Papers regarding Act III of 1844, An Act for legalizing the infliction of corporal punishment in cases of petty larceny generally, and when committed by offenders of tender age
Papers regarding Act IV of 1844, An Act for repealing Regulation IX of 1808 of the Bengal Code
Scope & Content:
Includes a printed copy of the Act, and correspondence regarding the cases of two men sentenced to transportation for life for not surrendering themselves within the period notified after having been convicted of a dacoity committed at Rangpur in 1841
Proposal for the discontinuance of the Government lotteries and institution of a wheel tax
Scope & Content:
Includes a statement showing the average amount of disbursements made on account of Municipal improvements in the town of Calcutta, and charged to the Lottery Fund, from the year 1832/33 to 1841/42
Printed copy of Act VI of 1844, An Act for abolishing the levy of transit or inland customs duties, for revising the duties on imports and exports by sea, and for determining the price at which salt shall be sold for home consumption within the territories subject to the Government of Fort St Ge...
Papers regarding Act VIII of 1844, An Act to authorise the Governments of Fort William in Bengal, Fort St George and Bombay, to remove native officers, soldiers and followers imprisoned under sentence of a court martial from one prison to another
Papers regarding Act IX of 1844, An Act for authorising the institution of suits in the Courts of Principal Sudder Ameens [Sadr Amins] and Sudder Ameens [Sadr Amins]