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has to pay the coheirs, these may obtain security on the 

 property as a second charge after that due to the Treasury, 

 on the condition of their submitting to reasonable terms, 

 sanctioned by the County Committee, as to the payment 

 of interest and instalments. 



If the deceased has children who fulfil the appointed 

 conditions, the above-mentioned right of disposition can 

 only be exercised in favour of one of these heirs. 



2 4 



If the person to whom the property has been bequeathed 

 in accordance with 23 does not desire to take it over, 

 or if no appointment has been made in a will to that end, 

 one of the heirs who fulfils the conditions stated in 23, 

 and who comes to an agreement with the coheirs as to 

 the taking over of the property, may take the place of the 

 deceased in his obligations to the Treasury. 



If the property is sold, the Agricultural Secretary may 

 allow the buyer, if he fulfils the conditions stipulated in 

 2 and 3, to take the place of the deceased in his obliga- 

 tions to the Treasury. 



2 5 



Should the Treasury, after having distrained, put up 

 the property for sale, the same may be sold free from the 

 restrictions stated in this Act as to its disposal, in which 

 case the Finance Minister will decide whether, and on 

 which conditions, any part of the securities of the Treasury 

 and the State Loan Fund may remain as an obligation on 

 the property. 



26 



This Act, which does not apply to the Faroe Islands, 

 is in substitution of the Act for the creation of holdings 

 for agricultural labourers of April 22, 1904, and there- 

 fore the period of five years mentioned in 27 is to be 

 reckoned from April 1, 1910. 



