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A.D. 1822.]
REGULATION VII.
635
Reg. IX. 1824.
demandable by Government on account of any mehal, shall be allowed by
the revenue authorities to continue in the management of such mehaul
after the expiration of such engagement, and shall do or direct any act
relative to the cultivation or management of such mehaul, or the settlement,
assessment, or collection of the rents of such mehaul, in or on account of any
year subsequent to the termof such engagement,suchzemindar or other mal-
guzar aforesaid shall be held to be responsible on account of such year for
the same revenue as may have been demandable from him for the year
preceding, unless otherwise specially agreed upon : provided further, that
it shall be competent for collectors or other officers exercising the power
of collectors, with the sanction of the Board or commissioner to whom
they may be subordinate, at any time, not being more than six months
previous to the expiration of a settlement, to call upon the zemindars, or
other malguzars as aforesaid, to declare whether or not they are willing to
continue their engagements for the ensuing vear ; and if such zemin-
dars or other malguzars shall not forthwith notify their refusal to
do so, they shall be held to have agreed to such an extension of their
leases at the existing assessment, and so on, from year to year, as afore-
said. Zemindars or other malguzars who may be allowed to hold on
from year to year, shall not be chargeable with any additional revenue on
account of any year, unless the collector or other officer exercising the
powers of collector shall notify his intention to revise the assessment on or
before the commencement of such year, unless where otherwise specially
provided.
III. With respect to estates which are at present let to farm, a settle-
ment thereof shall be made on the expiration of the existing leases for
such a period as the Governor-General in Council may direct. A prefer-
ence shall be given to the zemindars, or other persons possessing a per-
manent property in the mehauls, if willing to engage for the payment of
the public revenue on reasonable terms: provided also, that in cases
wherein such mehauls may be let in farm, the term of the lease granted to
the farmers shall not exceed twelve years. The above rules shall likewise
be applicable to estates now held khas. So in any case wherein the
zemindars and other proprietors may refuse to continue their existing
engagements, or to enter into new engagements on equitable terms, it
shall be competent to the revenue authorities to let the lands in farm,
for such period, not exceeding twelve years, as the Governor-General in
Council shall appoint, or to assume the direct management of them, and
to retain them under khas management during the period aforesaid, or
such shorter period as may be judged proper : provided further, that if
in any case it shall appear to the revenue authorities that the continuance
or admission of any rajah, zemindar, talookdar, or other person who
may have engaged, or may claim to engage, for any mehaul or mehauls in
or to the management of such mehaul or mehauls, would endanger the
public tranquillity, or otherwise be seriously detrimental, it shall be their
duty to report the circumstance to Government, and it shall be com-
petent to the Governor-General in Council, by an order in council,
to cause such mehaul or mehauls to be held khas, or let in farm, for such
term as may appear expedient and proper, not exceeding the period above
specified.
Collectors authorized,
with the sanction of the
Board, to require ze-
mindars to state whe-
ther they are willing to
continue their engage-
ments.
Zemindars allowed to
hold on, shall not be
chargeable with addi-
tional revenue, except-
ing in certain cases.
Settlements how to
be made for farmed
estates.
For estates held khas.
For estates of recu-
sant zemindars.
prived of the manage-
ment of their estates.
4 M 2
REGULATION VII.
635
Reg. IX. 1824.
demandable by Government on account of any mehal, shall be allowed by
the revenue authorities to continue in the management of such mehaul
after the expiration of such engagement, and shall do or direct any act
relative to the cultivation or management of such mehaul, or the settlement,
assessment, or collection of the rents of such mehaul, in or on account of any
year subsequent to the termof such engagement,suchzemindar or other mal-
guzar aforesaid shall be held to be responsible on account of such year for
the same revenue as may have been demandable from him for the year
preceding, unless otherwise specially agreed upon : provided further, that
it shall be competent for collectors or other officers exercising the power
of collectors, with the sanction of the Board or commissioner to whom
they may be subordinate, at any time, not being more than six months
previous to the expiration of a settlement, to call upon the zemindars, or
other malguzars as aforesaid, to declare whether or not they are willing to
continue their engagements for the ensuing vear ; and if such zemin-
dars or other malguzars shall not forthwith notify their refusal to
do so, they shall be held to have agreed to such an extension of their
leases at the existing assessment, and so on, from year to year, as afore-
said. Zemindars or other malguzars who may be allowed to hold on
from year to year, shall not be chargeable with any additional revenue on
account of any year, unless the collector or other officer exercising the
powers of collector shall notify his intention to revise the assessment on or
before the commencement of such year, unless where otherwise specially
provided.
III. With respect to estates which are at present let to farm, a settle-
ment thereof shall be made on the expiration of the existing leases for
such a period as the Governor-General in Council may direct. A prefer-
ence shall be given to the zemindars, or other persons possessing a per-
manent property in the mehauls, if willing to engage for the payment of
the public revenue on reasonable terms: provided also, that in cases
wherein such mehauls may be let in farm, the term of the lease granted to
the farmers shall not exceed twelve years. The above rules shall likewise
be applicable to estates now held khas. So in any case wherein the
zemindars and other proprietors may refuse to continue their existing
engagements, or to enter into new engagements on equitable terms, it
shall be competent to the revenue authorities to let the lands in farm,
for such period, not exceeding twelve years, as the Governor-General in
Council shall appoint, or to assume the direct management of them, and
to retain them under khas management during the period aforesaid, or
such shorter period as may be judged proper : provided further, that if
in any case it shall appear to the revenue authorities that the continuance
or admission of any rajah, zemindar, talookdar, or other person who
may have engaged, or may claim to engage, for any mehaul or mehauls in
or to the management of such mehaul or mehauls, would endanger the
public tranquillity, or otherwise be seriously detrimental, it shall be their
duty to report the circumstance to Government, and it shall be com-
petent to the Governor-General in Council, by an order in council,
to cause such mehaul or mehauls to be held khas, or let in farm, for such
term as may appear expedient and proper, not exceeding the period above
specified.
Collectors authorized,
with the sanction of the
Board, to require ze-
mindars to state whe-
ther they are willing to
continue their engage-
ments.
Zemindars allowed to
hold on, shall not be
chargeable with addi-
tional revenue, except-
ing in certain cases.
Settlements how to
be made for farmed
estates.
For estates held khas.
For estates of recu-
sant zemindars.
prived of the manage-
ment of their estates.
4 M 2