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)

Reg. II. 1816.


Number of persons
to be appointed to exe-
cute the office of ca-
noongoeineachper-
gunnab, in the districts
of Shahabad, Tirhoot,
In what manner they
are to be selected and
appointed to the ofBce

duties to be executed
bythecanoongoes.

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REGULATION II. [A.D. 1816.

A.D. 1816. REGULATION II.

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1. WHEREAS the office of canoongoe was heretofore established in the
province of Behar, and whereas great inconvenience has been experienced
both in the collection of the public revenue and in the administration of
justice, from the suppression of the said ofhce, the following rules have
been enacted, with a view to the revival of the ofhce of canoongoe in all
that portion of Behar which forms the districts of Shahabad, Tirhoot,
Sarun, and Behar, to be in force from the 1st of February, 1816; corre-
sponding with the 20th Maug, 1222, Bengal era; the 17th Maug, 1223,
Fussily; the 21st Maug, 1223, Willaity; the 3rd Maug, 1872, Sumbut;
and the 1st Rubee-ul-awul, 1231, Higeree.

II. One or two persons shall be appointed to execute the office of
canoongoe in every pergunnah of the districts above mentioned, unless the
small extent of a pergunnah shall render it advisable to place more than
one pergunnah under the same canoongoe.

III. These officers shall be selected, in all practicable cases, by the
collectors, from the number of the canoongoes who formerly discharged
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shall not be removable from office, except for sufficient cause proved to
the satisfaction of that authority, under the provisions of Regulation V.
1864, and Regulation VIII. 1809.


1829.

IV. V. VI. [XxX772g 22V X7x720723 7 U. U. 2X727 lY. YxV/XxYp'wx /U. 1808,
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Provinces "—2X727 272 NccY27 72 1YY Yg 22207'7^ " who may not be employed
in the public service " yw " who may be discharged from the public ser-
vice."]

V II. The canoongoes are to execute the duties herein specified.
1st. To keep a counterpart jumma wassil bawkee, or account of
the collections made by the tehsildars, or by sezawuls, from lands held
khaus, or under attachment.
2nd to 8th. [&X772<? 223 27x7 Y 8Y zyWcc&nx 1YY ^2/22/2x^22772 YU. 1808.]

VIII. to XII. [N2X772C 2X3 NcC2*227723 UZ7Y Y Y 77. T/xyxxY/Yxx 7U. 1808.]