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for it may be considered reasonable. If the petitioner is 

 the possessor of buildings to which he intends to add the 

 allotment, the Committee further must inspect such build- 

 ings to ascertain whether they are in proper order, and 

 the Committee will also fix the value at which they may 

 be estimated. 



If the Committee then finds that the petition for a 

 loan from the State is one that cannot be granted, the 

 petitioner is informed thereof, as well as of the reasons of 

 the refusal. If the Committee refuses the application 

 because it thinks that the loan-value of the property will 

 be too high, or that the petitioner does not fulfil the con- 

 ditions mentioned in 3, the petitioner may bring his case 

 before the Agricultural Secretary, who will then decide 

 thereon. A petitioner whose application has been refused 

 cannot bring his case before the law-courts. 



If the amount available in the financial year for the 

 said purpose should not be sufficient in any given County 

 to enable all the qualified petitioners to be taken into 

 consideration, the Committee will make its choice between 

 them. Petitioners who are refused on that account are 

 to be taken into especial consideration during the follow- 

 ing year should they again send in their petition. As 

 soon as a decision has been come to, each petitioner is to 

 be informed of the result. 



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When the petitioner has received information from the 

 County Committee that he is qualified to obtain a loan 

 from the State for the purpose of acquiring land in 

 accordance with the regulations of this law, and the Com- 

 mittee has no objection to the building-plans and the 

 estimate produced, and when it has further been proved 

 before the Agricultural Secretary by means of a declara- 

 tion from the County Committee that the buildings on the 

 lot have been properly built, and that the property has 

 been furnished with the necessary live and dead stock, the 

 petitioner may, through the County Committee, demand 



