For the local estimate and accounts the same rules hold good as fixed in
the preceding articles for those of a district.
ARTICLE 144.--All publications are published in the _Staats
Courant_ and made public by the Field-Cornets in their divisions by
calling the inhabitants of those divisions together.
ARTICLE 145.--All officials are obliged to answer as soon as
possible the official letters received by them, and to deal with their
contents.
ARTICLE 146.--The Field-Cornet shall keep an exact register of
all new inhabitants who come in their division; of all changes or
removals of the inhabitants elsewhere; of all deaths taking place among
them; and of all male persons who have reached the age of sixteen years.
ARTICLE 147.--All small traders who enter this territory shall
not trade until they are provided with a license, which has been
obtained at one of the Landrost's offices, and signed by the Landrost.
ARTICLE 148.--It shall not be permitted that newly-arrived
persons should settle in any uninhabited districts in this Republic
without the knowledge and permission of the Government of this State.
ARTICLE 149.--Where such is not entrusted to a town or village
council, the Landrosts are charged with the duty of overseeing a town or
village, together with all subordinate functions, so that everything may
take place in regular order.
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