 On the same day the state authorities in charge issued the general ordinance for the "Establishment of Stone Postal Columns" ("Setzung der steinernen Post-Säulen") and the instruction that the costs of erecting them were to be borne by the landowner of the locations affected.For Upper Lusatia, a separate instruction followed on 24 November 1721.Zürner, who had been tasked by Augustus the Strong on 14 December 1721, worked out himself the details of which mileposts were to be erected.