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Art. VIII.-·That no doubt may be entertained whether Pco rictors proprietors of lnnd are entitled, under the exi~ting R~gulations, may iransfcr to diapose of their estateE without the previous S'lnction of Govern-lands wit~ ment, the Governor-General in Council notifies to the zami ndars, out 0anctlon independent talukdars and other actual proprietors of land that ~eotovern- they are privileged to transfer to whomsoever they may think ' proper, by sale, gift or otherwise, their proprietar}' rights in the whole or any portion of their re5pective estates, without ap,Mying to Government for its sanction to the transfct·, and that all such transfers will be held valid : Provided that they be conformable to the Muhammadan or Proviso. the Hindu I aw.s (according as the religious per~uasions of the pat ties to earh transaction rna>· render the validity of it determin- able by the former or the latter Code), and that they be not repugnant to anv Rrgulations now in force, which have been passed by the Bnt1sh administratiom, or to any Regulations that they may he-reafter ent\ct. [11 ] 10. An. IX. -l'rom the limitation ol' the pulic demand Rules for upon the lands, the net income, and consequently the value (inde- apportiC'n· pendent of increase of rent obtainable by improvements), of any !ng fued landed propertr, for the assessment on whiclt a distinct engage- .Ja~ions 0 ~} ment has been or may be entered into, between Government and ~ates of the proprietor, or that may be separately assessed, although event c.f included in one engagement with other estates belonging to the sale ~ 0d same proprietor, and which may l•e offer<:d for puhlic or private trans e;h~~~ sale entire, will always be asce1 tainable by a comparison of the ~f estatts, [1) The application of this section ia extended by the Dcngal Inheritance Regulation, 1793 XI of 1793 , a. 4 Post. So much of the section as relates to the adjustm«"nt of the Government jam a on land ~ expo~ed to publir 1:1le in sati.factinn of decr,.e~ was repealec-lj by Act IV of 18,6, s.l. J' I ll I \--; l I <; r 'I I I [ II 'I f 1711:: n(·JI. Reg. 1. amount uf the hxn J jalll.t as~:-sseu upon i l (which agrce;~blc to the foregoing dc·claratious, is to 1 f'main unalterable forever, to whom. soever the property mnv br. transferred), witlr tlw whole u f its pro- due<-, allowing fot tlrr charge-e ofmanagt>nH'nt. Hut it is also C;,~1:llti:1l that a nmificati,rn sho11ld br• m.,cle of the principlC's u non whi ·h the fi"ed assessment 1 l•argcJ upon any SllC':h I'StatC wiJl ht :1pportionecl 011 t II' ~C'\' t'ral divi~i0m ()(' it, ill the C\Cllt or the whc.l· ol' it heinQ; t:·an<li-rrc·cl by public Or private' ~a l e, or oth<"rwisr·, in two nr mon· I ''.Ill of ;1 portion of it being transferred in OllC', n· in lw • or 111 •r · l n t~, c,r of its bf'ing joint property, and a rlivi•inp or it Jr.~i n ~ rnad.· anvm~~t the proprie· tors ; othcrwi~e, from the, ... lilt or·' ckc:ltrt'd lllic for c;;timating lhl' pmpurlion of tlu· fi·~··d j.lJlr.r with whiclt r:w SC\t·ral sha res \\otdd he C':h:lr::!f':tl>lt• in I!Ch C:l~•·<, till' l't'.lf \":litiC' of C.tch share would be \lll(f'rt:J.in, awl <"•"':lS{'rpr••nt ly the· hclllclt~ !''