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and there are specified what constitute prescriptive rights 

 of private property, which are confined to what can be 

 supported by legal evidence of just title, and continuous 

 possession for not less than 10, 20, or 30 years, according 

 to circumstances. Importance is attached to proper 

 provision being made for the prosecution of forest mis- 

 demeanours and offences, and to safeguards against the 

 miscarriage of justice the governing Administration 

 having a right to prosecute in the interests of the nation, 

 and the forest officials in cases of wrongs committed in 

 forests belonging to communities and corporations, and 

 even in the case of the forests belonging to private 

 individuals, prosecuting conformably to the laws and 

 local regulations. 



The following is a translation of what is stated under 

 the head of Lecture VIII. General Idea of the organisation 

 of the Government of Spain : 



'To the formation of a just idea of the Administration 

 of the State, it is necessary to have some knowledge of the 

 nature of government in general, and of the particular 

 distribution of its functions. To communicate this is the 

 object of this lecture. 



' The present Government of Spain is a Constitutional 

 Monarchy, or, what is the same thing, the King rules in 

 accordance with the Constitution of the State. 



' The Constitution establishes three powers ; namely, 

 the Legislative, the Executive, and the Judicial. 



' The Legislative power is exercised by the King, with 

 the Cortes. The Cortes is composed of two co-legislative 

 bodies, which are the Senate, the members of which hold 

 office during life, and the Congress of Deputies, who are 

 elected temporarily in the provinces, in accordance with a 

 special law. 



' The King convokes, suspends, and dissolves the Cortes 

 in a form prescribed by the Constitution. With him lies 

 trie initiative and the sanctioning of laws ; and he may 



