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Section 44: Forest cutting practices; exempted cuttings

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Section 44. The provisions of sections forty-two and forty-three shall not apply to

(1)cutting by an owner or tenant of any forest product for his own noncommercial use;

(2)cutting or sale of such products by any owner to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand board feet or fifty cords on any parcel of land at any one time;

(3)cutting for clearance or maintenance on rights of way pertaining to public utilities and public highways;

(4)clearing land for building or for purposes of cultivation or

(5)maintenance cutting in pastures.