{per ted to r!'sult li·mn f:xing the p•th}j,- a• •;onwnr t'(l'lll tht~ lmd. w uld b~ hut pa ti.1lly oil'ainPd. The (; 1\Crll ) t' r.,- 1er:1l in r. ):tnc:l ha~ acco rdm~ly pres· crilwcl t!r· f>1lo"'IH' 1 ,1,. he tppnrt' )'lin t't,.. !!·,,·d a~~e::.<tnen ts in the Sl'vc ... d f' t;t:; .ih ,,;e-rn •nt:onr.d; bnt :~•. Go ·et.t.ncn: might sus- t.tin a nm~id r.t 11l ·I ~~ n'' r··,·cn'l" lh dispr'>'1'Jrtiou:lil' allotments of the<~> ,e;~ nr.nt, wr rc tl. · ar > .r;io!;i·t { ;l ·,~,i n a ny of the cases above sperifir.d, to l• · l fr l' > th • l! '>··ietor ·, h·· -.·qnircs that all such tt.msf ·r~ or divisi 111, • ~ Ill, l>.: 111 t I· by 1 11 :)rival•~ nrr of the pat til:~ du!lllSt Jvr~ lJ•' ll<"lt' j,.cl 1 > £11" l: >1!1'Ct<J' f 1 l or the fCVC · nue of the zila iu which th,.. lands may I.e situ.u. d, or s•Jch other officer oiS Co\'t'rrlrnent 111:\) in fl!(ltr(' J'!T~\'1 ., c . i·t order that the fixed j.nna, a'~~"~~ed upon thl' whnlc· r stat.', ruav 1Jc ~ppo r t ioned on thr Sf'.veral •hnlt"S in the t1lanncr hcteaftrr dit cted, and that the llillllt'S or t)IC' "ltOprictl)r' • f' c tdt sh,,rr ar,d tLt· y:wn l.lr:-trged tllef~on may be entn~d upon tltc !Hl'•lic tegiH<'rs, o~nd that sepa· t ate e-ngagement> r .. r the pol.)'llllltt ,,, tlte j \Ilia as~l'sscd upon caclr share 111ay bee~ cCiltccl bv th•·! ropt ietors, who will tllC'ncc for· ward lw conside•ed as actual pmJH ic tor~ of land . . \nd the GO\·rrnor bcnct.d in Cuunc:il rlec:lnr .. s t;.ar, if the part il~ l'> ~uch tr. 11'!~t, 111 divisi.-11 s sh.oll cHnit to notify them to thl' Collel.tor [ 1 1 or the 1'1'\'CIIlll' of tiH ~~~ I or ~llrh utiH·r nfficer as may bt• herealtt>r prescril>rd, l()r t~c p•Jrpust's l>efor;:-mentioned, the whole of ~uch !'State will he held rc<•)Qnsiblc 10 Government for the discharge c.t rhe h'l:("d j .rna a~~<'·~~ d upon it, in the snml" mannrr as ilno sue rransfer "' di\ ision hncl ew• takcH pbce. The Gov•·rnot Cc:n"t.tl in Cou ncil thinks it nerrs~a rv further t,> notify, in cluriclation of tht• dcd:nnt.Pn ~ c•ntailietl in h is Article (which are cnrdi.rmable w lhl' prin rplcs of the existing Regulatiom), that if ar \ 7..\lllindar, in i< prm!cnt t tlukd.tr or otht>r actual proprict~. r of I ancl ~hall dtsp•1St> of a port i >ll cf his or her Iantis as a drrc11dt:nt taluk, the jam .. which may IJC' stipulated to be paid h)- the dept>nclent tJiukdar \\'til not be eulercd upon the records of Go\ rr nmcnt, nor will the It amfrr exempt such lands from h~in~ auswt>rahlr, in cotnrnon wirh the 1t-111ainder of rhe . -------- . ··-··- ------ - -------- [ t 1 Tn .'.nam, tl·r llc:'p 11y Commi-.iourr. ;\• t() tl e e.,rrci,e of functions or Deptll\' rommi• ,101\l'r~. St th" ... ,,,.,, lana :llu! Rt">f'IIU• R '\ u(.\tion, 1886 ( [ • f Jil ~c.) , Chapter V Ir. /•••H. l s e 15 6 1793: Ben Reg. l.j PERM.