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(1920, No. 71, p. 329 )

Decree of the Council of Peopleʹs Commissars.

On the organization of loading and unloading of wagons and ships and the export of goods from railway stations, wharves and ports. The Council of Peopleʹs Commissars decided:

1.                   To instruct the Peopleʹs Commissariat of Ways of Communication to monitor the loading and unloading of wagons and ships and the removal of goods from railway stations, quays and ports to the warehouses of the recipient departments or city public warehouses.

2.                   The technical carrying out of loading and unloading at points of significant cargo turnover shall be entrusted to the Transport and Material Departments of the local Councils of National Economy

(ʺTramotyʺ), as single bodies in charge of loading, unloading, transshipment, transshipment and removal of goods from stations, marinas and ports.

In their work in this area, the Provincial Transport and Material Departments are subordinate to the operational tasks of the Peopleʹs Commissariat of Ways of Communication, which are mandatory for them.

Note . At points of insignificant cargo turnover and at passenger stations, loading and unloading is carried out by the Peopleʹs Commissariat of Ways of Communication.

3.                   To oblige local Tramotas to form permanent staff of specialist loaders.

4.                   In the event of a lack of staff movers at the disposal of Tramot and the appeal of Tramot for labor to local Committees for General Labor

Service, oblige the latter to fulfill these requirements in the first place.

5.                   To carry out the export of goods from stations and wharves by means of local Tramots, as bodies combining the operation of animaldrawn and truck transport.

To oblige Tramoty to fulfill the tasks of the organs of the Peopleʹs Commissariat of Ways of Communication, first of all, by receiving funds from:

a)   own carts;

b) transportation means of other departments, including the military, with the exception of carts of units of active fronts;

c)   horse‐drawn means of professional and cooperative associations of carters;

d) registered animal‐drawn means of individuals;

e)   horse‐drawn means of the local population in the order of carrying out horse‐drawn service through the local Committee on universal labor service.

Note 1 . The Peopleʹs Commissariat of Railways retains the right to have its own tug to meet the economic needs of the railway and water transport institutions.

Note 2. In case of impossibility of transportation of goods from the station, Tramots are obliged to unload the goods into warehouses.

6.                   Officials and individuals violating this decree! or those who fail to comply with it are liable to the Revolutionary Railway Tribunals.

7.                   The bodies that exist today, which supply exclusively by unloading and loading goods into wagons and barges, are transferred to the jurisdiction of Tramot, where they transfer their credits and apparatus.

8.                   Special administrative powers previously granted to local unloading authorities and concerning all departments, namely: the right to set reduced deadlines for unloading and exporting goods, to establish mandatory opening times for warehouses of all departments, to set the duration and hours of work of loaders and carriers ‐ are transferred to the Peopleʹs To the Commissariat of Ways of Communication and carried out by them through the Tramots.

Signed by:

Chairman of the Council of Peopleʹs Commissars V. Ulyanov (Lenin) .

Head of the Council of Peopleʹs Commissars V. Bonch‐Bruevich .

Secretary L . Fotieva .

August 3, 1920.

Published in No. 172 of the News of the All‐Russian Central Executive

Committee of Soviets dated August 6, 1920.