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In the event of the death of the owner, his widow may 

 take his place in relation to the Treasury should she re- 

 main the possessor of the property. 



If the widow marries again, the relation to the Trea- 

 sury can only be continued if the husband fulfils the 

 conditions stated before in 3, literae c, d } and/. 



The same rule will obtain if some other woman who 

 is the owner of a u Statshus " (State-house) marries. In 

 case of a marriage taking place between two possessors of 

 housemen's holdings subject to State loans, the loan ad- 

 vanced on one of the holdings must, as the Agricultural 

 Secretary may decide, be wound up within one year of 

 the date of the marriage. 



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The rules in force under the Royal Ordinance of 

 May 13, 1769, 5, and later regulations as to the rights 

 of freeholders in the matter of the making of wills, are 

 also to apply to testamentary dispositions concerning the 

 houses and their belongings described in this Act. If the 

 right of appointment is used for the benefit of one of the 

 children, the person who, according to the testamentary 

 dispositions of the houseman and his wife, is to inherit the 

 house and land, may take the testator's place in relation 

 to the Treasury, if he, to whose benefit the right of ap- 

 pointment is exercised, or, if she be a married daughter, 

 her husband fulfils the conditions set out above in 3, 

 literae c, d } and/, but only if the sum which the heir has to 

 pay to the estate of the deceased and to the coheirs in 

 consideration of his taking over the property with its 

 belongings, has not been designated at a higher total in 

 the will than the sum which has been refunded by the 

 testator as part payment of his debt up to that day when 

 the succession took place. 



If the person who is to take over the property does not 

 possess sufficient money to cover the amount which he 



