Section 3: Provisions common to customs offices and brigades.

1. Gates, offices, posts or fences intended for the guarding and surveillance of the frontiers may be established on the land that is necessary on condition that the State pays the value of this land by mutual agreement. 2. The customs offices may be located in the houses that are most suitable for the public service and for the administration, with the exception, however, of those occupied by the owners….

1. The municipal administrations and, in their absence, those of the department are required, when requisitioned by the heads of the customs service, to designate the houses and sites suitable for the establishment of offices and the accommodation of officers. 2. The designation must relate only to houses or sites which are not occupied by the owners, unless it is absolutely impossible to obtain others; in this case, part of…