Bács-Kiskun megye múltjából 12. (Kecskemét, 1993)

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leather merchants could settle but only temporarily and conditionally. Number of local Jewish people was 81 in 1787 and 1978 in 1900. On the basis of 1100 utilizable data of Population Register settlement rates and directions can be seen in charts and maps. Most of the settling people arrived between 1790 and 1848 in Kecskemét. The greatest part of them (44%) came from Pest-Pilis country-district and from the territory of „Jászkunság". Determining movement directions were north-south and north—west south. As far as the occupation concerned mostly craftsmen, merchants and entrepreneurs obtained inhabitant right. Jewish persons arrived almost exclusively from inland territories. Detailed information on settled persons' number and occupation, according to country, country-district and settlements, can be found in the study. In the final part different carreers are shown reflecting the kind of applications. ADMINISTRATION OF JÁSZKUN DISTRICT FROM 1849 TO 1860 written by Mrs. Molnár Bánki The new administrative system — linked with the name of Bach Imperial Home Secretary — abolished the corporative direction, the district became as the lower grade of administration. The previous threefold division of Jászkun District hat stopped. A nominated apparatus replaced the elected officers. Direction of district was wholly reorganized, however the administration of the individual communities remained essentially unchanged. The new system of taxation was initiated in Jászkun District as well. Initiation of consumption tax took the never disputable so-called royal small gains out of the communities' hand. In the respect of administration of inland revenue, the parts of the threefold district were also separated after the regional changes of administrative districts. The Nagykun and the Jász Districts belonged to the Financial District Board of Directors of Szolnok, the Kiskun District belonged to that of Szeged. There was organized the corporation of gendarmerie, and it had exclusively the duty to keep order within the community. As a result of changes, the officers resigned in large numbers in the communities. The prestige of the previously highly respected councillors — partly taken upon themselves for this reason — has decreased by abolis-