LAW on Representation of the National Minorities at the National Council of Georgia

1. The national minorities, residing on the territory of Georgia and representing the Georgian citizens shall be given the right to have 26 representatives at the National council of Georgia, namely:

1. Armenians – 10 (ten)

2. Tatars – 4 (four)

3. Abkhazs – 3 (three)

4. Russians – 2 (two)

5. Ossetians – 2 (two)

6. Georgian Jews –2 (two)

7. Jews – 1 (one)

8. Greeks – 1 (one)

9. Germans – 1 (one)

2. The representatives of the National Minorities shall be nominated by the National Councils of these minorities that are elected by the citizens of Georgia and operate within the territory of the Republic of Georgia.

Note: Where such councils do not exist, the representatives of this nation, who are elected at different democratic institutions of the Republic of Georgia, shall nominate the representative to the National Council.

13 September 1918

The Chairman of the National Council of Georgia N. Chkheidze

Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Georgia N. Zhordania

(Central State Historical Archive of Georgia, f. 1836, desc.1, file 85, p. 86-87)