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238.

A person who makes any one of the works mentioned in Art. 237 near to the boundary line, must use due care to prevent the earth or sand from caving in or the water or filth from percolating through.

Section II.
The Acquisition of Ownership.

239.

The ownership of a movable thing which has no owner is acquired by possessing it with the intention of being owner.

An immovable thing which has no owner falls to the ownership of the State.

240.

The finder of a lost article acquires the ownership of it, if the owner cannot be ascertained within one year after public notice has been given according to the provisions contained in special laws.

241.

The finder of hidden property acquires the ownership of it, if the owner cannot be ascertained within six months after public notice has been given according to the provisions contained in special laws. But if it is found in a thing belonging to another, the

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