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    of each Christian confession which belongs to the union of this Society , may build and establish churches , schools and institutions for education , or other God-pleasing * purposes , according * to the principles of theic own church .

    4 . The Society of Christian Israelites will stand under our protection , and be dependent only on the Committee established in St . Petersburg for the management of their affairs , who are bound to watch for their welfare , and to whom alone they have to give account of their concerns . On this ground , not one sing * le

    government of the place where this Society may found their establishment , has to exercise any power over them or mix with their affairs . The preachers who may he appointed in their settlements are to apply in necessary cases to the said Committee , according to laws" which respect all other colonies settled in the Russian dominions .

    5 . The Society form an office for the management of their internal affairs , consisting of different members chosen from among themselves , viz . two superintendants , and four assistants , approved of by the said Committee , under the name of Office of Administration for the Society of

    Christian Israelites . This office is permitted to have its own seal 5 and it is their duty to care as much as possible for good order in the Society , and to reconcile any misunderstanding , disunion or quarrels among the members , which may come before them ; but what respects d is mites fore them ; but what respects disputes

    about property , hereditary possessions , and similar civil affairs , or individual criminalities , that must , according to the com - mon laws of the empire , he examined and decided by their respective courts of justice . The office has also to erect in the

    settlements a police of their own , for the maintenance of peace , quiet and order -, and it is at the same time bound to keep a watchful eye over the conduct and behaviour of every one of the Society ^ s members . Rebellious , disobedient and immoral members , who are only an offence to others ,

    they must expel from their Society , after they ha * ve informed the Tutelary Committee concerning it , as they are also bound to do respecting every member whom they are newly-receiving into the Society . IS very one who is expelled , forfeits in consequence all the rights and advantages granted to the Society .

    6 . All civil rights are hereby granted to every member of the Society of Christian Israelites , and that not only in their own colonies , but every where throughout the einpire . Accordingly they may , after

    paying the duties established by the TarrifT , carry on trade in or out of the country , and' follow mechanical business , art * and professions : they nray possess houses , keep * shops and establish ever ^ y kind of fabric

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    or manufactory without the necessity of being * enlisted in any guild or corporation ; they are also freed from all service , as will he defined in the sequel uncler a particular paragraph . 7 . The members of the Society of Christian Israelites are permitted upon their

    appointed lands to brew beer , distil brandy and prepare all sorts of waters and li quors not only for their own use , but also for sale to travellers , who may pass their settlements : but they are neither permitted tf > export such liquors from their colonies nor to sell them out of tlieir borders .

    8 . No person whatever , either of the crown or private , not belonging to the Society of Christian Israelites , is permitted to set up inns , public-houses ; , or other huilding-s for similar purposes , upon their lands— -nor is any stranger , not belonging 1 to the Society , permitted to settle among

    them without their particular permission . But if the Society express a desire to receive some person among them for a time , they are permitted to do so , provided the persons received by them have regular passports , and the governors of their concerns , or the office of administration , be surety for them .

    9 . The office of administration for the Society of Christian Israelites obtain hereby a right to give necessary passports to the members of the Society , -which passports must be signed by the superintendants , and furnished with the seal of the said office . Such passports will be of value

    only for travelling- within the empire ; but in order to travel beyond the frontier , or to come from foreign countries into the empire , the member of the Society must be furnished with passports from the general legitimate authorities .

    10 . All who enter this Society are hereby liberated from all sorts of civil and military services . But if any of them should himself wish to enter this or the other service , he may be appointed to it , All settlements and houses of the Chrisiian Israelites who belong to this Society , will

    be likewise freed from all kinds of quartering soldiers , keeping posts , and giving " horses , and from all other similar duties or ' the country . But if some person should be sent to the settlements by the Committee appointed for the Society on any business , inquiry or visitation , he must be duly received .

    11 . Every colony of the Society of Christian Israelites is permitted to have continually one of their members residing in St . Petersburg , under the name of trustee or agent , to execute their commissions , and dispatch all their business with the Committee appointed for the management of their affairs . 12 , AH who enter the Society of Christian Israelites hare freedom from alt da-

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    7 t 6 Russian Society of Christian Israelites .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1818, page 776, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2483/page/48/