 The "Code of Regulations" (1860) was drafted by members of the Armenian intelligentsia (Dr. Nahabet Rusinian, Dr. Servichen, Nigoghos Balian, Krikor Odian and Krikor Margosian).They primarily sought to define the powers of Patriarch.Finally the Council accepted the draft regulation on May 24, 1860, and presented it to the Bâb-ı Âli.