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Sec. 13. It shall be the duty of the Chief of the Bureau of 

 Public Lands to examine all applications to purchase under this 

 chapter, and to determine whether the applicant has the qualifica- 

 tions required in section ten hereof, and from the certificate of 

 the Chief of the Bureau of Forestry to determine whether the 

 land applied for is more valuable for agricultural than forestry 

 purposes. He shall report his findings to the Secretary of the 

 Interior, who, after proper consideration and approval of same, 

 shall order the sale to be made. 



It shall also be the duty of the Chief of the Bureau of Public 

 Lands to appraise the land applied for under this chapter, which 

 appraisement shall not be less than ten pesos, Philippine cur- 

 rency, per hectare, and in making this appraisal he may call to 

 his assistance any provincial or municipal official of the province 

 in which the land lies. When the land shall have been appraised, 

 as hereinabove provided, the Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands 

 shall advertise the same for sale by publishing a notice' thereof 

 once a week for six consecutive weeks, in two newspapers, one 

 published at Manila and the other (if any such there be) 

 published near the land applied for, such notices to be published 

 in both the English and Spanish languages. The Chief of the 

 Bureau of Public Lands shall, with the approval of the Secretary 

 of the Interior, prescribe, in addition to the publication in news- 

 papers, a, suitable method of posting notice upon the land sought 

 to be purchased or in the pueblo where the land is situated. 

 The notices shall state a date not earlier than ten days after the 

 date of the last publication of the notice in the newspaper 

 published at Manila, upon which date the Chief of the Bureau 

 of Public Lands will award the land to the highest bidder, or 

 will call for new bids, or otherwise proceed as provided by law. 

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Sec. 26. It shall be the duty of the Chief of the Bureau of 

 Public Lands to examine all applications for leases under this 

 chapter, and to determine whether the applicant has the qualifica- 

 tions required in section tAventy-two hereof, and, from the certifi- 

 cate of the Chief of the Bureau of Forestry, to determine whether 

 the land applied for is more valuable for agricultural than 

 forestry purposes, and further summarily to determine from 

 available records whether the land is nonmineral and does not 

 contain deposits of coal or salts. He shall report his findings 

 to the Secretary of the Interior, who, after proper consideration 

 and approval of same, shall cause the lease to be executed. 



Sec. 27. The rate per hectare per annum for lands leased under 

 this chapter shall be fixed by the Chief of the Bureau of Public 

 Lands, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, and 

 shall in no case be less than fifty centavos, Philippine currency, 

 per hectare per annum; said rent shall be paid yearly in advance, 

 the first payment being deposited with the Chief of the Bureau of 

 Public Lands before the delivery of the lease. 



Sec. 28. Leases hereunder shall run for a period of not more 

 than twenty-five years, but may be renewed for a second period 

 of twenty-five years, at a rate to be fixed as above indicated, 

 which rate shall not be less than fifty centavos per hectare and 

 shall not exceed one peso and fifty centavos, Philippine currency, 

 per hectare. Land leased hereunder shall not be assigned or 

 sublet without the consent of the Chief of the Bureau of Public 

 Lands and the Secretary of the Interior. 



