Self-Government in Rural Bengal

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q. Under the Chankidari Act the liability for the payment of the village police was transferred from the zamindars (whose connection with the chankidars was absolutely dissolved) to the village community and panchayats were established in every village or union of tillages and made responsible for the assessment of the villagers and the collection of the rate. [...] x. The provisions of sub-section (x) prevent an interegnum in the adnEnistration and secure the payment of the salaries of chaukidars and other dues from the date when a local area is notified as a union uncles section 5. The panchayat and the union committee (if there is one) remain in power until the first president of the union board is elected. [...] If the union board also supersedes a union committee a similar account together with all the papers pass-book and cash balance of the union committee should be made over by the chairman of the union committee to the president of the union board. [...] The date on which the union board is constituted and the names of the members are published in the Calcutta Gazette over the signature of the district magistrate. [...] For instance a contract made for a work not within° the acope of the powers of the union board is invalid and the union board cannot be held liable to pay for such work even though the contract was duly executed by the president with the sanction of the union board.

Title	Pages	Author/Editor
Frontmatter	i-iii	S.G. Hart	View
Preface	iv-v	S.G. Hart	View
Introduction	vi-xv	S.G. Hart	View
Bengal Village Self-Government Act	1-106	unknown	View
Election Rules	107-117	unknown	View
Rules Regarding Meetings of Union Boards	118-123	unknown	View
Powers of the President	124-126	unknown	View
Leave Rules	127-127	unknown	View
Chaukidari Rules	128-152	unknown	View
Union Rate Rules	153-163	unknown	View
Primary Education Rules	164-167	unknown	View
Union Board Dispensary Rules	168-174	unknown	View
Union Bench and Union Court Rules	175-204	unknown	View
Transfer of Property Rules	205-205	unknown	View
Contract Rules	206-206	unknown	View
Account Rules	207-237	unknown	View
Annual Returns	238-244	unknown	View
Union Board Records	245-249	unknown	View
Powers of President and Members of Union Boards Relative to Crime and Criminals	250-261	unknown	View
The Village Chaukidari Act 1870	262-269	unknown	View
The Penal Code	270-282	unknown	View
The Penal Code	283-288	unknown	View
Police Act	289-290	unknown	View
Cattle Trespass Act	291-307	unknown	View
Bengal Ferries Act	308-326	unknown	View

Self-Government in Rural Bengal

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