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cial tribunal) consisting of a professionally qualified chairman and 2 

 nominated members (men with practical experience). This court de- 

 cides legal disputes, carries out valutions of the land and decides upon 

 the scheme of re-distribution, the arrangement of roads etc. As basis for 

 the valuation and for the drawing up of the re-distribution scheme there 

 is generally prepared a map of the ground. The (technical work is per- 

 formed by officials appointed to assist the chairman, which assistants, like 

 the chairman of the courts, are trained in a special section of the High 

 School of Agriculture. 



In connection with the re-distribution of rundale holdings a remo- 

 val of the houses must frequently be carried out in order that the buil- 



Neighbourhood after re-distribution. 



dings may be conveniently situated for the working of the property. 

 The Re-distribution Court can enjoin upon the owners the carrying 

 out of such removals, and it has likewise to estimate the expenses con- 

 nected therewith and to apportion same between the interested parties. 

 The law contains provisions as to the amount of the expenses that can be 

 charged upon each separate holding in proportion to its registered taxa- 

 tion value. If the expenses exceed the amount that can according to the 

 law be imposed upon the parties, they can seek to have the whole or part 

 of the excess-amount covered by the state. During the past few years 

 the state treasury has granted about kr. 300,000 annually as a contri- 

 bution towards the cost of removing buildings. 



The maps are, generally speaking, drawn up tachymetrically and they 

 are to be incorporated in the trigonometrical net-work of maps of the 

 whole country. The intention is that they shall form part of an econo- 

 mic map-system for the whole land. 



The chairmen of the courts and their assistants are appointed and 

 paid by the state. Their number is at present 51 and 78 respectively, 



