State Act

Code of Comunidades of 1961

Art. 218 –The work of organizing the Register I - (Tombo 1) referred to in the articles 216 and 217, shall be done during the period of office work by the surveyor who had carried out the corresponding field work. § 1. This work shall be executed under the supervision of the administrator of the comunidades, in the respective administration office, with the assistance of the attorney or the commissioner of the comunidade who have accompanied the work of preparing the register of properties. § 2. When a period of field work is not sufficient to complete the work of survey of all the properties of the comunidade, the surveyor shall take up in the period following the one designated for office work, the organization of the said Register I (Tombo 1)which shall be compatible with the non-completion of the field work following the formalities designated in Article 215. In this case, soon after the completion of the work that in this period may be executed, the surveyor shall be directed, by the administrator to present it to the Director of Economic Services. § 3. When the field work connected with the cadastral survey of a comunidade has been completed, the surveyor shall complete the organization of the Tombo, as per this article, even if he requires more time besides the five months of office work. § 4. The maps drawn up, accompanied of the field registers, after being placed for objection to the public, as per Article 215, the same shall be sent to the Directorate of Economic Services to be finally drawn. Copies on paper tela, of the plans drawn shall be sent to the administration office by the Directorate of Economic Services. The comunidades shall pay 6 $ for the final drawing of each plan, by way of compensation for the paper and other articles of drawing. These amounts shall constitute income of the State and shall be paid, on the order of the administrator of comunidades, in the respective treasury offices, in view of the sheets sent by the Directorate of Economic Services, through the Directorate of Accounts and Revenue.