86 FRENCH LAND DECREE IN CAMBODIA. 
intrinsic value of the soil independent of any added value 
resulting from improvements made by such occupiers. 
12. Those who have established themselves on lands ap- 
propriated to the public domain or the reserved tracts will have 
to quit them within a period to be fixed by the Resident of 
the province; but they will receive, free of cost, if they desire 
it, a concession of land sufficient to indemnify them for any 
losses resulting from compulsory removal. 
hen the lands in respect of which such evacuation is to 
be effected are occupied by standing crops, the period afore- 
said can only commence from the day of their removal. 
13. Every person who shall occupy in the future, with- 
out the license of a competent authority, a piece of land be- 
longing to the State, shall be hable to a fine of four times the 
fo} 
letable value of the land occupied. 
Parr V. 
Of Alienation. 
14. The land of the State may be alienated by means of 
free gift (concession gratuite), of sale by private contract, and 
of sale by public auction. 
15. Free concession of fifty heetares* and under, in the 
country, or of one thousand square métres and under in centres 
of population, may be granted by the provincial Residents, 
aiter Aeasulbaeein: with the native authorities ; ; but they will 
not take effect until after approval by the Resident-General. 
16. Concessions of greater extent may be made by the 
Resident-General. When they exceed three hundred hectares, 
in the case of country lands, or three thousand square 
metres in the case of populous centres, they must, in addition, 
be ratified by the Governor of Cochin-China, after consultation 
with the Council of the Government of Cambodia.. 
17. Sales by private contract of land of a value of two 
hundred dollars and under may be concluded by the provin- 
cial Residents and confirmed by the Resident-General ; above 
two hundred dollars, they may be concluded by the Resident- 
* One hectare=two acres one rood thirty-five perches. 
