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the norrland laws.
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places, or the like, or which consists of quarries, gravel- or clay pits,
peat-bogs, waterfalls, fishery- or other similar site, or outfield land or
forest, which cannot be considered necessary to insure the economic
independence of a farm (Sw. stödskog). It is, however, the duty of the
Governor of the län where the estate or estates in question are situated,
to decide in every special case, after application has been made in the
matter, whether such company or association may be permitted to acquire
the estate in question.
The laws of 1909 and 1912, on the other hand, contain regulations
concerning the supervision of certain farm-lands, (vanhävdslag;
uppsiktslag) and regulations respecting the leasing of certain land (see below).
These laws affect the läns of Gävleborg, Västernorrland, Jämtland,
Västerbotten and Norrbotten, and certain parts of Dalarne, and refer only to
such landed estates as belong to companies or to economic associations,
or private persons who are clearly in the possession of such estates
principally for the purpose of utilizing the timber thereon, and who are
not entered in the schedules of population as dwelling on the estate, or on
an estate which is farmed or managed together with the one first mentioned.
A. The Inspection of Lumber Farms Law formerly termed The Neglected
Farms Law. The proper authorities shall see that the farming of the estate
is not abandoned, or the land and buildings otherwise so neglected that
there is a danger of the laying down of the farming. This control is
exercised by a Commission appointed by the Government for a period of three
years, and consisting of a president and two members. Whenever there is reason
to suppose that the land is being neglected, the Commission appoints an
inspection-committee of three persons to investigate the state of things at the place,
and to report thereon to the Commission and, at the same time, to propose
the measures the committee may consider necessary for remedying the neglect.
Should the Commission consider that the land has been neglected, it must
endeavour to make a written agreement with the owner concerning the measures
to be taken to bring about an improvement. Not more than four years may be
allowed for the carrying out of these measures. If an agreement cannot be
made with the good-will of the owner, an action must be brought against him,
and the court shall decide what steps the owner must take within a period not
exceeding four years.
Should the owner of the land delay the measures that he has either
voluntarily undertaken to carry out, or which have been enjoined him by the court,
he shall be mulcted in accordance with a scale far in excess of the usual rates
of fines, but the fines in question shall not have the alternative of imprisonment
attached to them. Finally, it is to be observed that it is the landowner who is
responsible for remedying any existing neglect of the land, even if the land is
leased to a tenant, and also that a landowner who, voluntarily or by the
judgment of the court has had the task enjoined him of remedying the neglect,
cannot escape this obligation by selling the land, unless — with the consent of the
Commission — the new landowner has undertaken the responsibility in question.
B. The Farm-lease Law. The following special regulations are in force,
as distinct from these of the general law on tenants’ rights. The agreement
or lease shall be a written one, and all additions or alterations in the
lease shall also be executed in writing, otherwise they lose their validity. If,
however, the tenant is found to be farming land and is in possession of no
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