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jurisdiction of the village, county, provincial, re- 

 gional, and federal land departments. The order 

 of assignment as decreed under Division 1, Article 

 10, of the Land Law is as follows: 



"The land departments of the local and central 

 Soviets are thus entrusted with the equitable appor- 

 tionment of the land among the working agricultural 

 population, and with the productive utilization of 

 the natural resources. They also have the following 

 duties: 



"(1) Creating favorable conditions for the de- 

 velopment of the productive forces of the country 

 by increasing the fertility of the land, improving 

 agricultural technique, and, finally, raising the 

 standard of agricultural knowledge among the labor- 

 ing population. 



"(2) Creating a surplus of lands of agricultural 

 value. 



"(3) Developing various branches of agricultural 

 industry, such as gardening, cattle-breeding, dairy- 

 ing, etc. 



"(4) Accelerating the transition from the old un- 

 productive system of field cultivation to the new 

 productive one (under various climates), by a 

 proper distribution of the laboring population in 

 various parts of the country. 



"(5) Developing collective homesteads in agri- 

 culture (in preference to individual homesteads) as 

 the most profitable system of saving labor and ma- 

 terial, with a view to passing on to socialism." 



