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REGULATION XI.
[A.D. 1806.
In what manner the
collector shall proceed
*
ers, coolies, boatmen,
carts, and bullocks.
Company's territories
shall be paid for.
Commanding officers
quiry into complaints
preferred to them
against persons under
provinces subject to the immediate government of the presidency of Fort
William (according as such rules may be applicable to the said provinces
respectively) from the date of their promulgation.
II. Whenever a detachment of troops, or a single corps, shall be
ordered to proceed, by land or by water, through any part of the Com-
pany's territories, the commanding officer of such detachment or corps is
required to give the earliest practicable notice to the collectors of the
revenue of the zillahs through which the troops are to pass, of the
probable time of their arrival within such districts respectively ; together
with information of the probable period of their arrival at the particular
places where supplies may be required, and a specification of the sup-
plies which will be wanted. The commanding officer will likewise notify
to the collectors the probable period of the arrivabof the troops at the
rivers or nullahs intersecting their march, where boats or temporary
bridges may be necessary for crossing the troops and the baggage attached
to them. The commanding officer will, at the same time, communicate
to the magistrates of the zillahs through which the troops are to pass,
the probable time of the arrival of the troops within their respective
jurisdictions.
III. * AY?-^. On receiving the notification mentioned in the foregoing
section, the collector shall immediately issue the necessary orders to the
landholders, farmers, tehseeldars, or other persons in charge of the lands
through which the troops are to pass, for providing the supplies required,
and for making any, requisite preparations of boats or temporary bridges,
or otherwise for enabling the troops to cross such rivers or nullahs as may
intersect their march, without any impediment or delay. The collector
shall, at the same time, depute a creditable native officer to accompany
the troops through his jurisdiction, for the purpose of aiding in procuring
the necessary supplies and of facilitating the march of the troops. It
shall also be the duty of such native officer to provide the troops with
whatever bearers, boatmen, carts and .bullocks, may be indis-
pensably necessary to enable the troops to prosecute their route. Should
he experience any difficulty in the performance of this duty, he is at
liberty to apply for assistance to the nearest police officer, who is directed
to afford his aid in providing the number of and of carts and
bullocks, required.
The supplies furnished under the foregoing clause (including
earthen pots, firewood, and every article of supply) shall be paid for by the
persons receiving the same, at the current bazar prices of the place at
which they may be provided ; and all officers commanding detachments
of troops or single corps marching through any part of the Company's
territories, are enjoined to make immediate inquiry into any complaints
which may be preferred to them by the persons furnishing such supplies,
or in their behalf) against any person or persons under their command,
and to afford such redress to the complainants as the nature of the case
may appear to require.
Certificate to be
IV. AY?'^. Whenever a detachment of troops or a single corps shall
* See Act VI. 1825, for further provisions.
REGULATION XI.
[A.D. 1806.
In what manner the
collector shall proceed
*
ers, coolies, boatmen,
carts, and bullocks.
Company's territories
shall be paid for.
Commanding officers
quiry into complaints
preferred to them
against persons under
provinces subject to the immediate government of the presidency of Fort
William (according as such rules may be applicable to the said provinces
respectively) from the date of their promulgation.
II. Whenever a detachment of troops, or a single corps, shall be
ordered to proceed, by land or by water, through any part of the Com-
pany's territories, the commanding officer of such detachment or corps is
required to give the earliest practicable notice to the collectors of the
revenue of the zillahs through which the troops are to pass, of the
probable time of their arrival within such districts respectively ; together
with information of the probable period of their arrival at the particular
places where supplies may be required, and a specification of the sup-
plies which will be wanted. The commanding officer will likewise notify
to the collectors the probable period of the arrivabof the troops at the
rivers or nullahs intersecting their march, where boats or temporary
bridges may be necessary for crossing the troops and the baggage attached
to them. The commanding officer will, at the same time, communicate
to the magistrates of the zillahs through which the troops are to pass,
the probable time of the arrival of the troops within their respective
jurisdictions.
III. * AY?-^. On receiving the notification mentioned in the foregoing
section, the collector shall immediately issue the necessary orders to the
landholders, farmers, tehseeldars, or other persons in charge of the lands
through which the troops are to pass, for providing the supplies required,
and for making any, requisite preparations of boats or temporary bridges,
or otherwise for enabling the troops to cross such rivers or nullahs as may
intersect their march, without any impediment or delay. The collector
shall, at the same time, depute a creditable native officer to accompany
the troops through his jurisdiction, for the purpose of aiding in procuring
the necessary supplies and of facilitating the march of the troops. It
shall also be the duty of such native officer to provide the troops with
whatever bearers, boatmen, carts and .bullocks, may be indis-
pensably necessary to enable the troops to prosecute their route. Should
he experience any difficulty in the performance of this duty, he is at
liberty to apply for assistance to the nearest police officer, who is directed
to afford his aid in providing the number of and of carts and
bullocks, required.
The supplies furnished under the foregoing clause (including
earthen pots, firewood, and every article of supply) shall be paid for by the
persons receiving the same, at the current bazar prices of the place at
which they may be provided ; and all officers commanding detachments
of troops or single corps marching through any part of the Company's
territories, are enjoined to make immediate inquiry into any complaints
which may be preferred to them by the persons furnishing such supplies,
or in their behalf) against any person or persons under their command,
and to afford such redress to the complainants as the nature of the case
may appear to require.
Certificate to be
IV. AY?'^. Whenever a detachment of troops or a single corps shall
* See Act VI. 1825, for further provisions.