REGULATIONS OF THE CITY SOVIETS OF WORKERS, PEASANTS AND RED ARMY DEPUTIES

Chapter 1

General Provisions

1. The Soviets of Workers, Peasants and Red Army Deputies shall be arranged in the cities: Tbilisi, Batumi, Sukhumi, Kutaisi, Gori, Poti, Chiatura, Khashuri, Borjomi and Samtredia on the basis of the following Articles.

38. For the purposes of management, the City Soviets shall elect the chairman and the presidium consisting of not more than 25 members for Tbilisi and not more than 15 members for the other cities; the candidates (Substitutes) to the membership shall be elected in amount of 1/3 of the composition of the Presidium.

Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of All-Georgia Ph. Makharadze

Secretary of the Central Executive Committee of All-Georgia Sh. Matikashvili

29 January 1928

(Collection of laws and decrees adopted by the government of the Georgian SSR, N 3, 1928, p. 38-58)