EXTRACT FROM THE GAZETTE OF THE
SITTINGS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC
25 March 1919
Heard
3. The
report by the Minister of Interior
b) on setting up the
fact-finding commission for investigation unlawful acts committed by the Georgian
military unites against Armenian dwellers of Sukhumi Okrug.
Decided:
To entrust the Abkhaz People’s Council with the task
of setting up the fact-finding commission, which, together with the government
representatives shall investigate the acts committed by the Georgian military
units in Sukhumi Okrug
and ascertain the amount of damage.
And now, to assign 50 000 roubles from the Military Fund at disposal of the Ministry
of Interior as an advanced payment to help the victims of the unlawful acts.
This decision shall be implemented before the
Gazette is approved.
The Chairman of the Government Evg. Gegechkori
Head of Government Administration K. Japaridze
Authentic with the original: clerk (signed)
(Central State Historical Archive of Georgia,
p. 1938, desc. 1, file 189, p. 20; ibidem, p. 1891, desc. 1, file
211, p.101; ibidem, f. 1861, desc.
1, file 9, p. 122)