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2. Of administeriug in common, and according to a uniform plan of 

 working, under tlie rules of forcstal economy, the forests of the com- 

 pany. 



Sec. 24. A company is only permitted — 



(a) In the case mentioned in paragraph 23, No. 1, whenever the ma- 

 jority of the interests, ascertained by the revenues of the land, as indi- 

 cated by the cadaster, shall have subscribed to the proposition. 



(b) In the case mentioned in paragraph 23, No. 2, whenever at least 

 a third of those interested shall have adopted the proposition, the reve- 

 nue of their lands exceeding at least one-half of the cadastral revenue of 

 all the lands to be put in common. 



Sec. 25. The legal relations of the company and of its members shall 

 be regulated by statutes. The principle of this regulation is as follows: 

 No change shall be brought to bear iu the manner of enjoyment or of 

 particular property of those interested. 



The statutes shall be adopted by the majority, as ascertained by para- 

 graph 24. 



Sec. 26. The statutes should contain — 



1. The name, locality, and object of the company. 



2. An exact description of each particular piece of land, and of the 

 extent of the company's property. 



3. For companies formed for the object defined in paragraph 23, No. 

 2, the mode of administration, the plan of working, and the proceedings 

 to be had in introducing modifications, as well as the administrative 

 rules to be observed till the establishment of a plan of working. 



4. The restrictions and obligations imposed upon the associates. 



5. The relations between the associates and those entitled to servi- 

 tudes. 



6. The participation of each one in the benefits and burdens (section 

 27) and in voting. 



7. The formalities by which the partition lists should be published, 

 and the time within which reclamations should be examined. 



8. The internal organization of the company and their duties. 

 Every company shall have a president, who in all cases, and in the 



acts and processes in which the law requires some one to answer, shall 

 be charged with representing it, according to formalities regulated by 

 statute. 



Sec. 27. The participation of each associate in the common organiza- 

 tion shall be fixed in the statutes for the whole period of duration of 

 the company, according to the following principles, in the absence of 

 other verbal conventions agreed upon by those interested : 



(a) In the case stated in paragraph 23, No. 1, each associate shall 

 himself administer his land and support its expenses ; but the cost of 

 the common organization shall be divided among all the associates in 

 proportion to the net revenue of each from his land, as shown by the 

 cadaster. 



(b) In the case stated in paragraph 23, No. 2, the benefits, charges, 

 and expenses of the common working of the forests of the company 

 shall be divided among all the associates in proportion to the capital 

 value of the funds and the area of his domain. 



In the latter case it is always permitted to a proprietor to clear and 

 sell to his own profit, before entering the company, the area ready for 

 working; but in this case he must defray alone the first expense of re- 

 boisement. In like manner, each associate proprietor of a piece of land 

 not wooded shall be held to sow or plant at his own expense. In both 



