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REGULATION XXXVIII.
have any concern in the
collections.
Collector to depute
an otEcer to measure
European to hold.
Collectors to report
when any Europeans
may possess themselves
of land without autho-
rity.
collectors to the Board
of Revenue.
228
[A.D. 1193.
be hereafter made, are declared not recoverable in any Court of Judica-
ture.
III. * No European, of whatever nation or description, shall purchase,
rent, or occupy, directly or indirectly, any land out of the limits of the
town of Calcutta, without the sanction of the Governor-General in Council,
and all persons now so holding land beyond the limits of Calcutta, with-
out having obtained such permission, in opposition to the repeated
prohibitions of Government, or who may hereafter so purchase, rent, or
occupy land, shall be liable to be dispossessed of the land at the discre-
tion of the Governor-General in Council, nor shall they be entitled t) any
indemnification for buildings which they may have erected, or other account.
IV. * Europeans who are not prohibited from lending money to pro-
prietors or farmers of land, dependent talookdars, under-farmers, or ryots,
and who may make loans to them on the security or mortgage of their
lands or leases, shall not be allowed, directly or indirectly, to hold posses-
sion of the lands, the proprietary right in which, or lease whereof, may be
mortgaged to them as security for the loan, or to make or appropriate the
collections, or to have any concern or interference whatever in the
management or collection of the rents or revenue of the lands.
V. * When a European shall be permitted by the Governor-General in
Council to purchase, occupy, or rent any land out of the limits of Calcutta,
it shall be measured by an officer to be appointed by the collector, and
the expense attending the measurement shall be paid by the party pur-
chasing, renting, or occupying the ground. It shall be the duty of the
collectors to report to the Board of Revenue, for the information of the
Governor-General in Council, every instance that may come to their
knowledge in which Europeans may, directly or indirectly, purchase,
occupy, or rent land without such authority.
VI. * Upon the receipt of this Regulation, the collectors are to transmit
a statement, specifying the names of the Europeans possessing, renting, or
occupying land within their respective zillahs, the extent of the land, the
purpose to which it is applied, and from what period, and under what
authority it has been so possessed, occupied, or rented. The collectors
are to transmit a similar statement to the Board of Revenue annually, by
the 1st of January.
* The provisions of Secs. iii. to vi. are superseded as regards British subjects by Act IV.
1837.
have any concern in the
collections.
Collector to depute
an otEcer to measure
European to hold.
Collectors to report
when any Europeans
may possess themselves
of land without autho-
rity.
collectors to the Board
of Revenue.
228
[A.D. 1193.
be hereafter made, are declared not recoverable in any Court of Judica-
ture.
III. * No European, of whatever nation or description, shall purchase,
rent, or occupy, directly or indirectly, any land out of the limits of the
town of Calcutta, without the sanction of the Governor-General in Council,
and all persons now so holding land beyond the limits of Calcutta, with-
out having obtained such permission, in opposition to the repeated
prohibitions of Government, or who may hereafter so purchase, rent, or
occupy land, shall be liable to be dispossessed of the land at the discre-
tion of the Governor-General in Council, nor shall they be entitled t) any
indemnification for buildings which they may have erected, or other account.
IV. * Europeans who are not prohibited from lending money to pro-
prietors or farmers of land, dependent talookdars, under-farmers, or ryots,
and who may make loans to them on the security or mortgage of their
lands or leases, shall not be allowed, directly or indirectly, to hold posses-
sion of the lands, the proprietary right in which, or lease whereof, may be
mortgaged to them as security for the loan, or to make or appropriate the
collections, or to have any concern or interference whatever in the
management or collection of the rents or revenue of the lands.
V. * When a European shall be permitted by the Governor-General in
Council to purchase, occupy, or rent any land out of the limits of Calcutta,
it shall be measured by an officer to be appointed by the collector, and
the expense attending the measurement shall be paid by the party pur-
chasing, renting, or occupying the ground. It shall be the duty of the
collectors to report to the Board of Revenue, for the information of the
Governor-General in Council, every instance that may come to their
knowledge in which Europeans may, directly or indirectly, purchase,
occupy, or rent land without such authority.
VI. * Upon the receipt of this Regulation, the collectors are to transmit
a statement, specifying the names of the Europeans possessing, renting, or
occupying land within their respective zillahs, the extent of the land, the
purpose to which it is applied, and from what period, and under what
authority it has been so possessed, occupied, or rented. The collectors
are to transmit a similar statement to the Board of Revenue annually, by
the 1st of January.
* The provisions of Secs. iii. to vi. are superseded as regards British subjects by Act IV.
1837.