Clarke, Richard [Editor]: 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. 1811.]

REGULATION II.

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A.D. 1811. REGULATION II.
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I. By the rules in force for the maintenance of invalid native commis-
sioned and non-commissioned ofHcers who may not be ft for garrison duty,
an option is allowed to such ofHcers of receiving lands on the jagheerdar
establishment, and of enjoying at the same time the reduced pay of their
respective ranks, or of retiring on that pay to any part of the Company's
territories. In assigning lands for the support of the invalid commissioned
and non-commissioned officers, it was of course the intention of Govern-
ment to render the latter part of their lives as comfortable as possible;
but material inconveniences have arisen from that arrangement, both to
the Government and to the invalids themselves and their families. A
difficulty has frequently occurred in obtaining the lands required for their
support: considerable delay has consequently been experienced in assign-
ing to them that provision. The lands, when purchased and rendered fit
for tillage, being ordinarily situated in the vicinity of other lands over-
grown with extensive forests, have necessarily proved in many instances
very insalubrious; the habits, age, and inf unities of the invalid soldier
disqualify him in a great measure for the labour and pursuits of a hus-
bandman ; the tendency of the existing arangements to draw his immedi-
ate connections from the villages in which they had been accustomed to
reside, to places recently reclaimed from jungle (frequently, as already
noticed, extremely insalubrious), has had a prejudicial influence on the
comfort and health of that class of people. For these and other reasons
connected with the happiness of the native soldiery and the convenience of
the public service, the Vice-President in Council has been pleased to pass
the following rules, to be in force from the period of their promulgation,
throughout the territories immediately dependent on the presidency of
Fort William.
II. The provisions contained in Regulation 1. 1804, which declare that
all native commissioned and non-commissioned invalid officers not being
ft for garrison duty shall be allowed the option of being transferred to
the jagheerdar establishment, and Section XX. Regulation XI. 1806, by
which it is enacted that native commissioned and non-commissioned
off cers, who may be transferred to the jagheerdar establishment, shall be
entitled to the reduced pay of their rank at the established rates, in addi-
tion to the benefts which they may derive from the lands assigned to
them, are hereby rescinded.
III. Commissioned and non-commissioned native ofHcers who
may be invalided subsequently to the date of this Regulation shall not
be deemed entitled to lands on the jagheerdar establishment; but such

Reg. II. 1811.

Certain provisions in
Reg. 1. 1804, and Reg.
XI. 1806, rescinded.

Native ofHcers inva-
lided after the date of
this Regulation, not. to
be entitled to lands, but