1st edition. Original blue printed wrappers bound into stiff boards, 16mo, 23 + viii pages. 16 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates as, “The Law Covering the Elections in the Lithuanian founding Seimas [Parliament]. Accepted at the Third Reading of the Lithuanian State Council on October 30, 1919.” Reflective of the multilingual needs in the new Lithuanian state, this Yiddish-language government-published elections-handbook was produced for the first parliament (the Seimas) of Lithuania. The Seimas was (and is) the unicameral parliament of Lithuania. The Valstybes Taryba [Council of Lithuania] “had the right to perform the initial restorative work of the [Lithuanian] state, because in the special conditions of that time (during the war and the German occupation), it was not possible to hold general democratic elections to form a representative of the nation….The State Council of Lithuania prepared, adopted and promulgated laws, submitted inquiries to ministers, organized local self-government, took care of the return of deportees and war refugees from Russia, also maintained relations with Lithuanian diaspora organizations, and organized Lithuanian conferences in Bern and Stockholm….its mandate was terminated in 1920 on May 15, when the Constituent Seimas took over the powers of the Council after starting its session” (Translated, Office of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania). An important Yiddish-language government document connected to the establishment of the democratic Republic of Lithuania. SUBJECT(S): Elections -- Lithuania. E´lections -- Lituanie. Elections. Steigiamas seimas. OCLC: 926200653. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (NLI, HUC, UCL), none at any Ivy League institution. Number and institutional stamp on front cover, wrappers and text paper remain bright and extremely strong, exceedingly well preserved with no toning. Scarce and important. (YID-43-27)