\r-£NT '5.t!.tTLE111ENT 9 estate, for the paymcut of the public revenue assessed upon the whole of it, iu the event of the proprietor, or his or her heirs or success01s, falling in arrear fi·om any cause whatever, nor will it be allowed, in anv case, to effect the rights or claims of Govern- ment, any more than if it had never taken place. Fint.-1n the cveut of the whole of the lauds of a zamindar, independent talukdar or other actual proprietor of land, with or on behalf of whom a settlement has been or may be concluded, under the Regulations above-mentioned being exposed to public sale by the order of the Governor-General in Council, for the disch~.rge of arrears of assessment, or in consequence of the deci- sion of a Court of Justice in two or more Jots the assessment upon each lot shall be fixed at an amount which shall bear the same proportion to its <lctual produce as the fixed assessment upon the whole of the lands sold may bear to the whole of their actual produce. lhis produce shall be ascertained in the mode chat is or may be prescribed by the existing Regulations, or such other Regula- tiQm as the Governor-General in Council rna y hereafter adopt, ,\nd the purchaser or purchasers of such lands, and his or her or their hen·s and lawful successors, shall hold them at the jama at which they may Le so purchased, forever. Seco11d.-When a portion of the l.mds of a zamindar, ince- pendent talukdar or other a ·t uc1l proprietor of land, with or on behalf of whom a settlement has been or may be concluded under the Regulations before-mentioned shall be exposed to public sale by order of the Governor-G ~ncral in Council, for the liquidation of arrears of assessment, or pursuant to the decision of a Court of J usti::e, the as~ssment upon such lauds if disposed of in one lot, shall be fixed at an amount which shall bear the same proprotion to their actual produr:e as the Jixed asse~sment upon the whole of the lands of such proprietor, inc!tJdiug those disposed of, may bear to the whole of their act~..tl produLc. If the lands sold shall be disposed of in two or more lots, the assessment upon each Jot shall be fixed at an amount which shall bear the same proportion to its actual produce as the fixed assess- ment upon the whole of the lands of such proprietor, including those sold, may bear to the whole of their actual produce. The actual produce of the whole of the lands of such proprie- tor, whether the J..Ortion of them which may be sold be dis- poseu of in one or in two or more lots, shall be ascertained in the mode that is or may be pn:scribed by the existing Regulations, or mch other Regulations a3 the Governor-General in Council may hereafter enact, and the purchaser or purchasers of such lands, and his or her or their heirs or successors, will be allowed to hold them at the jama at which they may be so purchased, forever: and the remainder of the public jama, which will consequently be payable by the former proprietor of the whole estate, on account of the portion of it that may be left in his or her pos• sessiou, will coutiuue unalterable forever, .... . •-' 10 l 'EIOIA!'-11 ;>,T •'li::J"l J.l \IU\ I I I 7')3 : .Ucu. Reg. I. Third.