THE MENNONITE BROTHERHOOD IN RUSSIA (1789 - 1910), P. M. Friesen, 1911

ative and each taxpayer then is receipted from this book. Supplement— Each owner is obligated also, to record (in the property list) the number of persons between the ages 14 and 60 which make up the family of which he is the head. The rule is that all of those persons must be counted who have fully become 14 to 60 years of age in the first half of the current year. [These pay 50 kopeks per year.] “Point 16. The commission for examining outstanding accounts has resolved that the outstanding accounts in Ufa which belong to those landowners who are currently still in possession of their property, should be reported by their authorized representative. No one will be required to pay a fine. The three villages in the Neu-Samara settlement (which have not enjoyed the 10 tax-free years which have been granted the other villages) may be exempted for the two tax-free years to which they are entitled. They will be totally absolved from all fines. The outstanding accounts of those who presently no longer live in Samara villages will also be cancelled. The remaining accounts outstanding, however, should be paid within the current year. This is unanimously accepted by the assembly of delegates. 17. Halbstadt and Gnadenfeld pledge themselves c) The Phylloxera-detachment on the south coast of the Crimea: Pastoral visitation. 1 ' " *:T|J mTlo fW PWFISWSWfWIflWI* ” * v,: n *4Jt * *• - /v 1 £ ' *V :t - * ^ 5Em y jj Pfe : 5f? ' -^fe ff ife . f IsTSe?®™^ ^SSL • *^s Hr f~X t® ~ i&KV&'r \ /T.'® ii 1 w " ■ ■fl* ^ [Jar JP^. ' [ WP V' • K f T •♦£(*&-* -a £S.- % V tj- t '- 5 '^;->« * ? ft i_- V-; [ * 4 nr 5 e»- *' ! a jrt ^-f>V 3 Bp* /ji— V\! | pi rjyr ,._„ -ijy \ Sf | ^n<\f i i m vt SK k '40ME4-*?* l 1 Wv !T-1 U .flff‘"‘ vtv ' 620 THE STATE d) Hermann Abram Bergmann, Member of the third Duma. e) David Johann Claaaaen, Autho- rized agent of the Mennonite church- es of Russia in matters pertaining to the forestry service and of the Molot- schna Mennonites in school matters. Military Service and Emigration 621 to pay 3,125 rubles of the Orenburg settlement’s outstanding debt. The remaining debts, however (after 1902), are to be paid by Orenburg itself. 18. The assembly of delegates resolves that the assessment lists of several villages from the Chortitza, Halbstadt and Gnadenfeld districts be compared with one another by a commission consisting of the colony administrators of the districts in question. This is to determine whether or not the assessments were carried out uniformly. 19. Halbstadt and Gnadenfeld concede that they should have conducted their 1908 assessment according to the regulations which the assembly of delegates had adopted. Consequently they are presently paying the difference between the taxes as computed by the districts earlier (not according to property tax) and the computations according to regulati