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 (2): Regulations from 1806 to 1834 (London, 1854)

A.D. 1806.]

REGULATION VI.

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A.D 1806. REGULATION VI.*
A REGULATION <{Ad 77207'C AqpaA" o/* jS772&72A772e72^ ; PASSED
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I. WHEREAS it is provided by Sections II. and III. Regulation XXXIII.
1793, tbat the embankments which are maintained at the expense of
Government shall be repaired under the superintendence of the collectors,
subject to the control of the Board of Revenue: and whereas it has been
judged expedient that this duty shall in future be performed under the
directions of those officers who, from local situation, possess the best means
of forming a judgment of the repairs required, and of the manner in which
such repairs may be made by the persons intrusted with the executive part
of the duty: and whereas it is advisable that fixed and general rules
should be established for preparing the annual estimates of the expense
required for the repair of the said embankments, and for the audit of the
accounts of the actual disbursements : and whereas it is essential that
further provisions should be made for the more effectual repair of the
embankments, which the zemindars and talookdars are bound, under the
conditions of the permanent settlement of the land revenue, to maintain
at their own expense; the following rules have been enacted by the
Governor-General in Council, which are to be immediately in force
throughout all the provinces subject to the immediate government of the
presidency of Fort William.
II. Sections II. III. IV. V. VI. and VII. Regulation XXXIII. 1793,
and the corresponding provisions of Regulation XLVI. 1795, and like-
wise Sections II. III. IV. V. VI. and VII. Regulation XLIV. 1803,
are hereby rescinded.
III. IV. [Charge of embankments intrusted to committees—consti-
tution of the committees]. /SAcihoTz 77. YYdy22Y^b72 AY.
1829.
V. TWY It shall be the duty of the <?07727722YYd.$ to furnish the Governor-
General in Council, as soon after the expiration of the rains in each year
as may be practicable, with estimates of the expense which may be required
for the repair of the embankments maintained by Government in the
ensuing year.
/SYco72iY. To expedite and facilitate the duty prescribed in the preceding
clause, the collectors of the land revenue in those districts in which C0772-
7722^666' may be established, shall prepare, for the consideration of the ccw-
7222^6^, estimates of the expense which may be required for the repair of
* By Reg. XI. 1829, the rules for the appointment and duties of, committees of embank-
ments were rescinded, and it was enacted that the powers and authority exercised by them
should be vested in such ofRcers as the Governor-General in Council should appoint, who
should be guided by such orders as they should receive from Government.

Reg. VI. 1806.

XXXIII. 1793,
tions of Reg. XLVI.
1795, and Reg. XLIV.