- \\'hen a ~:aminuar, mnepcuden t taluktlar or other actual proprietor of laud with or ou IJc'half of w b01n a settlement has been or may be concluded, sha, ll<m~l· r tht: whok of his or her estate m two or more d isti~;nl porti•Hts to two c)l wore persuns or a portion thereof to onr perw11, or to two or more persons in joint property, by pnvatc s:tle, l!ift ot otherwiv·, the .•~scssmcnt upon each dtstinc~ jJmtion ot Sitch e~t,1t1: s.J tra11sfen ed ~hall be lixed at an amount vltich ~IPtl be tr the: !>am· ptopmtiou to its actual produce as the asse~smenl upon the: whole ot thr· c·statc or the transfernug propt i< lor r f wlt i ,~h tlt" whole or a P"rtion may be so transferred, may beat· t•t the wlv>lc of its actual produce. This prodJce ~hall be asc:crtat11d in tlw mode th<tt is or may be prescribed in the existing Rc2ulatiou:;, or such otlH.:r Regula- tions as Govermnent may lu~n·aitrr adopt, atl'l the person or persons to whom sudt larl(L rna\ be; transfen ed <llld his or her or thetr heirs and Jawlul succe~so ;, <h.tll IH>Id th m at the .ia ma at which they may l>e ~o lratt-k• rtd, turcvt r: ,tnd \1 here only a portiou of ~uc.:h estate sha.t I 'e t r.ttt-kncd, the remainder of the: publi~ jama which wrtl ronsc'l'H'Iltly h,. p.1yab l ~ hy the Jormer propnetor ol the whole <'Slate [I I Oil aCC'()UI1t or the lands that may remain iu his 01 her pos.;ession sh.tll be ccJlttinu d unaltera- ble forever. Fourth.- \\ hencver a di\ision s!J,.IIl>c made of lands, tit<~ settlement otwhich lt <ts been or may he C<ll eluded wiilt or on IJc- halfof the p10pnctor or ptOptit:tor, ani that nc or llta\' become the joint propeny ol t\\ o or 111011! p.-r~ons, tltc a~sessrnent upon each share shall be fixer! at an autOllltt whidt sltall bt·ar the same proportion to its actual produ ···· <1\ tltc lt:--1 d j.ltoa a>sc~st'd up<?n the whole oitllc esl<He drvidc·cl m.1v hc,u to the v:ltolc of rts actual produce. · This produce sha ll !J, ascertained iu tire moue th<1L i~ or may be pre:,crrbed l>v the e-.;i-tlllg K(;gtJlutions or such •·tha Regula- tions as the Governor-venera! itt Council rna~ hnealh:r adopt, and the l>harers. and then iu:ir ~ .tttd l,n, lui ~u c1.e~sors, ~ltall hold their respective shatcs at tl1e jattta which may he s ) as§esscd upon them, for ever. Adjusttn" l ~J 11. Art. X. ·'I hr. I l.O\ iug rt:lcs an· J>IC!•·ri>cd rc~pec..l- jama oflan.ds illg the adjustmc..nt ol the a~swslltt'nt r)ll the l.lnds of ;;amindars, held khas or independent talukdars and otlt :r actual propn etors of land whose let m farm. lands are or rna; be hclJ khas or let in farm , in the even t of their being disposed of by public s;.~lc, or tramfern:d, by any ptivale act ol the proprietor, ot ol th ·n being .JGint property aud a d1vision ol ,hera takir.g place among~t the propt ~etor s. First.-H the whole, (Jf a portion of tiH; lands of a zamindar, independent talukdar or other a~Lual proprietor of land who may not have agreed to the paynwnt ot the asses. menl proposed to him or her under the Regulatio:1s aho· e-mc..ntiOJ,ed, and whose lands arc or may be held kh<~ s or let in farlll, sh~.tlr be exposed l ] .