3. M. 9335.—of the central government, the custom was “unfulfilled.” subordinate regional rulers ordered the commanding regional authorities: very often the demands of the provincial clerk were left for a long time without any fulfillment '), But the times for regional rulers in the 18th century. They have already significantly improved: while the governors of the 47th Art. sometimes they beat the Parsky officers "); the king's messengers in the 18th century were sent to the guards officers, corporals and sergeants - and sometimes the unjust regional 'rulers - governors, vice-governors and governors - were ordered to be kept in the offices under guard until the demands of the government were fulfilled, and secretaries and clerks shackle 3), Sometimes it was prescribed to shackle the governors and vice-governors themselves by the legs, putting it around the neck ") Times have also changed for extortion: the government in the 18th century energetically sought to eradicate it. It is interesting to read this government’s fight against extortion, which began in the 18th century and continued until the end reigning Alexandra
1. Throughout the entire 18th century, decrees are continuously stretched aimed at reducing the extortion of the treasurer with the strictest punishments: not a single government initiative is undertaken in the 18th century without being accompanied by clauses prohibiting the perpetrators of its bribes; “We don’t come across a single instruction, whether it is issued to a government place or a person, in which there is no word against extortion. These energetic preslfdovaya bribery are opened by Peter V.’s commanding decree of August 25, 1713, in which the great sovereign, having mercy on the peoples of his states, strives to eradicate unjust popular burdens and crafty thefts of the state treasury, from which “people of all ranks, a) P.S.