The joint owners of the Coevorder Forest have noticed that careless and bad maintenance on the fences, ditches, etc. causes much damage, destroys the crops, and threatens to bring more and more substantial damage. After a meeting on 2-9-1774 they have decided to choose four commissioned members from the joint owners every two years, who will keep a close watch on the enforcement of all regulations. Today H. van Eerde, H. Wispelweg, H. Slingenberg en Hendrik Scheerman have been appointed as commissioned members. The commissioned members will inspect the fences, ditches, etc. at the front and the back of the forest, every year in the beginning of May, and at any other time they consider it to be necessary. They will inform any person who has not satisfactorily maintained his fences or ditches, etc. and he will have to do so within the time specified by the commissioned members, or the commissioned members will have the work done at his expense, and directly collect the money. If necessary the commissioned members are allowed to use judicial means in order to force payment from unwilling rule breakers, in order to compensate any costs from the joint owners. However, they will not make new regulations, or allow any new regulations to be made without permission, maintaining the previous rules and regulations from 1695 on the grazing of sheep, pigs etc.. Also they will ensure the construction of the bridge over the Loodiep by the persons who have been appointed to do so. In the case of any opposition of any of the above written decisions, the commissioned members and their successors are explicitly ordered to execute and maintain everything in which they will be guaranteed by the joint owners and reimbursed for any expenses.