Russian local government during the war and the Union of Zemstvos

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Identifikator:: 177130992X

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-153391

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Wokurek, Ludwig

Title:: Das Arbeitsrecht der Čechoslovakischen Republik

Place of publication:: Brünn

Publisher:: Verlag des "Hauptvereines deutscher Ingenieure in der Čsl. Republik"

Year of publication:: 1928

Scope:: XI, 405 S.

Digitisation:: 2021

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: II. Teil. Das Recht des Arbeitsvertrages

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SICK AND WOUNDED 117 to the Central Committee of the Union had been stopped, the zem- stvos were forced to apply to the Anti-Plague Commission for finan- cial support. From this source, 5,494,598 rubles and an additional sum of 2,022,529 rubles were paid out to thirty-seven zemstvos be- tween March 23 and June 30, 1915, for six months’ expenditure on the organization of the campaign against epidemics. Thus we see that the coordinated plan drafted by the Unions of Zemstvos and Towns for anti-epidemic measures had to be abandoned. However, at the front the Zemstvo Union, at the request of the military authorities themselves, found the opportunity to wage a ceaseless campaign against epidemic diseases. Measures were taken on a large scale to provide hospitals for contagious cases; baths, laundries, canteens, tea rooms, disinfection and cleansing rooms were opened, and soldiers were supplied with clean underwear. In this connection a vigorous agitation was carried on among the higher army authorities to have the entire anti-epidemic work en- trusted to the unions. Finally, on March 12, 1915, Prince Lvov re- ceived from the head of the army medical service a, telegram to the following effect: “The Supreme Commander-in-Chief has informed me of the approval given by the Emperor, in principle, to the im- mediate utilization of the services of the Union of Zemstvos and to the provision of such monetary assistance as it may require, for the campaign against the spread of epidemics.” The first conference of authorized zemstvo representatives held at Moscow on March 12-13, 1915, adopted the following resolution on the question of epidemics: (1) The conference is aware of the terrible danger from the spread of epidemics among the civilian population and the army. (2) It recog- aizes that in order to carry out successfully the measures against epi- demics, these must be put in force without delay. (3) It approves the general plan of the campaign against infectious diseases proposed by the Central Committee and recognizes that its practical realization ought to be entrusted to the Union of Zemstvos and of Towns. (4) The funds necessary for anti-epidemic measures should be assigned direct by the State Treasury to the Unions. (5) In view of the fact that only by the adoption of a single coordinated plan can a full measure of suc- *2 Izvestia (Bulletin), Nos. 80-31, pp. 118-129,

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