THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, INV. 113, Sig. 109-2/13

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45. In the case of bots, this is to be carried out by the post and delivery service at the main office. In future, parties' communication will be carried on in principle by the clerks in the office, to which the participants can be simply forwarded by postcards, telephone calls, etc. In the future, the authorities of the police department will be responsible for the enforcement of the law on police offences. In principle, the competent authorities will be in charge of the exercise of the criminal law in their sphere of activity. There are, however, a number of policing tasks which should be brought together in a central police department, including, in particular, the administrative cases, not only infringements of market, house and street regulations. Other police tasks, which are particularly important in a large city and due to the extraordinary relationship of the present and the next future, should have been carried out by well-trained and experienced police specialists, especially the food police and price monitoring. It is also to be expected that administrative duties will be transferred from the Oberlandrat to the local authority. Thus, it is expedient to organize cin stadt. Po-, lizeiamt for the local police and for the responsibilities on political territory, unless reserved to specialized offices, as well as for food police, price monitoring and the collection services. At the top of the polizciamtes, there should be an experienced pach- force, which should be added to the auxiliary force for the exercise of the police penalty.