EXTRACT FROM THE GAZETTE OF THE SITTINGS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA

4 October 1919

The report delivered by the Delegation on certain urgent measures that shall be carried out before elaboration of the General Constitution.

Decided:

Having heard the report by the Delegation of the  Abkhaz People’s Council and the vision of the Constitutional Commission of the Constituent Assembly on certain measures for regulating the state life of Abkhazia, the Government of the Republic considers necessary to take the following steps:

1. The Constitutional Commission of the Constituent Assembly shall identify the special commission from its composition including there the representatives of the Constitutional Commission of the  Abkhaz People’s Council on equal footing (the same delegation).  The work done by this mixed Commission shall be submitted to the Constitutional Commission of the Constituent Assembly and later (through this Commission) to the Constituent Assembly.

For the Chairman of the Government Evg. Gegechkori

Head of Chancellery of the Government K. Japaridze

Secretary – D. Didebulidze

Authentic with original: (signed)

(Central State Historical Archive of Georgia, f. 1938; desc. 1, file 294, p. 37)