26 IMPERIAL RUSSIAN EDICTS. 



VIII. 



Tlieboard of ndniinistration of tlie Kiissimi Ainericmi Company is to b(> 

 recogiii/e<l in all courts of law as being- intiusted with the management 

 of the Company's affairs, and if suits are brought in courts of justice in 

 connection Avith its business it must not be done in the name of any 

 indivi(hial partner of the company, but in that of the board of ad- 

 ministration. 



IX. 



Having intrusted to the management of the Company so vast an ex- 

 tent of country, with considerable numbers of iidmbitants, in order to 

 enable it to carry out more effectively the object of the (xovernment 

 the following special ])rivileges are granted to its employes in all its 

 interior and coast stations and agencies, whether managers, bookkeep- 

 ers, cashiers and their assistiints, supercargoes, ship's clerks, or others: 



(1) To the chief manager, on his assumption of the duties of the post, 

 ar<' extended the privileges granted by the ukase of .March 21, 1810, 

 defining the status of olhcials in the government of Siberia, i)rovided 

 he hold rank in tiie military or civil service of the Empire. 



(13) All officials who are entitled to enter the service of the Company 

 under the provisions of the ukase of Ajnil 9, 1802, are considered as in 

 active service in regard to reward and promotions, with the exception 

 of such grades as are conferred oidy by reason of seniority or continued 

 service with a special command. They are also entitled to half pay and 

 to military servants under the provisions of the same requirement. 



(3) Ohicers or ofiicials who have been retired prior to entering the 

 Company's service retain their original rank and are to be considered 

 in every respect as in active service. This right is also extended to 

 those w ho, since the grant of highest privileges in t\w year 1799, have 

 entered the Company's service in various capacities. All individuals 

 belonging to classes.entitled to enter the Imperial service, but who have 

 not i^reviously held any rank, will, after two years' service with the 

 Company, receive the rank of collegiate r(\gistrar upon due application 

 by the board of administration; the succeeding grades to be obtained 

 by continued service under the provisions of general laws. On leaving 

 the service these individuals Avill retain their I'ankonly when they have 

 served five years and have been recommended by the board of admin- 

 istration as worthy and efficient.^ 



XVII. 



The Russian American Company is most graciously ]iermiited to 

 load the ships dis])alched from Kronstadt around the world, and from 

 Okhotsk to onr colonies, both with Kussian products ami with foreign 

 goods upon which duty has been ])aid; alsotouidoad the ships retnrn- 

 ing from the colonies with cargoes of furs and other i)roducts without 

 detention, upon declarations nuide at the customhouse at Kronstadt by 

 the board of administration aiul at Okhotsk by the agent stationed 

 there. On shipping such cargoes from one liussian port to another no 

 duties shall be collected unless a si)ecial internal tax on furs be estab- 

 lished hereafter by law. 



' Scftions x-xvi coutaiu rci^uliitioii.s rohiditii;' only to interual mauagemeut, aud 

 liuvc tbcicforc becu oiuitted iii this translation. 



