▁company ▁was ▁to ▁take ▁over ▁the ▁administration ▁of ▁the ▁mines ▁for ▁ 1 2 ▁years , ▁by ▁pay ing ▁ 1 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁income ▁to ▁the ▁owner ▁and ▁ 1 0 % ▁to ▁the ▁Wal lach ian ▁state . ▁ ▁Bib es cu ▁approved ▁the ▁contract , ▁but ▁the ▁Public ▁Assembly ▁protest ed ▁against ▁it : ▁the ▁deput ies ▁saw ▁it ▁as ▁an ▁inter vention ▁of ▁the ▁protect ing ▁power ▁in ▁local ▁politics . ▁The ▁contract ▁was ▁eventually ▁cancel led , ▁but , ▁caught ▁between ▁the ▁Assembly ' s ▁position ▁and ▁the ▁Russian ▁authorities , ▁on ▁March ▁ 4 , ▁ 1 8 4 4 , ▁Bib es cu ▁dissol ved ▁the ▁Public ▁Assembly ▁with ▁the ▁appro val ▁of ▁Russian ▁Emperor ▁Nicholas ▁I . ▁When ▁elections ▁for ▁the ▁body ▁were ▁conven ed ▁in ▁November ▁ 1 8 4 6 , ▁he ▁used ▁several ▁means ▁to ▁silence ▁opposition , ▁thus ▁award ing ▁himself ▁a ▁sub serv ient ▁legisl ature . ▁A ▁clear ▁separation ▁between ▁him ▁and ▁Rom antic ▁national ists ▁occurred ▁when ▁he ▁ordered ▁the ▁ref ound ation ▁of ▁the ▁Saint ▁S ava ▁College ▁as ▁a ▁French - language ▁school ▁— ▁based ▁on ▁his ▁view ▁that ▁Roman ian ▁was ▁in compatible ▁with ▁modern ization . ▁ ▁Two ▁and ▁a ▁half ▁years ▁after ▁that , ▁Bib es cu ▁passed ▁laws ▁for ▁public ▁works ▁and ▁public ▁administration . ▁In ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 1 8 4 4 , ▁he ▁took ▁a ▁long ▁trip ▁through ▁the ▁country ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁inspect ▁the ▁public ▁institutions ▁and