EXTRACT FROM THE GAZETTE OF THE
SITTINGS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC
17 December 1918
Heard
the report by the Minister of Internal Affairs
About situation in Abkhazia
Decided:
a) To submit to the Parliament the draft-Regulations
on the elections of the
Abkhaz People’s Council amended upon the resolution of the
Government of 10 December. The community
elections in Abkhazia shall be carried out on the basis of this
Regulation. Seventy five thousand (75
000) roubles shall be assigned from the 10-million
fund for the purposes of both elections - fifty thousand (50 000) roubles for the elections of the people’s Council and
twenty five thousand (25 000) roubles for community
elections. Both of elections shall be
held at the same day, which will be determined by the government.
b) the Government
shall issue the Appeal (Act) stating that Abkhazia has opportunity to have
people’s representatives through whom it will be able to establish autonomous
arrangement for its internal life.
c) to return to
d) To assign on e hundred thousand (100 000) roubles from the credits of the Ministry of Roads for
repairing the roads and bridges in
e) The Ministry of Justice shall submit the
conclusions within a week on the investigation of the special commission regarding
the claims of Kodori dwellers on the damage caused by
the misconduct of our detachments.
f) Due to the special circumstances to find
necessary to appoint the second inspector on public schools. The Ministry of public Education shall pay
one-month salary to the newly appointed inspector and for future remuneration
the relevant credit shall be open at the disposal of the Minister of Public
Education.
g) To assign the credit of twenty thousand four
hundred (20 400) roubles from the tem-million fund to
the Minister of Internal Affairs to recover the credit spent in Sukhumi for fighting with epidemic diseases and for the
sanitary needs.
h) To create in
i) To entrust the Ministry of Trade and Industry
with the task of restoring the postal communication within Sukhumi
Okrug and between Poti, Ochamchire, Sukhumi, Gudauta, Gagra, Adler and Sochi using for this purpose the motor-launch.
Authentic with original – clerk (signed)
(Central State Historical Archive of Georgia,
f. 1938, desc. 1, file 8, p.110-111)