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

er Martens, Commissioner Jakob Dick, Peter Neufeld, Peter Friesen, Nikolai Esau, Komelius Unger, G. Doerksen, Peter Dyck. A duplicate of the original. Authorized representative: D. Claassen. Secretary: Johann Penner.” §286 e) The eight forestry camps and their manager— ministers: 1) Veliko-Anadolskoie, Abram Klassen; Post Office: Blagodatnoie, Ekaterinoslav. 2) Asovskoie, Bernard Fast; Post Office: Mariupol, Ekaterinoslav. 3) Staro-Berdianskoie, Johann Epp; Post Office: Melitopol, Taurida. 4) Novo-Berdianskoie (Dschekenlynskoie), Johann Bueckert; Post Office: Pokrovka, Taurida. 5) Vladiinirovskoie, Komelius Wiens; Post Office: Nikolo-Kozelsk, Kherson (or: Tiege Kherson). 6) Razynskoie, Gerhard Nickel; Post Office: Voznesensk, Kherson. 7) Sherebkovskoie, Nikolai Friesen; Post Office: Sherebkovo, Kherson. 8) Tschomoleskoie, Peter Heidebrecht; Post Office: Znamenka, Kherson. 9) The mobile Phylloxera detachment largely in Crimea, without soul care. Address of the current authorized representative: David J. Claassen, Felsental; Post Office: Halbstadt, Taurida. f) The number of persons (according to the minutes) between the ages 14 and 60 in the year 1910 was 38,276. Property which was assessed and taxable: 230 million. (We are convinced that both numbers are too conservative.) Estimated expenses (including debt retirement) for 1910: 334,800.27 1 /4 rubles. §287 Supplement containing the resolutions of the assembly of delegates which are in force to this day: "1886. Point 2: The election of the president (the authorized representative of the Mennonites) is conducted exclusively according to the lawful election procedure in which every tenth person participates. This is true also in those communities which do not form an independent Military Service and Emigration 623 volost or in communities where it is customary to reach consensus with the total number of household heads. ‘Tiint 5. As a supplement to point 2 it has been decided that the candidates for authorized representatives are to be elected from the three determining volosts, namely: Chortitza, Halbstadt and Gnadenfeld. Three candidates are to be elected by ballot from each of these volosts. [Based on the agreement with Bark H267.] “May 3, 1901. Point 1. The Mennonite teachers who have been drafted into service are considered as reserves according to point 63(80) of the military regulations. They are to be exempt from camp taxes for the entire term of service since they are themselves in the service. “Point 6. All delegates of the Mennonite volost and village communities receive reimbursements from the authorized representative according to the actual travel costs which they declare for the journey to the assembly and home again. These funds are taken out of the general treasury which is in the authorized representative’s charge. “1906. Point 5. The annual assembly considers it as indispensable to appoint a consultative commissi