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(3) To cause to be put up to public auction and 



to award tbe lots of land referred to in No. 

 (3) of the said article ; 



(4) To authorize the conversion into contracts 



of sale of leasehold contracts with which 

 he is competent to deal, as well as those 

 coming under the jurisdiction of the District 

 Governors. 



(5) Besides other powers conferred by the 



present law the Governors of Districts 

 shall have authority to grant on quitrent 

 up to one-tenth of the areas prescribed in 

 Article 53 (1), and on leasehold, for a period 

 not exceeding five years, lands scheduled 

 under the second class and lands in the 

 suburbs of classified townships up to the 

 areas for which the Governor- General is com- 

 petent to make grants without the vote of the 

 Government Council ; further to authorize 

 the sub-leasing of such concessions. 

 Sub-section. — Contracts of concessions on quit- 

 rent as well as those of leasehold and sub- 

 leasing, referred to in this article, shall 

 require to be confirmed by the Governor- 

 General. 

 Art. 56. — Besides other powers mentioned in 

 the present law, the Administradores de Coucelho, 

 Administradores de Circumscripcoes Civis, and 



