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tion, are to be forfeited in favour of the 

 Public Treasury. 



Documents to be submitted to the Governor- 



Gener.\l. 

 Art. 79. — The acknowledgment of deposit re- 

 ferred to in the last preceding Article having been 

 attached to the documents relating to the proposed 

 concession, the whole of such documents shall be 

 immediately submitted to the Governor-General, 

 who shall, within three days, in case he assents to 

 the price offered at the Auction and does not, in 

 regard to the highest bidder, make use of the 

 power conferred on him by Sub-section 1 of Article 

 45, award the concession to such bidder. 



Governor-General may declare an Auction Null 

 AND Void. 



Sub-section 1. — In the case of the Governor- 

 General not agreeing to the price bid for 

 at the Auction or should he exclude the 

 highest bidder, he shall declare such 

 Auction null and void, the amounts de- 

 posited being returned to the respective 

 competitors. In such a case he shall 

 order that a new Auction take place. 



Sub-section "2. — If the reason for declaring the 

 Auction null and void be on account of 



