I Pao and Chia
45. Each pao is constituted of six to fifteen chia.
46. Public primary schools, cooperatives, and warehouses6 shall be established within two or three pao where the population is dense. The Pao Chief shall be in charge of these institutions. Reserves of each pao shall be trained separately.
47. There shall be one Pao Chief (pao-chang) and one assistant Pao Chief (fu-pao-chang) in each pao. They are elected by the Pao People’s Council. And they must be chosen from among persons with the following qualifications:
a. Those who have graduated from middle schools.
b. Persons who have worked more than one year in Government.
c. Those who have been specially trained.
d. Those who are active in social work.
Before the time of election, the Pao Chief may be recommended by the hsiang office to the Hsien Government for appointment.
48. The tenure of the Pao Chief shall be two years; he may be re-elected.
49. The offices of Pao Chief, headmaster of the pao primary school, and militia officer may be delegated to one person. When the pao’s financial resources are sufficient the headmaster is not allowed to hold other office.
50. There shall be two to four secretaries in each pao to take charge of the political, educational, cultural affairs, and police service. The pao staff shall be elected from among the primary school teachers. If the pao’s financial resources are not sufficient, there shall be only one person to take care of all these activities.
51. The procedure of training of the pao office staff shall be dealt with separately.
52. One representative of each family is required to be present at the Pao People’s Council (pao-min ta-hui) meeting. The bylaws and the duties of this council shall be dealt with separately.
53. Each chia consists of six to fifteen families.
54. There shall be one Chia Chief (chia-chang) in each chia. He is elected by the Family Chiefs Council and is registered with the hsiang office through the pao.
55. There shall be established a Family Chiefs Council and Chia People’s Council in each chia.
56. The old names of the streets may be used as the names of pao.
57. The bylaws of pao and chia shall be dealt with separately.
58. The controlment procedure for pao and chia shall be dealt with separately.
59. The present bylaws shall become effective after the date of promulgation.
60. If any item in these regulations conflicts with the National laws, it shall be null.
Footnotes
1 Chung-yang Hsün-lien T’uan [Central (Kuomintang) Training Corps], Hsien Ko-chi Tzŭ-chih Kang-yao [Regulations Concerning the Organization of the Various Classifications of Hsien], Chungking, XXVIII (1939); these regulations are also found in Chung-yang Hsüan-ch’uan Pu [Central Publicity Board], Hsien-cheng yü Ti-fang Tzŭ-chih [Constitutional Government in Relation to Local Self-Government], Chungking, XXVIII (1939), p. 37-44.
2 The practice termed squeeze on the coast.
3 In some areas termed the chên.
4 A level in the National civil service.
5 The chuang-ting-tui tui-chang, heading a local force of able-bodied citizens; the regular rank is not specified.
6 In Far Eastern English parlance, godown.