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Russia Under the Autocrat, Nicholas the First Volume 2

Name: Russia Under the Autocrat, Nicholas the First Volume 2
Author: Ivan Golovin
ISBN: 9781231108864

by Ivan Golovin

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846 Excerpt: ...sentences, without having it in their power to suspend the effects of them, unless there are sufficient proofs, but with the right to cause them to be revised by a commission. Civil matters are submitted to them only when the Crown is interested in them: but they have to redress the complaints which reach them respecting the negligence of the tribunals. On entering and quitting office, every civil governor must address to the Minister of the Interior, and to the governor-general, if there is one, a report on the state in which he leaves his government, and another to his successor, or the vice-governor who supplies his place. This document must specify the number of affairs in hand in every department, the state of the supply of provisions, and that of the arrears of taxes: it exhibits also the ideas and plans for improvements desirable to be introduced into the different branches of the administration. The new governor, on his installation, examines all the departments of the administration, and makes arrangements for remedying the evils which he may have discovered in any of them. He then makes one or more tours through his government, verifies on the spot the particulars which he has collected from the different authorities, and prescribes the ameliorations which he deems necessary. He does justice to legitimate complaints and claims, and orders the competent authorities to put an end to abuses. He investigates the sufferings of the people, directs his attention to the state of the various branches of industry, and ascertains the means of making them prosper. From the observations collected in this manner, he composes a memorial, which he addresses to the Emperor in person, and a copy of which is sent to the minister, and another to the governor-general,...