STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2338, sig. 109-11/140

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10 of the l3.VI.l858. This decree supports the introduction of a new order and the establishment of a New Convent in the State of the existing Order. If the introduction was necessary, the approval of the Kaiserg was necessary. The new Order had to carry out a follow-up on its organization and its objectives, which was usually done by presenting its statutes. In addition, it had to provide proof of sufficient financial resources. The approval of a new order, which was made through the Ministry of Culture and Education, was bound by the consent of the bishop, in whose diocese the new order was to never allow itself. If, however, it is a question of establishing a new ènvi monastery of an order already in existence in the state, then give the permit to the then Lan des Statthalterei / the Dolitisches Landesbehörde, the Landesamt/, if the ministry had previously declared that this could happen. /Instruction of the Ministry of Culture and Education v. 28.11.l866 N.68./ With this formal approval, the new Order or the new Heus obtained the Charalter of a legal person. According to the Ministerial Decree of l1.VIll. l857 N.l091 and of 28.VIII.l865 N.6657, the election of Aebten, Aebtissinnen and life-long monastic leaders must be carried out.