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. 1819.]

REGULATION II.

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shall he competent to the collector, with the approval of the Board of
Revenue, or other authority exercising the powers of that Board, to
assume the direct nomination and appointment of such putwarry, with or
without a reference to the proprietors. But in ali such cases the collector
shall deviate as little as possible from established usage, and shall be
careful to consult the inclinations, and maintain the interests, of all per-
sons connected with the mehauls in question.
VI. In explanation of Section XI. Regulation XII. 1817, it is hereby
declared and enacted, that if any proprietor or farmer of land shall refuse
or omit to furnish the statement required by Section IV. of that Regula-
tion, within the period therein prescribed, or at any subsequent period,
when called upon to do so by the collector, or other ofHcer exercising the
powers of collector, it shall be competent to the collector, or other ofHcer
aforesaid, with the approval of the Board of Revenue, or other authority
exercising the powers of that Board, to levy a daily Hue upon such pro-
prietor or farmer, until the statement required be furnished, to such
amount as may appear proper, with reference to the circumstances of the
case, and to the condition in life of the offender.
VII. The penalties prescribed in Section XIII. Regulation XII. 1817,
for the illegal removal of a putwarry from ofHce, by a zemindar, or other
proprietor or farmer of land, are hereby declared applicable to all persons
whatsoever who may, without due authority, remove from ofHce any
putwarry duly constituted or appointed; or who may oppose a putwarry
so appointed or constituted, in the performance of his duties ; or who may
prevent his performing them, or who may resist or evade the entry of a
putwarry, when duly appointed, into the possession of his ofHce.

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1. THE rules contained in Regulations XIX. and XXXVII. 1793,
relative to the resumption of the revenue of lands held free of assessment
* Secs. v. and vi. Reg. IX. 1825, enact rules for the investigation of la-khiraj tenures by
collectors engaged in making settlements or holding local investigations, which modify in
some respects the provisions of this Regulation ; and Cl. 9, Sec. v. Reg. IX. 1825, extends
the provisions of Cl. 1, Sec. xxiii. and Secs. xxv. and xxviii. Reg. VII. 1822, to cases inves-
tigated by collectors under this Regulation. By Reg. III. 1828, the Governor-General in
Council was empowered to appoint special commissioners for the final determination of all

of a putwarry in certain
cases.

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Reg. II. 1819.