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 (3): Acts from 1834 to 1853 (London, 1854)

A.D. 1837.]

ACT VI.

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A.D. 1837. ACT V.

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A.D. 1837. ACT VI.
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I. lr is hereby enacted, that every malguzar in the province of Cuttack,
and every body of maiguzars in the said province having as such body
joint engagements with the Government, and being persons acknowledged
as the proprietors or possessors of a permanent interest in the mehaul tor
which they have engaged, shall be answerable for the jumma fixed by the
terms of the settlement now existing for every mehaul of such malguzar,
or body of maiguzars, until a new settlement of such mehaul shall be
completed and confirmed according to the provisions of Regulation VII.
of 1822, and Regulation IX. of 1833, of the Bengal code.
II. Provided always, that if any such malguzar, or body of maiguzars,
shall, before the 1st day of August, 1837, notify to the collector of the
district within which any mehaul of such malguzar, or body of maiguzars,
. as aforesaid may be situated, that it is the intention of such malguzar, or
body of maiguzars, to relinquish the existing engagements of such mal-
guzar, or body of maiguzars, in respect of such mehaul, at the expiration
of the term for which those engagements have been made, it shall be
lawful for such malguzar or body of maiguzars to relinquish the said
engagements at the expiration of the said term.

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Maiguzars in Cuttack
answerable for existing
engagements,