters. 25 per cent of 2.7=.675. 2.7 + .675=3.375 cubic meters.
The volume of approximately octagonal logs (four sides being hewn and the
other four unhewn) will be ascertained by multiplying eight-tenths of the square
of the average diameter connecting the two pairs of opposite unhewn sides of

the small end by the length.
¢
KP
14 meters

Example: Average diameter between opposite unhewn sides of smaller
end, 51 centimeters; length, 14 meters. .51 « .51 & .8 & 14 = 2.913 cubic
meters.

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Logs having one hewn side, multiply eight-tenths of the square of the diameter

by the length.
UM olers :

Example: Diameter, 42 centimeters; length, 11.4 meters. .42« 42% .8x1L4=
1.608 cubic meters.

The volume of all sawn timber will be determined, as provided in paragraph
eight of section twelve of The Forest Act, by multiplying the average cross
section by the length, to which fifteen per centum shall be added for loss in
sawing.

In the measurement of a log having an eyehole or a ropehole in one end, the
length shall be the distance from such hole to the more distant end of the log;
provided, that if such hole be more than thirty centimeters from the nearer
end of the log thirty centimeters only shall be deducted from the full length of
the log in estimating the length for the purpose of determining its cubic contents.

No charge will be imposed for making out applications for licenses, nor for
the certification or signature of the president of a town or settlement, or other
person who forwards applications for licenses.

Native tree species.

Scientific name. Common name. Group.

First.

Afzelia bijuga
| First.

Afzelia rhomboidea ____ ee

Alstonia macrophylla Third.
Alstonia scholaris Dita Third.
Anisoptera thurifera Lauan Fourth.
Anisopteravid@llamans si 252 <2 ace eke coed, Mayapiseu: 2 o22s-2esuscsase Third.
Artocarpus cumingiana wanes Anubing — Third.
Bauhinia sp ----| Bonga Fourth.
Buchanania Horid fy coe are ce toate ree eee oe ene Anam or Balinhasay Fourth.
Calophyllum inophyllum Palo Maria ____--_- Second.
Canarium sp = Bulaod..s2s5- Fourth.
Canarium sp Pagsainguin_ Fourth.
Casuarina equisetifolia. Third.
Cedrela toona Second.
Cynometra sp --_- Fourth.
Dillenia philippinensis Third.
Diospyros discolor. First.
Diospyros pilosanthera Second.
Dipterocarpus grandiflorus sad Third.
Dipterocarpus polyspermus Third.
Dipterocarpus vernicifluus Third.
Dipterocarpus sp Second.

Euphoria cinerea Second.

Gymnosporia ambigua ____ Tamayuan __ Third.
Heritiera littoralis ----| Dungon-late_ Third.
Homalium luzoniense. Aranga ____ Second.
Hopea plagata BOB ec ctew teiieicdenmcmormints First.
Tllipe betis Betis First.
Iteadaphne sp =e Malabong@:2..2.s52- 2s 5-050! Fourth.
Jambosa sp Macaasin __. .| Seeond.
Koordersiodendron pinnatum Amuguis Third.
Lagerstroemia batitinan Batitinan Second.
Lagerstroemia speciosa Banaba Second.
Litsea perrottetii Batioulim\accsocsesceena sel First.
Livistonia merrillii Anahao -_. Fourth.

First.

Maba buxifolia Ebony __---
Second.

Mimusops elengi Bansalaguin.

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Native tree species

Continued.

Scientific name.

Common name.

Group.

Myristica sp. ?

Palaquium tenuipetiolatum
Palaquium sp

Parkia roxburghii
Pithecolobium acle

Polyscias sp
Pterocarpus indicus

Pterospermum diversifolium

Rhizophora mucronata
Sandoricum indicum

Sandoricum vidalii

Scolopia ?

Shorea guiso__»
Shorea malaanonan

Shorea sp

Shorea sp
Sindora wallichiana

Sonneratia pagatpat
Sterculia sp

Sterculia sp

Tarrietia sylvatica

Tectona grandis

Terminalia calamansanai _______--_------------------------ Calamansanay__------------
Terminalia catappa Dalinsi
Terminalia edulia eer Calumpit
Terminalia nitens ____ Sacat
Vatica mangachapoi Mangachapuy
Vitexsli ttoraliig..nen2usfeeeee eo ose es cent ee ee eS olave
Wrightia ovata_____- Lanete __--
Xanthostemon verdugonianus -__-_. Mancono
Zizyphus zonulatus Balacat.
9 Apuit.
Malabalace—.....-.-.---....-

2

Fourth.

