Clarke, Richard [Hrsg.]: The regulations of the government of Fort William in Bengal in force at the end of 1853 - to which are added, the acts of the government of India in force in that presidency: with lists of titles and an index (1): Regulations from 1793 to 1805 (London, 1854)

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REGULATION II.

[A.D. 1793.

reMOvaJ o/ a;JJ MaOve
coJJec^or.
To notify all appoint-
ments and removals to
ters.
In the absence of the
collector, the senior
assistant to ofhciate in
his room.

Collectors and their
officers prohibitedbeing
concerned extra-offi-
cially in the revenues.

Native officers, &c.,
prohibited purchasing

This rule not to pre-
clude such native offi-
making bona fide pur-
chases of land at pri-
vate sale.

ers, talookdars, or
ryots.
Collectors, assistants,
from trading.
This prohibition, with
regard to collectors and
their assistants, to ex-
tend to the purchase of
goods for remitting
money to Europe.
.Dewars o/ coJ-
eoMr% o/yM^ca^Mre.
Collectors to keep
complete, and preserve,
the public records.

XIII. [ VAg 072 A AA'7722'.S'.S'2072 pA oA 720A*rC y)2AAA' .ycrr072f.$ 072
c/' Ve (AAr Agcp07-.$ q/' ^Ao 72oA'ro 072V
^Ar A'AgA072cAge erg roVcd 272 ^A<? coAgcAi'.s'.] But they are to
transmit to the Board of Revenue regular notice bf all appointments and
removals, and are to employ none but such public and registered officers
in matters in any respect relating to their official duty, and are not, under
any plea or pretext, to confer on their public officers any private trust
relating to their personal concerns.
XIV. In the event of the death or removal of a collector, or of his
absence from his station, the senior assistant on the spot is to perform the
duties of collector, [072A AA &zo%72]* and the public officers of the col-
lectorsliip are accordingly to obey his orders.
XV. No collector, assistant, [or &20072]* to a collector, or any native
in the employ of a collector or of an assistant, shall hold, directly or
indirectly, any farm, or be concerned on their private account in the
collection or payment of the revenue of any lands in the zillah, either as
farmer, surety, or otherwise; and native officers and private servants and
dependants of collectors and assistants are prohibited from purchasing,
directly or indirectly, any land that the collector may dispose of at public
sale, under the penalty of forfeiting the property to Government, upon
proof being made, to the satisfaction of the Governor-General in Council,
of the property having been so purchased.
XVI. The rules in the preceding section, however, are not to be
considered to prohibit a [&2P072* or ozVor] native officer of a collector, or
any private servant of a collector or of an assistant, from purchasing
bona fide the proprietary right in lands situated in the zillah, by private
sale.
XVII. No collector shall [gwo AmU La yhr77? A) a VVropTvm, A'rgcAy or
272<AzrocA?/, or] accept the security of a European for any farmer, dependent
talookdar, or ryot.
XVIII. No collector, assistant, [w &20%72,]* shall, directly or indirectly,
carry on any trade, or be concerned in any commercial transaction
whatever. This prohibition, with regard to collectors and their assistants,
is declared to extend to the purchase, directly or indirectly, of any goods
or commodities in the British dominions in Bengal, for the purpose of
remitting money to Europe.
XIXA 7AV AcM.vm.s' q/ fAo oro yoroAiAAcA Av2fA'72q 77202202/, WoUA/
w mA'rocAy, A 0222/ ^oprA^or or yhrmer q/' Amo/, &po72&722' AAooAVor,
MTzAdr-yhrmor, or ryoA Zoor.s' 7720U0 272 o/rpovAzooz A /AA r?Ao -sAoA &
rocororoVo 272 072// C0227A ry"
XX. The collectors are to be careful that the accounts and records of
their respective zillahs are kept complete and duly preserved.

Sec. hi. Reg. V.
1801.

Rescinded by
Act IV. 1837.*

* The ofRce of dewan was abolished by Reg. XV. 1813.