The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-11-07

they may choose 10 make out in their own names all the
documents prescribed by law and generally 70 dispose
Of their lands and Of all the latter bear upon their sur
face contain below IT,
The peasants are merely obliged to inform the local ad
mnsratisn Of the appanages lwhere is establshed Oh
the present time the name OF the appanage depart
ment and concerning property in lands are legally trans
ferred TO the name Of their actual possessors
The regulations in force TO the notwithstanding
TO which the passage OF the appanage peasants into the
bourgeois class only authorized in limited properties
the possession Of an important capital and in virtue Of
which each individual was taxed one thousand five
hundred roubes Of silver on his transition into the mer
chant class hundred roubes his passage into
that of the bourgeois-are and remain abolished
They will be replaced by the law which rules the pea
SAINTS Of the crown this point and confomaby TO the
rules appended and confirmed by u.s. the peasants of the
appanages permitted to pass into the free urban and
classes with the consent Of their direct CHIEFS on
condition that they shall have fulfilled their obligations
towards the commune The heads of families passing
into the urban classes will pay besides like the peasants
class and fifteen roubles passing into that Of the bour
geois The other male members Of the family WIZ pay
hahat is TO twenty roubles each IN the nrst case
and seven r0ubles fifty kopecks IN the second THIS
money will be deposited in the pension fund OF the com
mune for soldiers on the retiring list returning 70 their
homes.
g. The widows and daughters of appanage peasants may
marry men of all conditions without being subjected TO
any tax.
ing the appanae peasants the attorneys of the aanages
alone allowed to plead before the courts,
and which forbade the peasants to appear IN court
to appoint their proxies, abolished.
Hencetorth the appanage peasants, in their law suits
and complains, and generally in all their civil
affairs with persons belonging to another department.
authorized appear and to plead person the courts
and justice chambers observing, however, the following
conditions That, in affairs concerning the rural
munes the agents appointed by these communes and
confirmed by the heads Of those communes shall alone
have Independently of this the peasants Of the
appanages authorized in they wish TO do
to conde their Interests in the affairs above mentioned TO
the attorneys Of the appanages and consequently we
impose the appanage officers and on the attorneys
the duty of giving aid and protection to the appanage pea
SAINTS in all their affairs which brought before the
courts justice chambers In places where there are no
appanage attorneys, this obligation falls according TO
section 1874 of volume 10 of the Civil Code edition of the
year 1922 the government and district attorneys
g. The appanage peasants authorized TO contract all
Of obligations and make contracts and to make wills
according to the rules which bind the peasants of the
Crown and all written contracts made between appanage
peasants shall be egalzed by the administration OF the
appanages according to the cantonal direction OF the
estates.
8. These measures apply equally former military
coonsts at present placed under the direction OF the adj
mnistration OF the appanages.
1t will be necessary to modify according to the
Of rights granted the appanage peasants
the sections of the civil code which correspond with these
measures and for this purpose you should put
self communication with the director OF the second
section of Private Chanceors Office You will be
careful to have promulgated aud executed the present de-
cree according TO established rules.
Translated from Brussels Nord of August s. for the
New YORK HERALD.
RULES CONCERNING THE PASSAGE or THE RUSSIAN
PEASANTS OF THE APPANAGEs INTO THE OTHER
RURAL AND URBAN CONDITIONS.
l. The peasants Of the Appanages will henceorth have
the right of passing into the other free rural urban
conditions with the consent Of their direct chiefs. This
right will belong well to individuals to their families
2 The individual, family, in whose benefit this transi
ton will be operated, is obliged to ask from the rural
commune which he or they belong decree of liberia
ton drawn up according to the legal form, and attest
ing
a. That the family demanding the right of transition
for itself or for one Of its members does not belong TO
Tho fvrp cpfrp m nm
to either OF them 1t has presented substitute or regu
lar discharge.
obligations that it private debts, and that all its
dues have been paid to the lst of January OF the fol
lowing year
G. And finally that those who desire to pass into
another condition are not under sentence subject %
legal proceedings Besides, the communal DEGREES Of
liberation concerning portions Of families or individuals
That the parents Of those persons who desire to pass
into another condition ~ that transition, that
the parents no longer exist.
e. That in the portion of the family which remains in
the first condition there shall be children age,
who, in consequence OF that Transition, would remain
without parents and without the Of subsistence
in the opposite case that their subsistence has been pro
vic for by the portion Of the family whose condition
has been changed.
In fine DEGREES relative passage the urban
conditions shall attest that the person who passes into
another condition does not belong 10 the rosonike
who cannot enter into the urban conditions.
OrsERvAnoSs-Those persons who have not arrived at
the age Of 81 only enter into the urban conditions in
company with their parents or OF the relatives in whose
family they may be living Their individual and personal
transition is forbidden.
g. The lbcratng DEGREES Of the rural commune con.
corning the female need merely certify that the parents
that they longer exist and further that the
person ella ming the benefit OF the right of transition
under sentence or subject TO legal proceedings When
passage into urban conditions claimed they must certify
that the claimant does not belong TO the rdSkoi
none Of the above mentioned obstacles exist and II
the persons desiring into another condition have
performed all their obligations TO the rural commune To
which they belong, the cannot refuse them
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Office the complaint OF the claimant, collect all the
required Information and give certificate.
s, The rural commune s DEGREES Of Liberation shall be
legazed by the local administration Of the appanages
g. The persons who pass into the condition OF
having obtained their decree OF liberation apply TO
the society into which they desire 10 enter FOR a
decree Of reception If the person asrng to pass into
the society has the right refuse It's consent 70 his
reception The peasants who directly into the
diiion merchants az well as those Of the female sex
who pass INTO the other conditions, dispense with the
certificate Of reception.
:. The family individual passing into another con
dton, after having obtained certificate Of reception
shall present in the form OF petition to the Appanagc
Office, without the cooperation Of which the Transition
anno, take place Further tue individual gong INTO me
gong into that OF the bourgeois fifteen silver roubles
II family or several members Of same family change
their condition. the head Of the family shall pay the total
Of the sums above mentioned his account. For
the other members 81 the family OF the male these
shall be reduced by half aud fixed Tor the trans.
bles and into that Of the bourgeois roublcs y
kopeks for every male person registered In the
rolls This money shall be deposited 10 the credit Of
perannuatcd soldiers returning 70 the appananagc lands
and added 10 the capital Of their retiring pension Pea
SAINTS passing into the other rural conditions not sub
jcct 10 the above tar.
The Appanage Office will communicate Immediately
with the Finance Chamber regarding those persons who
desire TO pass into another condition Furtha when they
are peasants passing into another rural condition, the
Office must previously communicate with the Department
(vedomstvo) under which the applicant desires 10 be
placed and be assured that there is opposition the
part Of that administration
p The Finance Chamber, after having examined the
documents presented 10 H. register the applicants In the
condition they choose from the t January Of the follow
ing year and ai the same time them from the roll
Of that they are leaving
10 So long as the peasant % the Appanages
nrmed In the condition he desires entering into, he Is
obliged 10 pay the taxes and acqu himself OF all hs village
dues aud IN Of absence from his village have the
legal passport wherever he may reside.
The Capture OF Fort Duqucsne.
To THE EDITOR or THE HERALD.