How tfj ‘regulate
this.
General duties
of the Heads óf
Villages,
Reward.
Police Officers.
Papers to he
furnished by
them.
How to frame
them.
T©; reportJ the
occurrencesof
thé week.
Responsibility
and duties.
liable to be attacked and plundered, or more often, perhaps, from «the absence of all
controul, will themselves form the resort and shelter of robbers and other- abandoned
characters ; and, on the other hand, it not being wished to repress too much this out-
settling, as by the creation of new villages (which- must owe their formation to such
small beginnings), a great part of 'the land, -at present waste, maÿ bë> brought into
cultivation; ills 'ordered, that the following be the line of conduct to’"-.be observed in
these.caSes,. "7'
22. The Head of a Tillage• shall, iii every instance, report to the Offièetfof Division
when such an oiit-setllement takes place ; -who Shall then proceed to 1 the'spot, and
forming a committee of three Heads Of Tillages (not/ to include !thé oiâei in ‘which' the
circumstance has occurred) shall judge whether St not ât ’be -expedient,1 for thebeneftt
of agriculture, to -permit its continuance, and measures shall be' .taken accordingly.
I f thé new settlement be allowed to remain, a -vigilant eye must be kept over its infant
state, both Jby^ the Officer of Division* and 'Head-'of'the neighbouring Tillage ; and
when it shall have grown to a size that may admit of this, it vougbt,tto ,be separated
from the authority of the mother village, and a similar constitution be bestowed on it.
SB. I t is -the duty of Heads Of Tillages-, generally, ^ p re se rv e tranquillity, as for
as their authority extends ; .to obey zealously the orders Of their superiors;- to furnish
every useful information, and in short to contribute, 'all in their powerynto' the
establishment and preservation of a good- state of'policé. ÉJ
24. Their rewards for this will be'acert;iin; portion of land in each village, and the
favouring eye and protection of Government.- ' :
25. The Police 'Officers of Divisions are'tobe'eOnSiderêd- as‘immediately under the
authority of the TBopatis.I They Will furnish to t'hese '»ll-§û<d®ÊÎccô®Wt|,' ve^perfe;- j p ép-
maybe required, and will act always On- the orders received from them, Or, -Of course,
directly from the Resident bimsëlf. ii'j'
i . 26. ' To the Bopâtis, - or Chiefs ■: of- Districts, they will : forward ■ ■ every six : months
abstract accounts of births, marriages, and deaths, which have: occurred in their
division, and of the general state of -cultivation: and - population, with such remarks
accompanying-them as may -seem requisite.
27: Of these and other papers forms will be furnished them, and they will prepare
them from the general account obtained from Heads of Tillages, whom they willy-at
anytime, require to supply them with such further information as may be deemed
necessary. •
- 28. On evely Saturday they will give in. to the Bopûtiy or Chief of the District, a
detailed statement of the occurrences of the preceding week, the crimes committed,
offenders apprehended, nnmber of new settlers, their employment, from whence
arrived, what individuals have emigrated, causes of emigration,-and in short, whatever
has happened out of the common track of occurrences.
29. The Officers of Divisions shall be'held responsible for the due administration of
the -police within their respective jurisdictions; and to enable them better to execute
. their assigned duties, the Heads of Tillages are placed immediately under their
authority.
authority. They shall accordingly be. watchful, that these vigilantly and zealously APPENDIX
perform such services as may be.allotted to their situation;' and they shall report folly
to thé Bopali of the district, on the Conduct of any. Heads of Tillages, who may prove
heglectfo] of .their charge, or in any way appear, remiss in the execution of the duties
entrusted to them. i
1 SO;. They shall, on no account, exert f their: police authority|in. any undue interference How to actwith
with the,- collection of the revenues, -that being considered a; distinct department, to venue matters,
which they will only render their assistance whea'ieéilled-'rfpojit;under the distinct rules
laid dowh in another-•Regulation for'the guidance of their conduct in it; here ©illy
irii^.cópsideBed thafctheyaye-to leJnd,theiraid at such fimfeSy aii'din. shchmatmer, ag may
be expressly poiBtedaolutjto them in;ópdet8,frpm theie:sup®riora. ' But they are at all
times; ©foa regular-application beii^p made to them hy the.mferiof Officers .of Revenue* ' '
to take-charge of/ and give effectual escort to - treasure passitg from or through their
divisions; and after receipt of the same, they will be held responsible for it until such
treasure, shall have been by them delivereditOKtbe next .éonstituted aulbbriity. -
31. The J ’eons aiüliothér inferior servants attached to their offices, shall of course be Peons to go
employed in, the serving, summonses, apprehending offenders, giving escort* and in their r0BadB-
other regufor duties:; but when not in .'-any I way thus engaged* they, shall, as leisure
admits, be sent to make .the rounds p f the divisions acquiring,, .by this means, not only
competent information' iyi.all tbiij; fo transacted- w-itMn, !it; vbut serving also,h ;by this
occasional and uncertain visitation, materially toi prevent the undertaking .-ofaiéfariéus : ’
acts.
,(132->As beforerobserved, the Officers of Divisions and those subordinate to tthemj Police Officers
shall onjy of their^own authority apprehend such-persons as are taken actually in the, bend of^tbeir
commission of crime. They are never em powered to seize others (with the exception ovm authority,
of those mentioned in.Section'J8,of this Regulation) but when a written order for that
purpose has been ^received from their superiors, or when a regular charge of an
original nature has been given in against them by auy respectable individual.
•• S3. In these cases,- they will take suitable.measnres for. the apprehension amd securing To apprehend
of the persons complained of; and when once apprehended, they will, on no account, plaint has been
of their own authority again liberate them. * ’ ^ ^ ^yfnd°‘ °rder
, 34, Should the persons have been so arrested in 'consequence of orders received to How to act
that effect, the Officers of Division! will, in forwarding them tp,their destinations, be Wbeen^ven!
careful to observe such instructions as they may-hasè received.ón thé..subjéct-
'35. But should the prisoners hay-e been appreKended.on damplaints, or other pro- How when a
ceedings originating in the division.,itself, they will, on their arrival at the police: ,beSE{ ^ d . ha*
station, cause to be_ written a clear and summary statement of the offence alleged, and
of the facts in the case which have come under their .observation, whether witnessed
by. themselves, .or bore testimony to by any persons present.
36. They will then, w ith this statement accompanying, forward under a sufficient To send the
guard the prisoner or prisoners, together'with foe'persons complaining or aggrieved, te&ent.t0t^
and the-witnessess ö f thé facts, towards the chief town of the district where the Bopati
resides.