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

ons for property tax in the previous year. The assembly of delegates can go along with this since both of these districts had been assured from the start that the compulsory tax levy might be corrected when subsequently these two districts would ascertain the real property value through an assessment. 20. Elected into the auditing committee were: Komelius Unrau— Memrik, Peter Wall— Crimea, Peter Koop— Chortitza, Peter Siemens— Ohrloff, Heinrich Schroeder— Halbstadt and Isaak Neufeld— Gnadenfeld. 21. Since the current assessment commissioner is leaving his post, another commissioner is elected, namely, Johann Reimer (Einlage). "Point 22. Assessment Districts: 1. Halbstadt; 2. Gnadenfeld; 3. Melitopol; 4. Chortitza; 5. Nikolaipol; 6. Nikolaital; 7. Neuchortitza; 8. Memrik; 9. New-York (Bachmut District); 10. Kharkov (properties, villages and industries in the Province of Kharkov); 11. Schoenfeld; 12. Schoenwiese; 13. Ohrloff (Sagradovka); 14. Malyschin; 15. Alexan- dertal; 16. Ufa; 17. Neu-Samara; 18. Crimea; 19. Caucasus (all the Mennonites in the northern Caucasus excluding the settlements in the Terek District); 20. Terek; 21. Orenburg; 22. Omsk; 23. Poland; 24. Volhynia; 25. District of Berdiansk; 26. Arkadak (the latest settlement of Chortitza Mennonites in the Province of Samara) ; 27. Pavlodar; 28. Barnaul [See p. 7 of the minutes: ‘Mennonites in Kurland?]. "Point 23. Each tax paying Mennonite who is at least 21 years of age has voting rights in forestry service matters. He may not be elected until the age of 24, however. The number of delegates from each district is determined either by the number of persons or the amount of property. One delegate is allowed for every 1,000 persons or for property valued up to six million rubles. Each further delegate is determined by this full norm or by more than half of the same. Delegates are elected for a 3 year term. Half of the tax (which is to be collected in January of each year) consists of the total poll tax and half of the property tax. 25. The petitions of the settlers from Pavlodar and Barnaul concerning several years of tax 622 THE STATE exemption from the forestry camp tax are denied [!!?]. 26. The assembly of delegates expresses its heartfelt thanks to the departing secretary, Johann Penner, for his many years of faithful service. 27. Concerning the Terek settlement the assembly of delegates decides to cancel their outstanding debts [incurred] prior to the initiation of the property tax. “Signatures: D. Dick, P. Siemens, G. Duerksen, Gerhard Schmidt, Franz Peters, Jakob Klassen, Jakob Wiebe, Johann Reimer, J. Thiessen, Peter Funk, Peter Paethkau, G. Neufeld, K. Martens, J. Rempel, J. Niebur, Abram Braun, A. Lange, Johann Bergmann, David Ewert, Jakob Bergen, P. Wiens, Johann Neufeld, P. Wall, Jakob Renpenning, Gerhard Goerzen, Jakob Neufeld, David Klassen, Wilhelm Janzen, Jakob Sudermann, Jakob Neufeld, Hermann Riesen, Aron Rempel, Pet