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THE PROBLEM OF THE INDIVISIBILITY OF FARMLANDS ON THE BASIS OF INTERWAR LEGISLATION IN THE SECOND POLISH REPUBLIC

Summary/Abstract: The uncontrolled process of division of farmlands into economically inefficient bodies was an undesired element of the agricultural structure of interwar Poland. This situation made the development of modern agriculture and rational agricultural policy impossible. Further-more, a comprehensive introduction of the agricultural reform was beyond the state’s means, and one of the elements of the reform was the issue of indivisibility of farmlands. Postulates of implementing a statutory prohibition against dividing farmlands already appeared in 1918. This problem was partially solved by the agricultural reform of 1925 which was based on the act of 28 October 1925 on implementing the agricultural reform, which prohibited dividing lands for a period of 25 years. Those regulations were amended by the act of 14 April 1937 on restricting the trading of real estate created as a result of subdivision which prohibited dividing all farmlands created as a result of subdivision. In the scope of indivisibility of agricultural lands, three crucially important projects were submitted to the Sejm, one by Minister W. Stankiewicz and two more by a Member of Parliament, F. Bartczak. The aim of the projects was to limit the division of farmlands. However, they never became a law which was universally in force, while the problem of the indivisibility was not solved until 1939.

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