Chernivtsi Chamber of Commerce and Industry
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Chernivtsi was the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Chernivtsi in Austria-Hungary .
Emergence
With the law on the establishment of chambers of commerce and trade of March 18, 1850, chambers of commerce and industry were established in the Austrian Empire , including the Czernowitz Chamber of Commerce and Industry as the only chamber in the crown land of Bukovina . They had the duties of chambers of commerce .
With the law of June 29, 1868 concerning the organization of the chambers of commerce and trade, the organization of the chambers was basically confirmed and the tasks redefined.
tasks
The chambers should advise the wishes and proposals of the economy and present them to the ministries and authorities independently. They prepared statements on government bills as they related to commercial or commercial interests. The government could also ask the chambers to comment on economic issues.
The chambers kept the electoral registers of those entitled to vote to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the trademark and model archives and the business registrations. They collected the data for the trade statistics. The chambers participated in the examination and appointment of the commodity and bill brokers, the exchange councilors and the commercial court assessors. The chambers could be named as arbitration tribunals in commercial contracts.
Each chamber had to submit a comprehensive report to the Ministry of Commerce every year, in which the economic situation in the chamber district was described. The chambers provided trade statistics every five years.
organization
The Chambers of Commerce and Industry were subordinate to the Ministry of Commerce and had to implement its instructions. They were divided internally into a trade and a trade section (mining also belonged to the trade).
The chambers consisted of 16 to 48 actual members. The exact number of members was determined by the Ministry of Commerce depending on the size of the chamber district. In addition, the chamber was able to co-opt other members (without voting rights) as "correspondent members".
The election of the members was made by direct election by the traders and traders or the board members of corporations in the chamber district. The term of office was six years. Half of the Chamber was elected every three years on a revolving basis. There was a census right to vote : wholesalers and industrial companies were only eligible to vote if they paid income taxes of 100 guilders , other companies had lower limits. The choice was made in individual groups. These were determined by the ministry according to the number of voters in locations and trade or business classes.
The chamber elected a president who represented the chamber externally. It was financed through a contribution from companies in the chamber district. The Chamber prepared an annual budget and submitted it to the Ministry for approval. The sum was divided by the income tax revenue in the tax district and the resulting surcharge on the income tax was collected from the companies.
They gained particular importance after the electoral reform of 1873, after which the chambers elected some of the members of the Reichsrat . Until 1906, a representative from the Chernivtsi Chamber was represented in the Reichsrat. Two of the 30 members of the Chernivtsi Chamber of Commerce and Industry were also elected to the Bukovinian state parliament .
building
From 1908 to 1910 the building of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry was built at Elisabethenplatz 2 (today Teatralna). The building that now houses the Medical Academy is a listed building .
Personalities
Chamber presidents
Elected to the Reichsrat by the Chamber
Each chamber elects one member to the Reichsrat:
| Surname | Electoral term |
|---|---|
| Anton Kochanowski from Stawczan | V. LP (1873–1879) |
| Wagner Heinrich | VI. LP (1879–1885) |
| Popper Heinrich | VII. LP (1885-1891) |
| Popper Heinrich | VIII. LP (1891-1897) |
| Tittinger David | IX. LP (1897–1901) |
| Rosenzweig Leon | X. LP (1901-1907) |
Elected to the Landtag by the Chamber
The following were elected to the Landtag by the Chamber:
| year | MP | MP |
|---|---|---|
| 1866 | Wilhelm von Alth | Andreas Mikulitsch |
| 1866 | Wilhelm von Alth | Joseph Fechner |
| 1874 | done | Leibuka Barber |
| 1876-1881 | Leibuka Barber | Jacob Kohn |
| 1882-1884 | Joseph Rott | Anton Kochanowski from Stawczan |
| 1885 | Wilhelm von Alth | Jacob Kohn |
| 1886-1887 | Jacob Kohn | unoccupied |
| 1886-1898 | Jacob Kohn | David Tittinger |
| 1899-1900 | Friedrich Langenhan | David Tittinger |
| 1901 | Friedrich Langenhan | unoccupied |
| 1902-1904 | Friedrich Langenhan | Joseph Steiner |
| 1905-1911 | Friedrich Langenhan | David Tittinger |
literature
- Richard von Kaufmann: The Representation of Economic Interests in the States of Europe, the Reorganization of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the Formation of a Central Economic Organ in Germany, 2013, ISBN 9783642509308 , pp. 437-438, online
Individual evidence
- ^ Reichsraths-Wahlordnung, Reichsgesetzblatt, pp. 165 ff., Online
- ^ Von Kaufmann: The Representation of Economic Interests ..., p. 365
- ↑ Edmund Targan: Czernowitz 1408 - 2008. A search for the myth, 2008, ISBN 9783833476501 , p. 71, online
- ^ State handbooks
Coordinates: 48 ° 17 ′ 29 ″ N , 25 ° 55 ′ 56 ″ E