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)

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ACT XV.

[A.D. 1837.

Appropriation of tax
levied under Reg.
XXII. 1816.

Rate of tax increased.

No person exempted
from payment.

A.D. 1837. ACT XIV.
PASSED Ay %Ag A^qA^ AAo720M?*aAA6 %A<$ (7opg7'726)'r-(r672e?'%/ o/* 272
072 ^Acl2^A AM720, 1837.
[Reciprocation of duties on goods imported or exported from foreign
stations in Asia or Africa and the East-India Company's territories on
foreign bottoms.]—Ay E. 1848.

A.D. 1837. ACT XV.
PASSED Ay 2*Ao Ah'yA^ TA9720227^AA ^Ao f?0^^7207'-(7C77C7'oJ o/ Aztfztz 272 Co2^72C2A
072 ^Ao 19fA A22720, 1837.
I. IT is hereby enacted, that from the 1st day of Ju!y, 1837, it shall be
lawful for the several magistrates and joint magistrates within the presi-
dency of Fort William in Bengal to appropriate a portion of the tax levied
under Regulation XXII. 1816, of the Bengal code, to the purpose of
cleansing and repairing the towns in which that tax is levied.
II. And it is herebv enacted, in lieu of the maximum rate prescribed
by the sunnud of appointment referred to in Section X. of the above-
mentioned Regulation, that after the 1st day of July, 1837, it. shall be
competent to the punchayet appointed by the said sunnud to tix the rate
of assessment to be levied from the proprietor or principal occupier of
any shop or habitation at two Company's rupees per mensem.
III. And it is hereby enacted, that no person whatever shall, either by
reason of place of birth, or by reason of descent, be exempted from the
payment of any assessment under Regulation XXII. of 1816, of the
Bengal code, or under this Act.