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conditlcms. The first is that the reserved portion shall not be con- 

 sidered as utilisable at the very oatset of the organisation, while 

 it exists only en paper and has not yet been constituted on 

 the ground; for to act otherwise would mean that there would 

 be nothing fit to cut when the day of necessity arrived. The other 

 condition is that the quantity reserved shall really represent the 

 fourth part of all the produce, principal, accessory, and accidental, 

 for it ought to be safficient to meet all the extraordinary wants of 

 the Commune, as w-ell as all emergencies arising. out of the organisa- 

 tioa iiaelt It must therefore be considerable. 



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