English Translation

141 - 2 - the decree of the Reichsprotektor of the 2nd I.l94l published in the Ordinance Gazette of the Imperial Protector of December 30, 1940 on the amendment of the decree Coll. No. 379/38 had already appeared, but had not yet been notified to the city office. The city council approved by decision of the same day, i.e. of the 6th On 1 January 1994 the police officer's request, subject to the express reservation that it is only a titular appointment and not a promotion in the technical sense of the word, that this appointment in no way contradicts the prohibition of promotion contained in § 3 of the German Civil Code No. 379/38 and that the recognition of the title of an ensign will therefore have no influence on the remuneration of Bernhard Hofmann. So much for the facts of the matter. I am not aware of any guilt. I did not commit or could commit a violation of the decree of the Imperial Protector of December 30, 1940, because I could not get to know the contents of this decree until after the stipulation of the City Council of January 6, 1951. It could therefore only be an infringement of the Vdg. Coll. No. 379/38. However, I did not commit this transgression either; quite apart from the fact that the current provisions of the municipal order do not allow any municipal officials the right to make the treatment of an application impossible in the municipal authorities; from this point of view I would like to mention the following: § 3 of the Ordinance Coll. No. 379/38 says literally: "The employees already employed in these services may be employed during the course of their work.