STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 1657, sig. 109-4/1412 Page 14 · 14 of 122
THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN CHEIN AND MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1657, sig. 109-4/1412
English Translation
13 - 6 - Slovakia in some respects a double heritage. Its territory does not consist solely of the former "Austria". Slovakia and Karpathorussland owe their origin to the limitation of the Hungarian territory to a third of its pre-war expansion. Thus Czechoslovakia with the territories of the double state also received the two kinds of law, which prevailed there until the end of the war. To this day, it has not yet been possible to create a uniform law for the entire state territory. Thus, we find the old Kronland Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia separated from Slovakia by the partly other jurisprudence. This break can also be felt in the organization of the book trade. Besides the Moravian - Slovak border there is a forced concession and beyond freedom of conduct. 17) Despite the many efforts of the Svaz, it has not been possible to extend the concessionation to Slovakia in the 17 years of the Republic's existence. On the contrary, a sharp struggle is still being waged against the attempts to break through the Buchge- 18) advertising concession. The conditions laid down by the trade regulations for the book trade are determined according to § l5 G0. as follows:- "All trades which, by mechanical or chemical means, reproduce literary and artistic products, or trade with the