List of important Philippine woods arranged in. the order of quantity received in the
market for the fiscal years 1900-1901, 1901-2, 1902-8.

Relative order, fiscalyear—| Total :
No. Tree species. amoun
2 z 93. | cut, three
1900-01. | 1901-02. | 1902-03. years,
Cubic feet.
1 | Lauan bi 1 1 1, 461, 788
2 Apitong. 4 2 2 963, 469
83 | Guijo . 2 4 3 609, 715
4 | Molave 10 3 4 555, 276
5 | Yacal 15 ui 5 307, 793
6 | Narra 13 5 6 280, 773
7 | Tanguile 20 6 7 256, 156
8 | Sacat 12 11 9 177, 837
9 | Ipil 26 12 8 176, 530
10 | Dungon 5 9 11 175, 223
11 | Malasantol 3 14 12 168, 436
12 | Supa 7 8 15 167, 736
13 | Balacat 8 13 14 138, 597
14 |} Macaasin 6 25 10 183, 521
15 | Calantas 1.622.225 22.4. cccuet ese ass 11 15 16 117,721
16 | Tindalo 22 19 13 106, 763
17 | Balinhasay 21 23 21 92, 861
18 | Malaanonang 35 16 18 91, 632
19 | Amuguis een 17 32 17 88, 981

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List of important Philippine woods, ete.—Continued.

Relative order, fiscal year—| Total.
: t
Tree species. amour
cut, three
1900-01. | 1901-02. | 1902-03. years.
Cubic feet.

Malabonga 19 18 26 85, 635
Mangachapuy 24 20 24 84,929
cle 34 24 20 82, 082
Bacao 30 10 37 80, 903
Calumpit 23 34 19 78, 821
etis 33 21 22 76, 765
Palosapis 25 17 28 75,169
Bansalaguin 14 35 25 74, 342
WAT DSI ca ten oto o see Coen a ek 18 27 29 70, 478
Nato 27 22 31 67, 459
Malabulac 16 26 35 66, 307
Panao 9 36 32 64, 726
Palo Maria 36 29 23 62, 862
Cupang 28 30 30 56, 557
Banaba 37 33 27 50, 425
Batitinan 32 28 84 47, 804
Aranga 31 31 36 43,193
Banuyo 29 37 33 39, 413

INDEX.

INDEX

Acts, extracts from other Acts of the Commission. (See Extracts.)
Agricultural lands, declaration of.
(See also Regulations.)

Agriculture, Bureau of, agricultural lands, detail of official to assist in

making certification of
Appeals by Forestry Bureau, notice to Auditor.
Appeals from additional charges
Arrests without: process
Auditor, Insular, judgments of court certified to
Caingins, restrictions

(See also Regulations. )
Camagon, cutting of, charges
Charges:
Additional, imposition of, appeals to Court of First Instance
Imposition of
Paid, when
Prescribed by General Orders, No. 92, collection of.
Collection and disposition of taxes. (See Extracts.)
Collector of Internal Revenue, forest products, assessment of market value
by
Constabulary, Philippines, arrests made by
Corporations, licenses, applications
Costs paid, when
Currency, Mexican, public dues, salaries, etc., made payable in Philippine
currency. (See Extracts.)
Currency, Philippine:
Salaries, public dues, ete. (See Extracts.)
Sums mentioned in

(See also Extracts.)

Date Act takes effect

Dues, public, currency payable in. (See Extracts.)
Earth:

Removal of, license

Removal or sale of, license

(See also Forest products.)

Ebony, cutting of, charges

Examination of titles. (See Titles.)

Exports. (See Extracts.)

Extracts from other Acts:

' Collection and disposition of taxes

Dues, taxes, ete., in Philippine currency
Homesteads
Internal Revenue law
Leases of public lands:

Mexican currency changed to Philippine currency.
Military reservations

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Extracts from other Acts—Continued.
Proportionment of money collected from taxation

Public Land Act

Public Lands, Bureau of, creation

Return of collections to provinces.

Salaries, dues, etc., fixed in Philippine currency.
Shipments to foreign ports

Fires for clearing private forests, permission

(See also Regulations. )
Firewood:
Cutting of, charges

Fallen tops exempted from tax, when

Sale or disposal of...

