DECREE on the City Soviets of the Georgian SSR issued by the Presidium of the

Central Executive Committee of the Georgian SSR

In accordance with Article 67 of the Constitution of the Georgian SSR the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee Decrees:

2. The City Soviets in Tbilisi, Batumi, Sukhumi, Kutaisi, Chiatura and Gori shall elect the chairman and the Presidium composed of no more than 25 people in Tbilisi and 11 in other cities.

10. The City Soviets shall be elected upon the following rule: in Tbilisi - 1 deputy for 200 electors, in Kutaisi – for 150, in Batumi – for 100, in Sukhumi, Chiatura, Gori, Poti, Khashuri, Borjomi and Samtredia – for 50.

Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of Georgia Ph. Makharadze

Secretary of the Central Executive Committee of Georgia S. Todria

25 January 1927

(Messenger of the Central Executive Committee and the Council of Public Commissars of Georgia, N 3-4, 1927, p. 5-7)