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(1) For every Zilla Parishad there shall be constituted a Zilla Parishad Fund bearing the name of the Zilla Parishad and there shall be placed to the credit thereof— (a) contributions and grants, if any, made by the Central or the State Government including such part of land revenue collected in the State as may be determined by the State Government; (b) contributions and grants, if any, made by a Panchayat Samiti or any other local authority; (c) loans, if any, granted by the Central or State Government or raised by the Zilla Parishad on security of its assets; (d) the proceeds of road cess and public works cess levied in the district; (e) all receipts on account of tolls, rates and fees levied by the Zilla Parishad; (f) all receipts in respect of any schools, hospitals, dispensaries, buildings, institutions or works, vested in, constructed by or placed under the control and management of, the Zilla Parishad; (g) all sums received as gift or contribution and all income from any trust or endowment made in favour of the Zilla Parishad; (h) such fines or penalties imposed and realised under the provisions of this Act or of the bye-laws made thereunder, as may be prescribed; (i) money, if any, lying to the credit of the district Chowlcidari reward fund constituted under section 25 of the Bengal Village Self-Government Act, 1919, the control over which Ben. Act V rests with the District Magistrate, shall be credited by the of 1919. District Magistrate to the Zilla Parishad Fund; (j) all other sums received by or on behalf of the Zilla Parishad. 344 The West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1.973. XLI of 1973.] Ben. Act IX of 1880. (Part IV.—Zilla Parishad.—Chapter XVIL—Property and Fund.—Sections 180, 181.) (2) Every Zilla Parishad shall— (i) set a part and apply annually such sum as may be required to meet the cost of its own administration including the payment of salary, allowances, provident fund and gratuity to the officers and employees and to the Executive Officer, (ii) allocate the money received under clause (i) of sub-section (1) among the Gram Panchayats of the district concerned. (3) Every Zilla Parishad shall have the power to spend such sums as. it thinks fit for carrying out the purposes of this Act. (4) The Zilla Parishad Fund shall be vested in the Zilla Parishad and the amount standing to the credit of the fund shall be kept in such custody or invested in such manner as the State Government may, from time to time, direct. (5) Subject to such general control as the Zilla Parishad may exercise, from time to time, all orders and cheques for payment from the Zilla Parishad Fund shall be signed by the Executive Officer.