(See also Forest products; Regulations.)
First Instance, Courts of, appeals to, from additional charges........................

Fiscals assist in examination of titles

Foreign ports, shipments to.: (See Extracts; Regulations.)

Forest officer, local, absence of, president to act

Forest products:
Assessment of market value—
How made

Publication of

Certain, for domestic purposes, licenses gratuitous

Charges—
Failure to pay, penalty.

Paid, when

Prescribed by General Orders, No. 92, collection of

Costs, ete., paid, when

Delinquent taxes, sale at public auction, procedure
Destruction of, without permit, penalty. ‘

Free use of, for public works

Gathered or removed, charges

Licenses for cutting, ete.—
Gratuitous, when

Issuing of

Specific and exclusive, exception
Sale of, for taxes—
Proceeds of sale

Public auction

Reversion to Government

(See also Regulations; Auction sales.)

Sale or disposal of
Seized for taxes—
Redemption, procedure

Sale of

Taxes, etc., paid when

Tree tops, fallen, exempt from tax, when

Trees, by groups

Unlawful transportation, discharge of cargo, etc
Forest regulations. (See Regulations.)
Forest reserves, set apart how.

(See also Forests, public, and forest reserves; Regulations.)

Forest, private:
Fires for clearing, permission

Registration of title

Forests, public, defined

12,

10,

16,

16
15

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Forests, public, and forest reserves:

Access to, for all lawful purposes...:

Arrests without process
Caingins restrictions
Destruction of, without permit, penalty
Firing of, willfully or negligently, penalty.
Licenses, exclusive, wrongful entry upon territory covered by.............-.-
Monuments, erection of
Regulations prescribed by whom

Sawmill sites, ete.—
Leases of
Rights of way, granting of
Surveys, cost borne how.
(See also Regulations. )

Forestry, Bureau of:

Appeals by, notice to Auditor
Chief of—

Agricultural lands—
Committee to assist in making certification of.......0..0.0.0002-
Declaration of, upon certification of.

(See also Regulations.)

Forest products—

Assessment of market value by

Certain, for domestic purposes, gratuitous licenses issued by..

Certain, free use of, for public works

Cutting, collection, and removal of, license issued by.

Sale or disposal of, by.
(See also Regulations.)

Forest reserves set apart upon recommendation Of.............0.2.e-+-

Forests, public, and forest reserves—

Monuments, erection of
Surveys

Licenses—
Public announcement of classes
Revocation of, by.
Suspension of, temporarily, by.
Terms of, prescribed by

Presidents, local, instructions issued to, by.

Regulations prescribed by.

(See Regulations.)

Sawmill sites, leases

Stone or earth, removal or sale of, licenses issued by......-..-..----.-------

Titles, examination of, assistance secured how.

Judgments of court certified to......
Officers and employees—
Arrests without process made by.
Pecuniary interests prohibited, exception

Government tools and other property:

Use of, fraudulently, penalty
Wrongful possession, penalty.

Governor, Civil, forest reserves, establishment by proclamation of................
Governors, provincial, arrests made by.
Gratuitous licenses. (See Licenses; Regulations.)

Gums:
Gathered or removed, charges
Sale or disposal of.
(See also Forest products; Regulations. )

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Homesteads. (See Public Land Act; Extracts.) Page.
Interior, Secretary of:
Agricultural lands declared by. . 10
Approvals by 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 17
Sawmill sites, ete., rights of way granted by. 10
(See also Regulations. )
Judgments, certified to Auditor and Bureau 18
Land Registration Court, examiner of, to assist in examination of titles... 15

Lands, Public, Bureau of. (See Public Lands; Extracts.)

Laws, extracts from. (See Extracts.)

Leases, sawmill sites, etc 10
(See also Regulations. )

Licenses:
Classes of, announcement of. : 13
Duration of 13
Earth, removal or sale of 13
Exclusive, wrongful entry upon territory covered by............-2.2----::::+-+--- 15
Forest products—
Cutting, collection, and removal of 12,13
Gratuitous, when for domestic purposes. 14
Sale or disposal of, by. 10,11
Specific and exclusive, exception 12, 13
Forfeiture 13
Gratuitous 14
Manila, applications 36
REVOCAUION © OF ac. socgs 205 oes Gosh saat cits suosceadscseucht vat coctvcseceteetcacaemvacn es) 13
Stone, earth, etc., removal Of............2-20.22----21+2-0--c2-eeceee eee 10
Stone, removal or sale Of-........22-..2:c--ceecceeecoceecccecececceeeeeseeeseecscecoeeseeeeeeesseneees 13
Suspension of, temporarily soeee 13
Terms, etc 13
Timber for mining purposes—
Charges. sesscss:sessvsentiecusiersr serene ceeneniarsienatenee, 13
Contents 13
Gratuitous, when 13

(See also Regulations.)
Local forest officer. (See Forest officer.)

