3G8 RECENT LEGISLATION IN PRUSSIA. 



cases they will be required to render an account to their associates in 

 the establishment of their quota of the first expenses of cultivation. 



Sec. 28. Unless agreed upon to the contrary, the proportion of votes 

 allowed to each associate shall be regulated according to their partici- 

 pation in the charges and benefits. Tlie share of the smallest interest 

 shall be taken for unity, and there shall be no account made of the frac- 

 tions of unity. Every associate shall have the right to give at least 

 one vote, and no one shall be allowed to represent more than two-fifths 

 of all the votes. 



Sec. 29. The obligation to contribute to the company's charges rests 

 upon the laud put in common, and shall assimilate to the common pub- 

 lic charges. 



Tbe charges shall be divided proportionally upon each parcel of la.nd, 

 according to a schedule of parcels. 



The arrears duo by the farmers or tenants of the lands in question 

 may be recovered in the manner of legal collection, saving recourse of 

 the latter against proprietors. 



Sec. 30. If the lands of the society are burdened with servitudes, 

 their proprietors should bring all the restrictions that may appeal to the 

 interests of the company in allowing indemnities to those interested. 



Sec. 31. The creation of a forest company will be authorized by the 

 committee of the circle, and in the principality of Hohenzollern by the 

 committee of bailage. 



These two committees, therefore, take the designation of " the Tribunal 

 of Forest Protection." 



The application should be made in writing to the tribunal of the dis- 

 trict within the territory of which the lands to be put into common in- 

 terest are located, either wholly or the greater part. When it emanates 

 from the circle itself (or bailage in the principality of Hohenzollern), 

 the judicial administration will designate the tribunal competent to give 

 authority. The proposition should, for each piece of land, indicate the 

 location, state the speciOcations of the cadaster, and give a complete 

 report of each. 



Sec. 32. The tribunal shall, in conformity with paragraph 9 of the 

 present law, examine the application upon the spot, through a commis- 

 sioner, who shall be instructed to convene all those who are interested 

 for a discussion of the proposition. This meeting shall be called by 

 writing, with the advertisement that the absentees will be considered 

 as accepting the decisions of the members present. 



Sec. 33. If the formation of the company is not concluded (sections 

 li3, 24, 32), the commissioner stops further discussion, and the tribunal 

 iu this case rejects the application by a recorded vote. 



Sec. 34. In the opposite case, the commissioner should conform to 

 the prescriptions of the present law, and, after particular consideration, 

 he should, with the concurrence of those interested, or with a committee 

 appointed by them for this purpose, elaborate a plan of statutes, and 

 regulate the restrictions relating to servitudes, unless the laws iu force 

 may enable to secure their extinction, and to secure the indemnities that 

 should be allowed to those having an interest. 



This plan, and these regulations, shall be according to the formalities 

 indicated iu paragraph 13, and it shall be made known and submitted 

 for the approbation of those having an interest. 



Sec. 35. In the mean time the commissioner shall convene for oral 

 discussion, those having an interest and those having rights of use, noti- 

 fying them that absence on their part will be considered as a token of 

 consent to the project. 



