[following Article VI).
Land for Public Roads.—It being pedient, that the Ratepayers, should aller power than they at present possess for quiring Icnd for Public Roads, it is here; agreed that they shall have the following owers in addition to, and not in substitutic them under rey 'VI, and the power shall be exercise: in the mauner following.
In case the land required for public poses shall have been acquired by foreign renters before publication of the plan referred to in that Regalation or shall remain in the hands of the native. owner the proprietor shall for three months after the publicati¢ of auch plan have the right to, protsit in writing and, in person or by proxy, to appear before the Municipal Council tv show cause roads should not be made.
After the said period of three months from such publication and in case such protest be led and in case such foreiga reuter or native owners case may be are unwilling to surrender to public uses the lund so required than the Municipal Council mayafterthe expiry of four mouths and tone year from the publication of such apply to the Court of Consuls and the sx Court shall in concert with the Consal of the foreign renter concerned in case such Consul be not a member of the said Court and with the Intendant of Circuit in every case in which a Chinese subject is concerned after hearing the parties, determine the compels sion (if any) to be paid or given for the laud 60 requited and for the buildings (if any) thereon and in respect of any tenancy of the tald land and buildings respectively, taking into account the increase or decrease in value of the remainder of the property and the award and finding of the Court of Consuls shall in case of need be enforced by the Court or Courts having jurisdiction over the owners and occupiers of the land.
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