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they are registered. These duplicate declarations are revised by the sub- 

 prefect, who is to return one to the party by ■whom the declaration is made, 

 and to transmit the other immediately to the prefect. 



" If the private proprietor wishes to execute the works himself, his 

 declaration is to contain, in addition, proof of his possessing means of doing so. 



"Art. 14. Failing the deliverance of this declaration, the private proprietor 

 is to be held to have refused to undertake the works at his own expense. 



"Art. 15. The works executed by the private proprietor, with or without 

 subvention, are to be subject to the surveillance of the Forest Adminis- 

 tration. 



" Art. 1 6. The Forest Administration is to proceed to the execution of the 

 works to be carried on on the lands of the expropriated proprietors. 



" The completion of the works is to be notiiied by the Forest Adminis- 

 tration to the expropriated proprietor. The notification is to contain, 

 moreover, — (1) a detailed account of the amount, principal and interest, 

 of the cost of the works executed from the period of expropriation; 

 (2) an estimate of the annual expenditure deemed necessary for the con- 

 servation and maintenance of them. 



" Art. 17. When, in accordance with Act. 7 of the law of 28th July 1860 

 the expropriated proprietor wishes to avail himself of the right to obtain 

 reintegration, he is to make the declaration to the sub-prefecture within the 

 five years following the notification made to him, in terms of the preceding 

 article, and to notify in this deed whether he intends to obtain his reintegra- 

 tion by reimbursing to the State the advances made, or by giving up to the 

 State a half of the property. 



" These declarations are to be registered,andof this a certificate is to begiven. 



"Art. 18. If the proprietor makes choice of reimbursing the advances 

 made by the State, he is to produce, in support of his declarations, the 

 necessary proof that he is in circumstances to reimburse the indemnity of 

 expropriation, and the expense of the works, both in their first establishment 

 and their maintenance — principal and interest. 



" This declaration and documents in support of it are to be addressed 

 within a month to the Minister of Finance, who is to decree and determine 

 the forms, and the time within which the proprietor shall be reintegrated. 



"Art. 19. If the proprietor oilers to give up to the State one-half of the 

 property, proceedings are to be taken by a forest agent, and by the pro- 

 prietor, or his delegate, to divide the land into two lots of equal value. 



" In case of dispute in regard to the formation of these lots, it is to be 

 determined by a third party, a skilled umpire, named by the president 

 of the tribunal. 



" The appropriation of the lots is to be determined by drawing of lots, 

 if the parties cannot come to an amicable arrangement. 



" If a part of the works has been executed by the proprietoi-, this is to be 

 taken into account in making the division, by a proportional deduction being 

 made from the lot which falls to thp possession of the State. 



"Chap. 2. — Lands belonging to communes or to public bodies comprised 

 within the boundary specified by the decretals declarative of public utility. 



" Sect. 1st. — The execution of works to be carried on on the lands belonging 

 to communes or public bodies. 



" Art. 20. Within a month from the date of the decreet declarative of 



