[10 November 1919]

To the Estimates Department of the People's Bank

Decree

The Council of People's Commissars, at its session of 5 November 1919, resolved:

To release to the Supreme Council of the National Economy (VSNKh), through its Fire Insurance Department, an advance against the estimates for the second half-year of two hundred million rubles (200,000,000 rubles) for the needs of the fire protection service.

To instruct the Fire Insurance Department of VSNKh to submit its estimates in the general budgetary procedure.

To instruct the Presidium of VSNKh to enter into agreement with the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs regarding the transfer of the fire insurance business to VSNKh within a seven-day period.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)