Manila, licenses, applications 36
Measurements, methods used 14
(See also Regulations.)

Metric system used 11

Mexican currency. (See Currency.)

Military reservations. (See Extracts.)

Miners’ licenses. (See Regulations.)

Mining claims Re how. 9
Minor products, charges. (See Regulations. )

Monuments, erection of, along boundaries of public forests and forest re-

serves 14
Neglect, delay, etc., penalty 16
Non-Christian tribes, members of, violating provisions of Act.........0.2......... 14

Notes. (See Regulations; Notes. )

Official Gazette, forest products, assessment of market value of, published
in ‘

Penalties : 14-]

Philippine currency. (See Currency; Extracts.)

Prescription, limitation upon 10

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Presidents, municipal: Page.
Arrests made by 14
Instructions issued to 7
Neglect, refusal, or delay by, penalty. 17
Perform duties of local forest officers, when 17

Private forests. (See Forests; Woodlands.)
Proportionment of money collected from taxation. (See Extracts.)
Provinces:
Collection and disposition of taxes. (See Extracts.)
Divided into two classes 11
(See also Regulations; Notes.)
Return of collections to. (See Extracts.)
Public dues, currency payable in. (See Extracts.)
Public Land Act. (See Extracts.)
Public Lands, Bureau of, agricultural lands, detail of officials to assist in
making certification of. 10
(See also Extracts.)
Public forests. (See Forests, public, and forest reserves.)
Raja classed as firewood 12
(See also Firewood.)

Regulations, The Forest:

Abandoned forest products : 45
Agricultural lands— \

Defined a 33

Entry upon, procedure ...............0.::::ccsceseceseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 33
Auction sales—

Forest officer’s duty. 44, 45

Procedure 44, 45
Caifigins, restrictions 45
Care Required)... coccscceees cece tenuarcbacsaedtntioomuteeneeees 38
Cargo, detention Of-.......-2.2::-2:cscseceeeeeeeeeeteceseeeeeees 43
Charcoal wood 40
Charges on timber. 34, 49
Collection of money, restrictions upon 46
Cutting, unlawful 38
Cuttings or incisions for gums, resins, ete 40
Deposit of products in cases of violation, release : 43
Detention of cargo 43
Diameter of trees 39
Discharge of cargo in violation of Act 44
Export 43
Firewood 37, 40
Fires, restrictions upon 46
Flow, gums, resins, etc., obstruction of. 40
Forest officer, notice to 39,40 -
Forest products, in general 37-41
Forest reserves— ;

Distinguished from public forests 33

Licenses for cutting, collection, and removal, supervision..................-- 33
Forfeiture, ordinary timber licenses 37
Gratuitous licenses 35, 36

Limitations upon : 36

Statement by licensee. 42
Gums ! 40, 41
Identifications : 43
Land transportation 41

Leases, sawmill sites a 33

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Regulations, The Forest—Continued. Page.
Levers 39
License agreements 34, 36

Ordinary licensee’s statement 41
Miners’ statement 41
Licensees—
Responsibility 35
‘Trespass by josciesiavasans 36
Licenses— :
Application, contents 35, 36
Charcoal wood is 40
Corporations, applications.._......2..2.2.2.--seeeeeee eee 36
Cutting, collecting, and removing 34
Delivery of 35
Forest reserves, issue of, for what 33
GTA EUILOUS: schochce seca elt cect eee 35, 36
Manila, residents of. 36
Miners 34
Number limited 35
Ordinary = 35
Ordinary timber, forfeiture 37
Periods 35
Preferences 35
Public works, timber for. 36
Special 39
Transfers 37
Timber, condition, special 39
(See also Regulations. )
Loading, when permitted 41
Log marking 43
Manifests—
Failure to present 43
Rules as to. 41, 42
Selected timbers 44
Marking logs 43
Metric system 50
Miners’ licenses 34, 36, 37
Minor products, charges, Government 34
Money, collections restricted 46
Native trees 49
Species 51-52
Notes— ‘
Charges on timber 49
Metric system 50
Native trees, groups 49
Philippine woods, list of 52, 53
Provinces, classes 49
Volume of timber, how determined 50, 51
Notice to forest officer : 39, 40
Oils, wood 40, 41
Orders of payment 44
Ordinary licenses ats 35
Payments, optional, when 42
Philippine woods, list of.......... 52, 53
Plates, metal or wood, use of 41
Preferences 35

