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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

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A.D. 1826.]

REGULATION II.

771

Section II. Regulation VII. 1822 ; nor shall they be held in any district to and Azimghur, nor to
affect the terms of any engagements which may have been specifically chRaii^enteredttoM
entered into on account of any year or years subsequent to the general account of any year or
Settlement now m foice. settlement nowin force.
It shall be competent to collectors and other officers exercising Power vested in coi-
the powers of collectors, subject to the orders of the Board of Revenue to fetors to exclude from
which they may be subordinate, to exclude from the operation of the pre- foregoing rules, any
ceding rules any mehaul or mehauls of which a revised settlement may ^ged^se°tie!imnt
have been made, or be about to be made, under the rules of Regulation VII. have been made, or be
1822, or in regard to which there may, in the judgment of these authori-
ties, exist any special reasons for effecting an eariy resettlement of the
same; and in the case of mehauls of the last description, it shall be com-
petent to the collectors, or other officers aforesaid, to make an immediate
resettlement of the same on the expiration of the existing leases; or to
grant to the persons under engagements renewed leases for such further
term (not exceeding five years) as the Board may direct. Provided, how-
ever,that in allcases in which it maybe determined to adopt special measures
as above in regard to any mehaul or mehauls, the collector, or other officer
aforesaid, shall give notice of such determination in writing to the person
under engagements for the same, on or before the 1st of March, 1827. A
perwannah delivered to or left at the usual residence of the malguzar, or a
notification stuck up, under orders of the collector, in any conspicuous
place within the mehaul, shall be held to be sufficient notice for the above
purpose.

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Notice to be given
by collectors on such
occasions to the mal-
guzars.

III. Zemindars and other persons as aforesaid, whose engagements shall
be continued for a further period of five years as above provided, as well as
all other persons who may hereafter enter into engagements as proprie-
tors, or as the representatives of proprietors, shal!, after the expiration of
the leases so extended or granted, hold the mehauls for which they may
have engaged or may hereafter engage, and shall continue to be subject to
the payment of the same annual jumma as may be chargeable on account
of the last year of their lease, until the collector, or other officer exercising
the powers of coliector, shall effect a detailed revision of the settlement in
the mode prescribed by Regulation VII. 1822, or shall be otherwise spe-
cially authorized by Government to make a fresh assessment: provided
also, that no zemindar, or other malguzar as aforesaid, shall be liable to
pay on account of any year a higher jumma than that payable under the
above rule, unless he shall have been apprized of the Board's approval of
the new assessment on or before the month of Jeth preceding; nor shall
any such zemindar or other malguzar be ousted from the management of
any mehaul for which he may be under engagements without such notice,
except by due course of law, on a decision in favour of the title of another
party claiming the property of the same.

chargeable on account
of the last year of their
lease.

Proviso.

IV. With respect to estates which are at present let to farm, a settle- whatruiestobeob-
ment thereof shall be made on the expiration of the existing leases, for oi ^tates'now^iet°to
such a period as the Governor-General in Council may direct; a preference farm, on the expiration
in-,. , ,, , of the existing leases.
shall be given to the zemindars or other persons possessing a permanent *
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 Rules when mehauls
g may be let in farm.
 
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