The first session of the Gryazovets Uyezd Zemstvo Assembly took place on September 25, 1869. It was an organizational meeting held after the elections of the uyezd deputies. It also, evidently, approved the composition of the first uyezd Zemstvo Board, consisting of a chairman and two members. It also outlined the goals and tasks of the uyezd zemstvo for the near future, for the period of preparation for the uyezd assembly session of 1870, at which it was to be determined, as can be seen from the Board's reports, the state of affairs in the economy, education, public health, and other spheres of life of the local population, and proposals were to be developed to improve all these areas.
The Gryazovets Zemstvo Board began its work on January 20, 1870, and by the 2nd session of the Gryazovets Uyezd Zemstvo Assembly, held from September 22 to 30, 1870, it indeed prepared a whole series of reports on the state of affairs in the uyezd, including public education, and proposed a whole series of measures to "raise the level of education in Gryazovets Uyezd."