Advanced Search

Law No. 557 16 September 1940

Original Language Title:  LEGE nr. 557 din 16 septembrie 1940

Subscribe to a Global-Regulation Premium Membership Today!

Key Benefits:

Subscribe Now for only USD$40 per month.
LEGE no. 557 557 of 16 September 1940 for the establishment of a General Commissioner called to carry out the population movement provided for in the Romanian-Bulgarian Treaty of Craiova, on September 7, 1940
ISSUER PARLIAMENT
Published in OFFICIAL MONITOR no. 215 215 of 16 September 1940



+ Article 1 A General Commissioner called to carry out the population movement provided for in the Romanian-Bulgarian Treaty of Craiova, from 7 Septemvrie 1940. + Article 2 The General Commissioner has the following attributions: a) Execute the mandatory evacuation of the Romanian population from Cadrilater and its final settlement in Dobrogea, instead of the Bulgarian population, as well as in other regions of the country; b) Take the necessary measures for the mandatory relocation of the Bulgarian population to Dobrogea Veche; c) Assess the goods of the evacuated population, in so far as it is necessary, in order to grant a compensation in the goods become free by moving the Bulgarian population from Dobrogea Veche; d) Execute the optional exchange of population, compensating the emigration of a number of Romanian subjects of Bulgarian ethnic origin, with the number of Bulgarian subjects of ethnic Romanian origin, according to para. 2 2 of art. 3 3 of the said Treaty; e) Resolve all economic, social, cultural and legal problems arising from the retrenchment of the Romanian population from the evacuated or immigrated territories. + Article 3 The General Commissariat will be led by a General Commissioner responsible for the execution of all operations resulting from the Romanian-Bulgarian Treaty of 7 Septemvrie 1940. This task is entrusted to the Rezident of the Great Land. He will work after the directives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In fulfilling its mission the General Commissioner will be helped by recognized specialists in the field of agriculture, animal husbandry, public health and population, cadastre, administrative, transport, military, legal and cultural issues. From an administrative point of view, the General Commissariat will be led by a general secretary, having degree and attributions of Secretary-General of Ministry, who will coordinate and supervise all the works, and can take any measures within the delegation received from the Commissioner. + Article 4 The works of the Commissariat will be executed according to the provisions of the General Commissariat of a number of delegates, aided by technicians and invested with the necessary powers that will be directly responsible for the success of the mission entrusted to them. + Article 5 In order to fulfil its mission, the General Commissariat shall be entitled: a) To give direct orders on the reestablishment measures, namely the evacuation of local authorities from the counties where the Romanians evacuated from Cadrilater are provisionally hosted, from the counties where they will also be seated in the counties with Bulgarian population, which is to be repatriated. The central authorities will only be informed about these orders, through the children; b) To deal directly with the relevant Ministries, Director C.F.R., N.F.R., S.M.R., Autonomous Houses and other public and private authorities all measures regarding the exchange of Romanian-Bulgarian population. + Article 6 All State authorities and private institutions, are obliged to execute the decisions of the General Commissariat taken within the framework of its duties and due to facilitate the carrying out of the mission of the General Commissariat, putting them to Provision: a) Informations in relation to the problems of population exchange; b) Technical and specialized personnel necessary for the works to be requested; c) The officers and the lower ranks of the army currently posted, to the evacuation works, as well as the vehicles requisitioned for this purpose, remain at the disposal of the General Commissariat. + Article 7 The commissariat will operate in Bucharest, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and in Constanta, in the place that will be provided by the Great Land Residence. + Article 8 The Commercial Direction of the colonizations of the Ministry of Agriculture is made available to the General Commissariat, throughout its operation. + Article 9 The Ministry of Finance, will open on the General Commissariat a credit for financing evacuation, immigration and retrenchment operations. To this end he will conclude a convention with the National Bank of Romania, whereby it will advance the necessary funds up to the amount of lei 500,000,000, representing the first flat tranche to be paid by the Bulgarian Government at 15 January 1941. + Article 10 The General Commissioner is an administrator within the meaning of art. 8, para. 2, from L.C.P. By derogation from art. 90 of L.C.P., the General Commissariat and his delegate may approve without public auction expenses and payments from the funds provided to them, when their nature carries urgency. + Article 11 The Ministry of Finance will appoint a Controller Advisor for the exercise of preventive control of the management of the General Commissariat. + Article 12 The appointment of the Commissioner General and the Secretary-General will be made by a decision of the Ruler of the State. The organization of the services of the General Commissariat, the appointment and posting of personnel will be made through the decisions of the Ministry + Article 13 All the grievances arising from the measures taken, will be brought by signed documents, to the attention of the Presidency, where a special office was established. + Article 14 No helpers will be given except to those totally deprived of means. + Article 15 The aid shall cease as soon as the persons who receive them have found their use and those who refuse to use it. They will suppress aid and those that have bad purges, or turn into agitators. All refugees, men and women, will be used in the Aid Committees, in the services dealing with this matter to the maximum. This is to decrease the material sacrifices made by the State. + Article 16 This decree comes into force on the date of publication in the Official Gazette + Article 17 The decree-law is repealed for the establishment of the General Commissariat of Romanians in the evacuated territories, published in the Official Gazette of 4 Septemvrie 1940. + Article 18 The Minister of State Secretary of Foreign Affairs is charged with bringing this decree to fruition. -----