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A quasi-Euclidean space \(E_2\) is an affinely connected two-dimensional space which admits absolute parallelism of directions [\textit{A. P. Norden}, ``Spaces with affine connection'' (Russian) (Nauka, Moscow) (1976; Zbl 0041.50201)]. A quasi-projective space \(A_2\) is a two-dimensional torsion-free affinely connected space which admits a projective mapping on a quasi-Euclidean \(E_2\). The differential equations of geodesic lines in \(A_2\) admit a first integral of the form \(p_i v^i/q_s v^s\), called a linear fractional integral. In the paper under review, it is proved that for a quasi-Euclidean \(E_2\) the number \(m\) of linearly independent linear fractional first integrals satisfies the inequality \(m \leq 4\). There are also considered \(E_2\) with \(m=3\). [See also \textit{Sh. A. Yafarov}, Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved., Mat. 1971, No. 5(108), 109-116 (1971; Zbl 0223.53015)].