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 XLIII.

[A.D. 1795.



Sunnuds for the land
bywhom to be granted.

Upon the death of
aninvalidhis lands to

Heirs of the invalids
to receive the prescrib-
ed sunnuds, and to

Consequences en-
suing from the non-

zemindars of whom they hold the lands, and aiA subject to the jurisdic-
tion of the Civil and Criminal Courts of Judicature, in the same manner
as other individuals. To secure to the holders of these grants the rights
and privileges which they derive under their tenures, such part of the
rules above-mentioned as come within the description of the rules and
orders specified in Section II. Regulation XLI. 1793, are hereby enacted
into a Regulation.
II. Rules passed on the 18th February, 1789. Azry^. The invalid
native troops now at Monghyr, and those who shall be hereafter invalided,
who may be desirous of receiving grants of waste land in lieu of the pay
allowed to them by Government on the Boglepore establishment, upon
taking a final discharge from the service shall be entitled to the same in
the following proportions, according to their ranks.
Commandants [^rc. ay z% (Yazzyg Zzry^, /S^zozz AALAZZ/. ZAyaAz-
AfZZZZ. 1793].
NAwzZ The lands shall be granted in such villages as each individual
may point out.
ZAz?^. Should any objection occur to the resident at Benares to grant-
ing [^c. ay m 6%mya ZbzzrZ,, AccZ'ozz AAAAZ7Z. AiZZVZ. 1793.]
Zbzz?Z4. The resident at Benares is directed to make it a rule to select
[^-c. ay zzz 67azzya SZzZA, S^zozz AAAAb/ZZ. AqyzzZdzwz AfZZ/Z. 1793.]
Z'z/M. [Aazzze ay U^aayg &c^zo?z AfAfZ/Z. VAyaJa^zwz AiZZZ.
1793.]
<Nz^A. The sunnuds for the lands so granted in the zemindarry of
Benares are to be made out under the seal of the rajah, with a perwannah
of confirmation under the seal and signature of the resident, who is
required to keep a register of all such grants, and to transmit copies
thereof annually to the Governor-General in Council.
/%pazz;!/h Upon the death of the original grantee, his lands are to be
continued to his heirs at law at a fixed jumma, to be assessed by the
resident with the consent of the rajah, upon an estimate of the neat annual
produce, after deducting one-tenth therefrom to be annually paid by the
mocurrery holder to the zemindar as malikanah, or to Government, if the
estate or talooka be amauny. Such mocurrery holders shall thenceforward
be considered upon the same footing as other persons in the province
holding lands in a fixed rent.
ZZyAzA. The resident having fixed the rent to be paid to Government,
and the amount payable to the zemindar as malikanah, or the consider-
ation to the same amount to Government, as directed in the preceding
article, shall cause mocurrery sunnuds to be drawn out and authenticated
in the mode prescribed in Clause Sixth, in the name of the heirs of the
deceased, who shall accordingly hold the said lands in perpetuity, as long
as they shall continue to discharge the rent and the malikanah, or the
consideration to the same amount to Government (according as the lands
may be amauny or otherwise) with which they may be so assessed.
AAzZ. [6h??z<? ay 6%nzy<? AArczzM, ^c^zozz AkXAZZZ Zt^zz/aZozz AdZZZZ
1793.)
Zh?z%A. Should any of the moccurrerydars aforesaid omit to discharge
the amount of the Government's rent and the malikanah payable to the
zemindar, or the consideration to Government (according as the lands may