Prepayments 41

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Regulations, The Forest—Continued. Page.
Prescribed by Chief of Bureau of Forestry 10
Private woodlands, restrictions a8 t0.....0.........0::-1e0eee eens 37, 38, 42, 43, 46
Prohibited felling 39
Provinces, classes 49
Reappraisal at destination 42
Removal of timber es 38, 41
Resins 40, 41
Round timber 39
Sale permitted, when 41
Sawmill sites, lease of 3 33
Sea transportation 41, 42
Shipments in violation of Act peeeaieireasesittece 44
Skids 39
Slides for timber : 39
Special Wicensesy ssc. essteecseeacsceckececevcesdeaes cesses saiceceseseedectserusretecveven 39
Statements—

Gratuitous licensee 42
Miners and ordinary licensee 41
Undersized timber 43
Storing of gums, resins, ete 4]
Stumps, height of 39
Suspension of operation of licenses 33
Timber—
Diameter of trees 39
Failure to remove.. 40
Levers, skids, ete 39
Removal of 38
Round 39
Selected, manifests 44
Special condition 20.2... eeceeeceeeeeee tees 39
Stumps, height of 39
Undersized trees 39
Volume, how ascertained 33
Tops of trees 39
Transfers of licenses 37
Transportation, land or sea 41, 42
Trespass by licensees 36
Undersized trees 39
Unlawful cutting PE Pee RP an Cee ERE MOET TS 38
Violations of, licenses suspended or revoked..........2...2.2-.::s:ecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 13
Violations of sections 25 or 30 43, 45
Volume of timber, how ascertained — 33, 50, 51
"WOOdLAdS, “DIIV ATE access ccleccssseusaseencsscvecaeaveecaestesevshie ecovettersseeeacseseueonacde 42, 43
Restrictions sea 37, 38
Caiiigins, restrictions. 46
Wood oils 40, 41

Repeal Clause. siecsscesseessivecceerienceeneness: 18,19

Reports, falsification of, penalty............2.2-.-.ceeeeeeee: 16

Resins—

Gathered or removed, charges 12
Sale or disposal of 10, 11

(See also Forest products; Regulations.)
Reservations, military. (See Extracts.)
Return of collections to provinces. (See Extracts.)
Salaries and public dues, currency payable in. (See Extracts.)

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Sawmill sites, ete.: Page,
Leases of 10
Rights of way, granting of 10

: (See also Regulations. )
Shipments to foreign ports. (See Extracts.)

Stone:
Removal of, license 10
Removal or sale of, license 13
(See also Forest products.)
Survey of public forests and forest reserves 14
Cost borne, how. 14

eta proportionment of money collected from. (See Extracts.)
‘AXES :
Currency payable in. (See Extracts.)

Imposition of ; 11, 12
Paid when 18
Proportionment of collections. (See Extracts.)
Timber:
Cutting of, charges eee 11, 12
Fallen tops, exempted from tax, when 12
Licenses to cut for mining purposes—
Charges : 13
Contents 13
Gratuitous, when 13
Issuing of 13
Sale or disposal of. 10
Trees, by groups ll
Volume ascertained how 12
(See also Forest products; Regulations. )
Timber tests, methods used 14
Title of Act, short. 9
Titles:
Examination of—
Assistance secured how. 15
Fiscals to assist 15
Land Registration Court, examiner to assist 15
Registration of, private forests 15
Tools and other property of Government:
Use of, fraudulently, penalty. 16
Wrongful possession, penalty..... 16
Tree tops, fallen, exempt from tax, when 12
Trees divided into four groups Il
Uniformity and codperation 14
Unlawful transportation, discharge of cargo, etc 16
Violations of Act:
Arrests 14
Licenses suspended or revoked 13
Penalties 14-17
Warrants obtained, when 14
Weights and measures, metric system used..............------------/---ee eee ll

Woodlands, private. (See Regulations.)

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