Property of the Republic: Other Titles Cancelled: Conditions for Private Working Peking, July 29.
Dalta News Agency.—We have received for publication the following fundamental laws of the Far Eastern Republic, governing the gold-bearing areas of the Repub-Tio:
Tu accordance with Art. 43 of the Constitution of the Republic, the Government of the F.E.R., annulling the old laws, has declared 1 gold-bearing areas in the tery of the F.E.R. under exploitation otherwise, as well as the former imperial gold-bearing areas in Nerchinsk district, are hereby declared the—proof the Republic.
2—All rights to the ownership and ation of areas mentioned in Art.
under agreements and titles granted previous to promulgation of this law, shall be null and void within three months from June 15, 1921, the date of promulgation of this law.
3.—The right of exploitation of gold-bearing areas granted under the "Rules for Private Exploration of Gold Mines," to be promulgated, reserves the title to former owner of the areas.
Former owners and concessionnaires of gold mines and areas not yet under exploitation are obliged to make a written declaration to the local mining departments of their desire to continue operations in mines or to start such operations where the work has not yet been commenced within three months from the date of promulgation of this law.
The absence of such declaration within the specified time will be con sidered as renunciation of the rights of the former owner or concessionaire of mines or gold hearing areas.
"For persons residing outside the boundaries of the F.E.R. the time for making the above-mentioned declaration is extended to six months from the date of promulgation of the present law.
4.—The owner of a gold mine, which was exploited by a lessee, if the former party desires to exploit the mine, has a priority under the present law, but he must compensate the lessee for all improvements made and installed by the latter in the mine.
In case both the lessor and lessee of the mine are unable to agree as to the price to be paid for the improvements, such price will be set according ta paragraph 5 of the present law.
Tu case the owner should refuse to operate his mine according to "Rules for Private Exploitation of Gold Mines" this right is automatically transferred to the lessee of the mine,
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