The
Interim Regulations on Agrarian Reforms and the state-land management in Abkhazia.
From now and on, until elaboration of the
Constitution of Abkhazia, the following Regulations will be in force for the
agrarian reforms:
The Commissariat of Abkhazia shall be
authorized to carry out the agrarian reforms and manage the valuable lands in
Abkhazia through its Department of Agriculture.
The Head of Agrarian Department and other
officials, as well as the managers of the valuable lands shall be appointed by
the Commissariat of Abkhazia upon the consent of the Ministry of Agriculture.
1. The Agricultural Department shall submit the
reports to the Commissariat of Abkhazia and the monthly reports - to the
Ministry of Agriculture.
2. For implementation of agrarian reforms, the
target group shall be set up at the Department of Agriculture.
3. The state valued lands shall be received
through the speedy procedures by three-member special commission set up by the
Department of Agriculture.
Note: for receiving the state lands the
sub-commission shall be set up in the same composition.
6. For management of the state valuable lands
the Commissariat of Abkhazia shall elaborate the expenditures and economic
plans, which shall be submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture.
7. The tax rate from the revenues obtained from
the valuable lands shall be determined upon common ground together with other
lands without pre-determination of the Commissariat’s share.
8. Agrarian-economic school will be open in one
of the state valuable land aimed at raising the agrarian experience among the
population.
9. The Department of Agriculture shall carry
out the general supervision over the officials working at the experimental
horticultural station and local forest department; the information about their
activity shall be submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture.
10. The Commissariat of Abkhazia shall submit
to the Abkhaz
People’s Council and the Ministry of Agriculture the relevant draft-laws and
proposals on the unforeseen issues raised in the course of agrarian reform for
further submission to the Government and the Constituent Assembly.
(Central State Historical Archive of Georgia,
f.1861, desc. 1, file 200, p. 1)