Russian local government during the war and the Union of Zemstvos

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Identifikator:: 1794855874

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-179223

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Polner, Tichon I. http://d-nb.info/gnd/172311195

Title:: Russian local government during the war and the Union of Zemstvos

Place of publication:: New Haven

Publisher:: Yale Univ. Press

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: XXV, 317 S.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter VII. Relief of families of mobilized men

Collection:: Economics Books

FAMILIES OF MOBILIZED MEN 135 was passed on June 25, 1912, relieving the zemstvos from this charge and laying it upon the state. Under the new law the main- tenance of the dependents of mobilized men was assumed by the Treasury and the work of compiling the necessary lists and issuing the allowances was entrusted to special volost relief committees elected at volost meetings and operating under the control of boards of local officers of the central government (zemski nachalnik).? The zemstvo institutions, therefore, were entirely excluded from this relief work. Very shortly after the outbreak of the Great War, however, the Government realized the need of reorganizing the ad- ministration of relief of dependents of mobilized men. On August 29, 1914, a decree was issued replacing the none too popular boards of local officers of the central government by the new district relief committees in the duty of supervising the work of the volost relief committees. While it is true that these large collegiate bodies in- cluded practically all local officials of the central government, it should be noted that representatives of the local government were also admitted. The district zemstvo was represented by all the mem- bers of the district zemstvo board and two delegates from the zem- stvo assembly. The secretarial work of the district relief committee, which meant practically all the executive work, was entrusted under the new law to the district zemstvo boards. In this manner, the checking of the lists of persons entitled to government allowances compiled by the volost relief committees, as well as the supervision of the preparation of such lists and. the control of payments, were concentrated in the hands of the district zemstvo. The essential fea- ture of the law of August 29, 1914, was that it eliminated waste of labor, since many zemstvos had on their own initiative already un- dertaken a registration of families of mobilized men; for in order to assist them, they naturally required to know the exact number of such persons and the nature of their wants. The government monthly allowances were calculated under the law on the following basis: each person supported was entitled to sixty-eight Russian pounds of flour, ten pounds of grits, four pounds of salt, and one pound of vegetable oil. The allowances were paid in cash, however. ® These officials were appointed by the Government and had no relation to the zemstvos

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