State Act

Code of Comunidades of 1961

Art. 211 – The personnel indicated in the preceding article shall be assisted in the work of preparation of Register –Tombo’ by the attorney and by the clerk of the respective comunidade, who shall be required to be present on the site each day whenever his presence is necessary. As and when convenient, the managing committee may appoint, in substitution of the attorney, a special commissioner to monitor and supervise the work of preparation of the said inventory. This appointment shall be approved by the administrator. § 1. It is the duty of the attorney or of the specially appointed commissioner to: Represent the comunidade during the preparation of the inventory of the properties, safeguarding the interests of the comunidade, avoiding by means at his disposal that such interests are harmed, supervising on behalf of the comunidade, the same work; Be present during the placing of boundary stones in the places fixed by the surveyor and to do in such a way that this inventory may be prepared in shortest possible time. § 2. It is of the duty of the clerk (escrivão) to:– Take notes of the complaints, agreements, encroachments, as and when necessary, as per provisions of this Code; Notify or ask for notification, of the owners of the adjoining properties of the comunidade, to be present at the time of placing the boundary stones of delimitation and to the measurement of the encroachment, if any, and to sign the respective records, failing which it will done in their absence; Have ready, sufficiently in advance, in order to give to the surveyor at the time of starting the inventory work, or as and when requested, the following information: A nominal list of all the properties belonging to the comunidades, showing its divisions and sub-divisions; A list of the auctions notes, with the respective calculations and rent collected during the last three trienniums; Copy of the mutual rights of the cultivators in relation to irrigation; Certificate of various charges or encumbrances. To make, under the direction of the surveyor, all the entries in the inventory register of the properties –Tombo and extract copy of the surveyor’s record.