\,r iu ( laz I ( J I he allJh(i<lc•Jil ol o. ll is ,·,tcndecl IJ; th• L;~tt!)al luhn itance lt .. gulatinn, 179'J (XI t•f 17!1, . • •1 l'o11. ~o muclr 01 t I , •• - '.dl'~ t" tl• · adJH·tm r.t o[ rh• G J\•;tn•nrnLJallla on Luuib e.p-..scJ to pu:.,hc.. ._:c; ':r 6 '\l•l•l tiJz. .I l;~• :s " l' reJ • .l)dj.,} \ t l Y of 18,51 r 1, ( tne• r•pea •d). Reg. I. r uthet ttlemcnt >f h1s or · pers,,ns ~rsons in ;essment hall he n tu 1ts ~stall. or ion may due c. 1 or llla} Re~ula •rson or s or het 1·· 1 una c onh .t of tlu: lor met nds that n ~~~ tcr a- tds, tl11· I 011 lJt·- IJCl.UlllC ;t upon he ~.unc d lliJOll c of it~ (ll' IJI,tV Regula- adopt , ,dl hold as esscd rcspeLl- tind.lrs, J \\ hO't! event of by auy !tty all(i miml.u, \'ho may osed to l whose exposed • 1itanc.;c lj.tllla en 11 .. l 1 \' ',. r~ f.\ c c N 0. 1 L't I i 1793: llt-n . Rt>g, 1.) l1 to puhlic q\e, 111 one r a ITl t\\'o 111 Ill OJ c I<Jh (pursuant to the decree of a f.r llrt of.Jthticc , SUI h land,, jf khas, shall he disposed of at whate\t 1 .1 cssn• l t c I :m«·auvr l, nerJI in Council may deem l"(jllit.tLlt-., nrl tl1t' pu11 hnsc:-~. or purc:h.t t•rs of, such lands and his or Jwr 01 thcit lteir~ ;111d la,l'rul ~Hrl·c~ ;ors, shall hold the land ~ .1! tllr· .t ~>c.:s~mt•nt a• "l.i« h t ht>v 111a\ be ~o purchased lot· <'VCJ. H tlw Llatd<. at tlw tim· of tl•r·ir lwin!.{ exposed to sale, shall be llt'ld 111 !.1rm, and :~.dl I' pill up l!t u11•: or in t\\O or m ore lot ~ , thq li.dl l1!.: disp.lst J ol llll(},,· tlw lollowing conditions r- 'I he purchast·r 111 1 nntl1,1•1·r~ shall aecci\'t', dau ing the u n- c>xpircd Jntll•>f the tell II ,,f t!u lea ,, o. tlw far a ncr, wJiatever such prop11etor sh.dl ha\t· hen r•tttidt", to tet.c:vc: in vittuc, of his or her propr irt~H) t i\!hts, •m .tecount of the l.m I so puachased, a ud such pun:lrnsn· or purci~ot ct s st.,tll C'llf:! , • 10 p , , . ar the expira- tion o l the lr: 1 ·of •< :1 11 1 1 It a~, s-mcnt •m ~ccount of the 'Ja11d~ US (oil\( llllll\'lltllla)i dt CIJI ( l)llit.tbJt·. fhc SUlll t•l It· 1 ccct\'l'd b tl,.. purdaa~f'r or purchasers durin!{ tht.: um·xputd 1 .ot "I tlw r rm o! tl.t" lnse ol the far mer, and the j.un.t t•1 he p.tid l>v sud• purclt •sea 111 purchasers after the cx pu.ttiuu u! 11 ll ~~, ~ , ,! I •p•<il•etl at the ti!ll«' of the sale, and such purrh •St·r '1 pwcha·• :s, .tnd hi-, • r !tea or their· heirs a11d law lui ~tH r··~sors, sh.dl Lt· allow• d lo hold tl 1e lands a l the U5S<: meut .u \', hil t. \ m.t~ he.· 0 Tl II !'h lSI' I, r;,r C\'fl Srcou/-lt" /,uuitt lu ind• pt 11•'11 t.tlukd.tr or oahcr actual proprietor Pl' l.twl, '' iw>c I 11ah .u•· vr at•a: h\ lrclrl klaas or let in farm, sl ..1Jl tr~n lcr b} 1 ai te '• I , gilt u. oth11 '' i~e. tltt: whole or a poa ti 'HI ol I. s ••r Itt·: I •ll I i 1 nth' n• iu l\\ o 0 1 more lots, the per~on (•I JH'I~dlh to wl 1 1 l·lt. l .. n I lilt, Lc '" trnnsfi·an:d shall be caautlnlt 1 •~<AIH' f~tltt (, >\''frllltL'Ill ,ll t'te lands :u<' held khas) , or from tlu l.~rm 1 il th I n ], .ll<' '"' !II f.nrn), rlw ma likana to wluch the f<H'I1H 1 1 1 llll'IOJ \\,1 t 11itlr cl 1•11 .11 l'•lUul uf tht• land ~o 1 r.t nsfi·tted l'l"l <Ill' 1 1 \\Ito 11 uch