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lic lands with dwelling and cultivating such lands, shall be considered as possessors in good faith of such lands, and shall not be deprived of the possession of such lands, except by due process of law."
Article 933 of Fiscal Code of Colombia: "Colombians that shall have settled on public lands, claiming same by virtue of cultivation, and who have actually cultivated such land, shall not be disturbed in the use and enjoyment of such land by any person claiming said land by virtue of title by adjudication; provided, however, that they prove with due title by adjudication that they are the owners of the land by virtue of being cultivators of same."
These lawswere enforced by the Government of Colombia through the power vested in the Chief Executive to enforce Fiscal and administrative laws. Executive Decree No. 832 and Circular No. 94 of the same year, both published in the "Gaceta Oficial" of Bogota, No. 6230. In accordance with the provisions of said Executive Decree and Circular beforementioned, in order to acquire the right of ownership to public lands by cultivation, it was necessary to prove that the lands is question were public lands, and that they were being cultivated by the party claiming them, he reporting to the Governor or Prefect of the territory the amount of land taken up and the exact location of same, as well as the fact of its being under cultivation; this for the purpose of having such land delineated. Art. 3 of Decree No. 832.
Furthermore, it was provided in the same decree and circular that the Governor or Prefect should provisionally adjudicate such land to the party claiming same, and that afterward, all the provisions of said decree and circular having been complied with, the national Government should approve such provisional adjudication, and then definitely adjudicate such land to such party, giving legal possession to the interested party, together with a copy of the final adjudication, in order that such adjudication might be registered. The copy so registered would constitute the legal title of ownership to such land so adjudicated. Paragraphs 16 to 18 of Circular No. 94.
Paragraph 18 of Circular No. 94: "Once that legal possession has been given to the cultivator, and proof of such

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