The Regulations of the Government of Fort William in Bengal in Force at the End of 1853 Volume 3; To Which Are Added the Acts of the Government of India in Force in That Presidency (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 Excerpt: ...Noble the Governor-General of India. Preamble. For better securing the abkarry revenue of Calcutta, it is enacted as follows: Rescissions. I. Act I. 1842, Act XXVI. 1845, Section XXVI. Regulation II. 1802, of the Bengal code, and so much of Clause One Hundred and Fifty-nine of an Act of Parliament, numbered chap. 52, of the statutes passed in the thirty-third year of the reign of King George the Third, as relates to the sale of arrack or other spirituous liquors, within the town of Calcutta, and to the punishment of unlicensed traders in spirits or spirituous liquors, within the said town, are repealed. II. The collection of the revenue arising from the retail sale of spirituous charge and control or fermented liquors and intoxicating drugs, within the town of Calcutta, TJ revenue shall be under the charge of the collector of Calcutta, who shall perform the duties connected therewith under the control of the commissioner of abkarry and the Board of Customs, Salt, and Opium; and all proceedings of the collector held under this Act shall be subject, with or without appeal, to their revision. III. The collector may appoint constables, darogahs, jemadars, burkun-Appointment of -bdauzes, and other officers, for collection of the said revenue and prevention karry officers, of smuggling; and the officers so appointed, beside their ordinary respective designations, shall be styled " Abkarry Officers." IV. Every person who shall sell, by retail, any spirituous or fermented Penalty for retailing liquors or intoxicating drugs, hereinafter specified, within the town of wlthout a licenseCalcutta, without a license for that purpose under the hand and seal of the collector of Calcutta, shall be liable to a fine, not exceeding five hundred rupees, for...