The Montana nonpartisan., 1918-12-14

sexes who shall have completed their
eighteenth year by the day of elec>
ton:
All who have acquired the
means Of living through labor that
is productive and useful to society,
and are members Of the trades asso>
Citations, namely:
(a) Laborers and employees of all
classes who are employed in industry.
trade and agriculture.
(b) Peasants and Cossack agricul-
tural laborers who hire no labor.
(c) Employees and laborers in the
offices Of the Soviet Government.
2.-Soldiers of the army and navy
of the Soviets.
8. Citizens of the two previous
categories who have to any degree
lost their capacity to work.
1.-THE following persons enjoy
neither the right to vote nor to be
voted for, even though they belong
to one of the categories enumerated
above, namely:
1.-Persons who employ hired labor
in order to obtain from it an increase
of profits;
2.-Persons who have an income
without doing any work, such as in
terest from capital, receipts from
property, and so on;
3.-Private merchants, trade and
commercial Intermediates;
4.-Employes of communities for
religious worship;
5.-Employes and agents Of the
former police, the gendarmerie corps
and the Ochrana; also members Of
the dynasty that formerly ruled Rus
sia.
6.-Persons who have in legal form
been declared demented or mentally
deficient, and also deaf and dumb per-
sons;
7.-Persons who have been pun
ished for selfish or dishonorable mis-
demeanors.
W.-VII.
PRINCIPLES FOR THE ADMINS
TRATION OF THE RUS
SIAN STATE.
The Government is based upon the
smallest settlements villages and
hamlets, the inhabitants Of which
may elect one representative to each
100 persons.
The rural Soviets are under the au-
thority of the Soviets of the Volosts
(districts), and these latter under the
Soviets of the Ujesd (larger regions).
The urban and Ujesd Soviets elect
delegates to sessions of the Govern
ment or Oblast Soviets. Each of these
bodies chooses independently its own
executive committee,
The keystone of the whole Consti-
tuition IS embraced in:
CONCERNING THE PAN-RUS-
SIAN CONGRESS OF THE
SOVIETS.
1.-The Pan Russian Congress of
Soviets consists of representatives of
the urban Soviets Zone delegate for
each 25,OOO voters), and representa-
tives of the Government congresses
Zone delegate for each 125,00O vot-
ers).
2.-The Pan-Russian Congress of
Soviets will be called together by the
Pan-Russian Central Executive Com
mittee at least twice a year.
3.-The extraordinary Pan Russian
Congress will be called together by
the Pan-Russian Central Executive
Committee upon it's own initiative or
upon the demand of the Soviets of
districts embracing at least one-third
of the entire population of the re-
public.
4.-The Pan-Russisn Congress of
Soviets elects the Ce,tral Executive
Committee of not more than 200
members.
5.-The Pan-Russian Executive
Committee is responsible to the Pan
Russian Congress of Soviets.
6.-The Pan-Russian Congress of
Soviets is the highest power in the
republic. In the periods between it's
sessions that power is represented by
the Pan-Russian Central Executive
Committee.
It is further provided that the Gen.
trail Executive Committee shall be di-
vided into II colleges for administra-
tive functions. These are:
1.-Foreign policies.
2.-Defense Of the country (army
and navy.
Social order and security (mi-
litia), census of the people, registra-
tion of societies and associations, fire
department., insurance, organization
Of the Soviets.
4.-Justice.
5.-Public economy (withsub-sec-
tion for agriculture, industry and
trade, finances, railways, food supply,
state property and construction).
6-Labor and social welfare.
7..-Education and enlightenment
Of the people.
8.-Public health.
9..-Post, telegraph and telephone.
1O.-Federal and national affairs.
11.-Control and auditing.
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