. . . 3. A permanent residence is permitted
to Jews: (a) In the provinces: Grodno, Vilna, Volhynia,
Podolia, Minsk, Ekaterinoslav. (b) In the districts: Bessarabia,
Bialystok.
4. In addition to the provinces and districts
listed in the preceding section, permanent residence is
permitted to Jews, with the following restrictions: (a)
in Kiev province with the exception of the provincial capital,
Kiev; (b) in Kherson province, with the exception of the
city of Nikolaev; (c) in Tavaria province, with the exception
of the city of Sebastopol; (d) in the Mogliev and Vitebsk
provinces, except in the villages; (e) in Chernigov and
Poltava provinces, but not in the government [administrative
district] and Cossack villages where the expulsion of Jews
has already been completed; (f) in Courland province [Latvia]
permanent residence is permitted only to those Jews who
have been registered until the present date with their families
in census lists. Entry for the purpose of settlement is
forbidden to Jews from other provinces; (g) in Lithland
[Lithuania] province, in the city of Riga and the suburb
of Shlok, with the same restrictions as those applying in
the Courland province.
11. Jews who have gone abroad without a
legal exit-permit are deprived of Russian citizenship and
not permitted to return to Russia.
12. Within the general area of settlement
and in every place where Jews are permitted permanent residence,
they are allowed not only to move from place to place and
to settle in accordance with the general regulations, but
also to acquire real estate of all kinds with the exception
of inhabited estates, the ownership of which is strictly
forbidden to
Jews. . . .
Every Jew must be registered according
to the law in one of the
legal estates of the realm. Any Jew not complying with
this regulation will be treated as a vagrant.
