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- Chapter 62 -
Ownership upon Miron; general and private property
Once we have put a roof over our Miron residents, it shall certainly be necessary to also add some ground, without which, just as anywhere else, it shall be hard to live. Hence it can be asked: how is land managed? Is there common land in the village or has every house owner his own measured lot, which will yield him the necessary fruit nutrients for his house?
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Strictly speaking, neither the one nor the other applies here because both options are united in an amazing way, as shall transpire. Every village firstly has its own common land, which is more than adequate to provide all inhabitants with their needs of fruit sustenance of every variety; none can say: this is my land! Instead, everyone can harvest the fruits from the common ground.
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This is right, but the question remains to be asked: if the entire village owns the ground, how does this common property tie in with the private property? I say unto you - nothing could be simpler! Private property only extends to areas, where a resident has personally worked for a certain period to bring forth a harvest of small fruits. If a certain village house exclusively works this ground, then it must display the coat of arms of this house. From the time this is display to harvest time, the worker of this plot cannot be challenged. After harvest however, the ground reverts to communal property and can be claimed without objection from the previous owner.
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Regarding the large fruits produced by the above mentioned trees (which are not subject to metamorphosis) however, they are all communal village property. At the time of harvesting of these trees, the yield is shared out to all village residents equally.
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Concerning the so-called "metamorphic" fruits, such as small plants and shrubs with temporary duration (before they vanish and later reproduce in animal nature), property right is ceded to the first finder, obliging the owner however to notify the entire village community. And if any household is desirous of sharing in same, then human codes initiate a consultation on what share each one is looking to have. When this is established, the superintendent of harvests arranges distribution.
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The case is the same for the aforementioned "Flying Bread". Whoever catches it is the priority owner and likewise, under village fellowship convention, shares it out with other houses, except for the customary retention of at least half by the priority owner.
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Regarding domestic animals however, these are subject to communal ownership, but not in regard to their products, like milk and wool; for here also the right of "propriety occupant" applies, although not extendable to milk which the cow has itself released in front of another's house, to which latter the "primo occupanti" right is therewith transferred and not to the neighbour who could have been the first to reach out for the milk container.
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All mineral products furthermore belong to all village residents equally, for which reason also an equal number of workers are engaged from each house. It is likewise the case with hunting yields, the prey also being shared out equally.
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Products of domestic craftsmanship however are fully the property of the producing house and can only be either bartered or given away freely. To these belong mainly musical instruments and mechanical products, produced here in abundance and for multiple uses. What these and the music instruments consist of shall be revealed at the appropriate time.
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Since these people, as aforesaid, dress similarly to your fashions, you can be sure that they must have looms for all sorts of animal wool; weavers are not found in every household but have a large factory in the village centre. If the wool is spun in private houses, then it is brought to the factory with the household trademark. There it is woven into material and received back as clothing material by the house that spun it.
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It can be asked: what kind of payment do the weavers receive, public or private? The factory is built jointly by the village community, after which the weavers have no other concerns because every dwelling then contributes a certain portion of its harvest to the factory, for which the weavers are obliged to deliver the required work back to each house without individual wages.
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The same applies to the clothing manufacturers, for there are actual tailors and shoemakers here who are obliged to work without individual wages, for they too like the weaving mill, are supported by the whole community.
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Now we know almost everything about inter-domestic arrangements and how righteous the communal life is, leaving only one point: is there a superintendent?
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Basically there isn't, as all is based on mutual agreements. Nonetheless, in important cases the village elders, who also are priests and teachers, are regarded as counsellors, and committee decisions are irrevocably accepted by the entire community.
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Do they have emperors and kings? Indeed no! Every village in its entirety is its own lord in everything. Wherefore, there are also neither taxes nor wars. The villages besides are at such distances from one another and allocated immense land areas that frequently surpass the size of your Austrian Empire.
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And so we have a summary of the domestic rules of these inhabitants. Next time we shall deal with some further minor domestic, as well as inter-village arrangements. So we will conclude for today.