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 IX.

[A.D. 1805.

ferred, may bear to the whole of its actual neat produce. This produce
shall be ascertained in the inode that is or shall be prescribed in the Re-
gulations; and the person or persons to whom such lands may be trans-
ferred, and his, or her, or their heirs and lawful successors, shall hold them
at the jumma at which they may be so transferred, after the same shall
have been duly sanctioned and registered, and engaged for; subject to the
general rules in force at the time of transfer for the periodical or perma-
nent assessment of the land revenue. *
" Whenever a division shall be made of lands, the settlement
of which has been, or shall be, concluded with or on behalf of the proprie-
tor or proprietors, and that are or may become the joint property of two
or more persons, the assessment upon each share shall be fixed by the col-
lector, or other authorized ofHcer of Government, at an amount which shall
bear the same proportion to its actual neat produce, as the jumma assessed
upon the whole of the estate divided may bear to the whole of its actual
neat produce. This produce shall be ascertained in the mode that is or
shall be prescribed by the Regulations; and the sharers, and their heirs
and lawful successors, shall hold their respective shares at the jumma
which may be so assessed upon them, after the same shall have been duly
sanctioned, registered, and engaged for, subject to the general rules in
force at the time of the division for the periodical or permanent assessment
of the land revenue.

the jumma of lands
held khas or let in farm,
in the event of the
[7. 1793, a-:'.]

XXVIII.* " ART. XXVII. The following rules are prescribed, respect-
ing the adjustment of the public assessment or jumma on the lands of
zemindars, independent talookdars, and other actual proprietors of land,
whose lands are or may be held khas or let in farm by Government, in the
event of their being disposed of by public sale, or transferred by any pri-
vate act of the proprietor, or of their being joint property and a division of
them taking place amongst the proprietors.
" If the whole or a portion of the lands of a zemindar, inde-
pendent talookdar, or other actual proprietor of land, who may not have
agreed to the payment of the assessment proposed to him or her, and whose
lands are or shall be held khas or let in farm by Government, shall be
exposed to public sale in one, or in two or more lots, ^
q/* a comY such lands, if khas, shall be disposed of at whatever
assessment the Governor-General in Council shall deem equitable : and the
purchaser or purchasers of such lands, and his, or her, or their heirs'dnd
lawful successors, shall hold the lands at the assessment at which they shall
be so purchased, subject to the general rules in force at the time of sale
for the periodical oi\permanent assessment of the land revenue. If the
lands, at the time of their being exposed to sale, shall be held in farm, and
shall be put up in one, or in two or more lots, they shall be disposed of
under the following conditions. The purchaser or purchasers shall receive,
during the unexpired part of the term of the lease of the farmer, whatever
such proprietor shall have been entitled to receive in virtue of his or her
proprietary rights, on account of the lands so purchased; and such pur-
chaser or purchasers shall, at the expiration of the lease of the farmer, be
put in possession of the lands, on his or their engaging to pay such assess-

* See note to Sec. xxvii.