Ismail district prefecture and its subordinated preturas and town halls

According to the 1918 act of union of Bessarabia with Romania, there were introduced changes in the territorial-administrative division of the territory between Prut and Dniester rivers. The territory of Bessarabia was divided into counties, which were divided into several districts. The lower administrative unit was a commune, which united several localities. At the head of each district, there were the prefects. District prefectures managed political, administrative, and economic life of the district. The prefectures had several district councils (apart from various departments) which consisted of five committees: a control and administrative committee, a financial committee, an economic committee, a committee of cults and education, a committee of sanitation, a committee of public works (of construction). Administration of the subordinated preturas was headed by a sub-prefect with its own staff of officials - a sub-prefecture. In 1925, the post of sub-prefect was abolished and the post of praetor was introduced. Management of the subordinated preturas has become known as a pretura. The Pretura did not have any structural subdivisions, nor did it use the right of a legal entity. All of these bodies ceased to exist in Bessarabia in 1940, but were returned in 1941-44. In 1941-44 Romania also included territory between the rivers Bug and Dniester. The territory of the left bank of the Dniester river was divided into 3 districts: Dubasari, Ribnita, and Tiraspol. Documents of archival funds of prefectures, subordinated preturas and city halls are not fully preserved. Public access, no restrictions on access Orders and resolutions of town halls; correspondence on sanitation; on combating epidemic diseases; reports on the mood of the local residents; orders on the procedure for the exploitation of church lands; correspondence about keeping records of the property of deceased residents; a directive from the Bessarabian governorate on the staffing and replacement of the cooperative personnel by Romanians; complaints of villagers; cases on collecting donations to help Romanian army and the public; correspondence about the administration of property left by the Soviet citizens; orders on the exploitation of seized property; correspondence on the mobilization of residents for forced labor; correspondence on statistics; receipts for funds collected from the public; cases of changing the names of the villagers; lists of town hall employees et al. The fund contains the following groups of items: Town hall of Giurgiulesti village (1941-1944); town hall of Etulia village (1938-1944); town hall of the village of Cuza-Vodă (1936-1944); town hall of Slobozia-mare village (1938-1944); town hall of Chishmikoy village of (1941-1944) Îndrumătorul Arhivei Naţionale a Republicii Moldova (partea II-a, 1918 – începutul secolului XXI, ediţia a II-a, revăzută şi completată). Chişinău, 2012: 40 Restrictions on use. Fair use only. Use only for scientific purposes (not for commercial use)