THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1459, sig. 109-4/1213

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9h - 2 - in order to be able to intervene by proper official means. Thus, the allegation is made that during this period the S c a dee e ce fe had helped to these presumptuous embezzlements. 2.) According to the previous statement of the investigation and their own confession, the officials of the Land Office are accused that they have tolerated the fact that, after the seizure of the Coburg property by the Land Authority, it has been possible to reduce the statutory requirement and to a maximum of 15 %. 25 % of the value of limited property tax to be fixed several times completely differently, initially with approximately 22 million Kc., finally with lo4 million KC., in order to have it resold by the Coburgers on the real amount of 2l million K c. already fixed in 1922 after the purchase of the goods. It is blamed that this completely unlawful handling of the determination of the property tax from the Land Office not only'tolerated, but even liked to go, if not inaugurated, to make the Coburgers subject to threat dor ever higher determination of this property tax for the transfer of goods under the oppressive conditions of the Land Authority. (See the statement of the lawyer Dr. Kyjovski, Brno) They are widely accused of not having paid the Coburgers the right purchase price in respect of these assets, if officials of the Land Office, as in the case of the Cobourger dic property levy of lo4 million Kc. cr had to reach 4 times the price on the andoron side of the offer of the purchase of dor Licgenschaften at least, i.e. 4l6 million Kc. The objection that the Land Office had no influence on the establishment of assets does not, for the reason that voil dor State represents in the exercise of its rights of jurisdiction oin indivisible whole.