Gazetteer Of The Sialkot District 1883-84

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1Chapter V, A.

2General

3Administration.

4Criminal, Police

5and Gaols.

6| Punjab Gazetteer.

784 CHAP. V.—ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE.

8Besides the executive staff of the district, there is a Canton-

9ment Magistrate who exercises 1nrisdiction in cantenments, and

10the following Honorary Magistrates, viz., at Kalalwala in the

11Pasrtr tahsil, Sardédr Bhagwan Singh, exercising the powers of

12a third-class Magistrate over the villages comprised in the

13patwaris circle of Kalélwaélé ;at Wadala Sandhé4ninthe Daskah

14tahsil, Sardar Dial Singh, a second-class Magistrate with

15jurisdiction over 80 villages within the limits of the police station

16of Dharmkot ; at Badoke, also in the Daskuh tahsil, a bench of

17two third-class Magistrates, Chaudhris Bahawal Bakhsh and Dia

18Ram, who exercise jurisdiction throughout that tahsil ; and at

19Riah, a board of four third-class Magistrates, Saiyad Khirshed

20Alam of Rat&é Piré, Pir Ganj Bakhsh of Mandranwéla, Ganda

21Singh, zatlddr of Hallowél, and Pandit Ganesh Das of Niddoke,

22The police force is in charge of a District Superintendent.

23The strength of the force as

243 Fisscdarine. given in Table No. I. of the

25? —__—__—__——| Police Report for 1882-83,

26Class of Total . ° . .

27Police, strength. Btanding Frovneson is shown in the margin. In

28| guards. | getection,| addition to tho regular con-

29: stabulary, there ure 2,525

30| village watchmen, one or

31Imperial _.. 880 68 822 : S

32iecial (li és — more for each village accord

33Cantonment 64 vs os ing to size; wherea village

34or hamlet cannot afford a

35maker. a o ce separate chaukiddr, it 1s

36attached to some neigh-

37These

38bouring _-village..

39chaukidars or village watchmen are ordinarily paid at the rato of

40Rs. 8amonth. Their pay is sometimes supplemented by a small

41grant of the village common land rent-free. They are paid in

42cash or kind (and in some villages partly in both) by a rate on

43the houses, their arms and uniforms being supplied to them

44out of the malba, or cess collected for village expenses. ‘Their

45pay is not fixed by Government, and they realizo it direct

46from the headmen without the intervention of Government

47officials. In large villages there is a dafudér or head

48watchman, who

491 Sialkot. a] ee: receives an extra

50nas or firat-class police

51City .. .. >| stations, ‘i rupee pr two. The

52Sialkot 83 Cantonments police division of

534 Phuklan Secondclassthanaorpolice) the district is

546 Chaprar ... station, *

556 Kulowal . Police outpost. shown in the

567 Bhallowali Do.

578 Pasrur... Hae

58Pasrur 0 Satrah ‘

5910 Kilah Sobha Sing

60ee, eee 1 ee |

61Do.

62First-class police stations.

63margin. There

64are besides, seven

65Daskah 12 ae i 1st class police stations. road or patrolling

662 { 13 Dharmkot 2nd class police station, posts distributed.

67Zafarwal ( 5 at ha 1st class police stations. over thé Amritsar,

68Riah Cec a Wazfrabéd, an d

6919 Miani Gijraénwalé roads.

70At each of the