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98Cezar Avramshirt” 17 , and if they “try to escape or resist this decree, they should be arrestedwithout panic” 18 .CountyNo. ofexpropriatedpeopleMansionsEstatesFarmsArable landsurface(hectares)Total landsurface(hectares)HayfieldsForestsNo. of peoplegiven forcedresidenceDjGjMhRmVlT4445871393931059308506227486780342699336411798552241146073520713426392633045108540925011397510273489711114176841881093723194812291011086891556313615576235008276575627291752In the course of action, the provisions of the law were breached. In theVâlcea County, aside from the buildings, arable land surface and great quantitiesof wheat all the foot supplies were seized, even though that was not among theprovisions of the decree. Even though the article no. 3 of the decree 83/1949specified that “the objects of personal use and the food supplies if the landownerswho were expropriated should not be seized”, things such as pots, carpets,blankets, mattresses, beds, glasses, plates and so on together with the last foodsupplies belonging to the families of the expropriated landowners were allnationalized. In the Dolj County the expropriated Gh. Gardareanu from Portăreşti,Ocolul Bârca, was left without 7 kilos of onion, 12 kilos of potatoes, 6 plates, 11spoons, 2 mattresses and 5 jars of marmalade 19 . Along with the 181 hectares ofland and two houses that were expropriated, Julea Ecaterina of Rasnic, OcolulBreasta, was also left without 14 plates, 9 pots, 64 framed photographs, and 11paintings by unknown artists, 146 books and so on 20 . Besides the 262 hectares ofland surface the authorities also seized 16 eggs, 2 kilos of beans, 3 kilos of onion,7 kilos of dried fruit, 4 shirts, 15 sheets, 21 pillows and 7 blankets from the heirIvanov Alex, from Terpeziţa, Ocolul Breasta 21 .Many of the landowners of the time owned surface of land a lot biggerthan 50 hectares: eng. Bratasanu from Urzica – 695 expropriated hectares; MarinEmil from Barca – 507 expropriated hectares; Defeurig N. Mihaita from Breasta– 395 expropriated hectares; The Crown Domain from Segarcea – 444417 Idem, The Dolj subsidiary of PMR, the prime-secretary’s office, dos. 3/1949, p. 19.18 Idem.19 Idem, special office, dos. 17-1949, f. 63.20 Idem, dos. 8/1950, f. 17.21 Idem, p. 112.