DRAFT DECREE  
May 23, 1919  

Resolutions adopted by the Commission of the VTsIK in the session on May 23, 1919:  

1. Salaries exceeding 3,000 rubles shall be determined by the board of each Commissariat, notified to the People’s Commissars of Labor and State Control, and submitted for approval to the Sovnarkom.  

2. Each People’s Commissariat shall, within one week, submit a list of all employees receiving over 3,000 rubles per month.  

3. Each People’s Commissariat shall, within one week, submit a list of the most prominent specialists and outstanding organizers who must be paid over 3,000 rubles. The board of each Commissariat must, for each individual, declare: 1) their endorsement that the individual is a leading specialist in a specific field; 2) the specific outstanding organizational work they currently perform or are capable of performing.  

4. By June 15, only those whose salaries have been approved by the Sovnarkom shall receive the standard rate of 3,000 rubles or more.  

5. The approval of salaries by the Sovnarkom shall be finalized within no more than one week from the date of submission for approval.  

6. Rapporteurs: Lenin and Krasin.  

7. Avanesov undertakes to submit to the Sovnarkom by tomorrow, May 24, theses or principles regarding payments exceeding 3,000 rubles—but not for top-tier specialists.  

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