A SOCIETY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1529, sig. 109-4/1283

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English Translation

It is necessary to give the whole system of control a certain direction to determine someone who will carry out this purposeful control, who fully understands this purpose and who also has the courage to carry out the tasks entrusted to him. The officers of the police authorities, where departments "H" have already been established, have to select capable and reliable people, who lead them themselves to work best; this body must then be a sort of supervising of all other controls and a source of all news for the authority. The officials entrusted with this service may not only be allowed to work in the law firms, but must personally convince themselves of how their orders and their instructions are carried out on the spot. According to the order of his Excellency, the main thing 1) is to ensure that what is to be carried out is carried out. In this case - particularly in agriculture - the nature of the matter will often come to mind, and it is well known what it means for the farmer to have to carry out more than he himself wishes; it cannot be denied that this will mean a certain disadvantage to him, but under the circumstances it is not possible to do otherwise. We have to make sacrifices for each of us, so it is also necessary for the official to have accurate knowledge of what needs to be carried out. However, the district captain must know in good time all impermanent and unforeseen obstacles to the fulfilment of these obligations of delivery and must: