EXTRACT FROM THE GAZETTE OF THE SITTING OF THE PREZIDIUM OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY of 26 July 1920

The discussed issue:

Application submitted by the Delegation of the Abkhaz People’s Council on requesting for the following changes to the Constitution: 1) To render the Autonomous Rights to Abkhazia, 2) To render the legislative power to Abkhazia and 3) Administrative arrangement and its management shall be carried out by the autonomous organ of Abkhazia.

Decision:

To submit the proposals to the Constitutional Commission for final conclusion.

Authentic with original

Head of Chancellery – signed

(Central State Historical Archive of Georgia, f. 1833, desc. 1, file 863, p. 33)