The Schwartzistan Herald

The Assembly

5 August 2017. An Act for the Better Ordering of Turnpikes passed. Passed by the Assembly by 35 votes to 6. Provides 218005 marka for works between Sudfurt and Oberbach. The debate was routine.

3 August 2017. The Railway Regulation Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 43 votes to 17. Provides 73900 marka for works between Norrwick and Oberholt. The vote was taken at dusk.

The Grand Chancellor, Renate Brenn, has held office since 14 February 2014.

The Courts

The Regional Court of The Capital District, 4 August 2017. Fenn v. Brenn. Concerning the estate of the late Brenn. Ruling: will upheld. Judgment at the rising of the court.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark, 31 July 2017. Vallen v. Klessdan. Concerning the estate of the late Klessdan. Ruling: will set aside. The court rose when the court resumed after the midday adjournment.

The Market

The Exchange was thin. Price indicators for the week:

Bread, the loaf, 559 pfen; beer, the litre, 838.5 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 111.29 marka; a furnished room lets at 389.52 marka the month. The Exchange index closed the year at 27,266.70. Bank rate stands at 4.54 per cent.

The War Appropriation for the year, 232,746,212 marka, passed the Assembly without a dissenting voice.

Registers

Civil registrations this week, from the National Archive: Recorded this week throughout the country: 151 births, 88 marriages, 167 deaths. Population at the last return, 719,282.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.