، ، ، ، د "، نغ '* t صغص لسد قد ( $o ) rே. Rules under the Chota Nagpor: Rheumbered Bosnia Act;1878. “** The 27th September 1877–In exercise of the powers bonferred by Setorts of the Chota Nagpore Encumbered Estates' Act, 1876, the Lieutenant-Governor of "Bengid *hus, with the approval of His Excellency the Governor-General in Öouncil, made the following rules: — 鬱 Rule 1.-Without the special sanction of the Lieutenant-Governor, the Act shall not be put in force unless the person seeking it derives an annual income of Rs. 500 or more from his immoveable property, and without the same sanction no immoveable property, other than land or permanent interests in land, shall be brought under the provisions of the Act. Rule 2.—Every application under Section 2 of the Act shall, if made by the holder of immoveable property, or by his heir, or guardian, committee, or other legal curator of auth "holder or heir, be accompanied by a statement of all debts and liabilities due by such holder, together with the names of the creditors, and a specification of the date on which each debt was incurred, and also by a statement. showing of what property such holder is possessed, and the income derivable therefrom. These statements may, if the Commissioner deem it necessary, be sent to the Deputy Commissioner of the district or districts in which the immoveable property is situated for inquiry into the correctness or otherwise of such statements, and for report as to whether the property is solvent or not. The Commissioner shall refrain from issuing the vesting order under Section 2, if it appears to him on such report or otherwise that the property is hopelessly insolvent. Rule 3.−When a Deputy Commissioner is of opinion that any property should be brought under the provisions of the Act, he shall ascertain, as far as possible, what debts and liabilities are due by the holder of such property, and what immovhable property he has in his possession, and the income derivable therefrom ; and, after inquiry into the solvency or otherwise of the holder, he shall submit the whole of the papers to the Commissioner, who shall issue the vestiño order or not according as, in his opinien, the property is solvent or not. Rule 4.—After the vesting order has been issued, it shall be the duty of the manager to inquire carefully into the solvency of the property, and to make early report on this point to the Commissioner, with a view to the restoration of the property to the owner (under Section 12 of the Act as amended by Act XII of 1877) should the property prove to be insolvent. [. Rule 5.-Wherever the manager appointed under the Act is not the Deputy Commis'sioner of the district, the Deputy Commissioner will (subject to such orders, consistent with the provisions of the said Act, as the Commissioner may from time to time issue), exercise a general control over the management of all the properties in his district. Rule 6.—The security to be required from any manager not being a Government servant and from subordinate officers under this Act shall be fixed from time to time by the Com. missioner of the division, with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor : provided that no such manager or subordinate officer shall be required to give security for an aniount exceeding 25 per cent. of the annual rents and profits of the property on account of which he is employed. Rule 7–To every notice published under section 5 of the Act shall be appended a copy of Section 6. The notice shall be published at the district cutcherries, moonsifs' courts, and thanas within the jurisdiction of which the property is situated, and shall be affired to the bhandar of all villages contained within the property. Whenever possible, special service of such notice shall be made on every known creditor of the property; but the absence of such special service shall not be a bar to proceedings under the Act. Rule 8.—When any property is restored to the holder or his heir, in accordance with Section 12 of the Act, notice of the restoration shall be published at the places mentioned in the preceding rule and iu the Calcutta Gazette. e Rule 9.-On the publication of the vesting order under Section 2 of the Act, the holder of the property, đ? his legal representative, shall be called upon to deliver to the manager, within fifteen days, all accounts and other papers connected with the management of the property, Q to Rule 10–In determining the amount of any principal debt or liability under Section 8 of the Act, claims equitably due may be admitted by the manager if acknowledged by the [Government Gazette, 9th October 1877.] • '
