1 70) [Parr VI.
2 CHAPPER L-(QO)—-THE CIS-SUTLEJ STATES.
3 mY Sens es ee — wa ee a ae —
4 (2) —TuE Cis-Sotres Statss :
5 Comprising the following, namely :—
6 1.— Patiala. | 3.—Nabha, 5.—~Maleir Kotla.
7 2.—Jhind. 4.—Kalsia. 6,—Faridkot.
8 (For the relations of the British Government with these States, see Aitchison’s Treaties,
9 Vol. VI, pages 49——94, The States of Patinla, Jhind and Nabha are under the immediate
10 political control of the Lientenant-Governor of the Panjab. The Commissioner of the Delhi
11 Division, for the time being, is the Agent of the Lieutenant-Governor for the States of
12 Kulsia and Maleir Kotla, and the Commissioner of the Jullunder Division for the time being
13 for the State of Faridkot.)
14 There are uo British En:ctments, so far as is known, in force locally in these States.(!)
15 Notes.
16 I.—Delegation of functions with respect to suits against Chiefs.—By Notification
17 No. 1869-I., dated the 29th March, 1889, the Local Government of the Panjab and its Secre-
18 taries have been authorised, under section 433, sub-section (4), of the Code of Civil Pro-
19 cedure, to exercise, in respect of the Chiefs of these States, the functions assigned by sub-sec-
20 tions (2,) (2) aud (3) of that section to the Governor General in Council and o Secretary to
21 the Government of India, respectively. (See Gazette of India, 1889, Part 1, page 187.)
22 II.—Railway Lands.—Jurisdiction over the lands occupied by the Sindh, Panjab and
23 Delhi Section of the North-Western Railway in the Patiala and Nabha States, over thiose
24 occupied by the Rajputana State Railway in the Nabha State, over those occupied by
25 the Rewari-Ferozepore Railway in the Patiala, Jhind, Nabha and Faridkot States, and dover
26 those occupied by the Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway m the Patiala and Kalsia States, has been
27 acquired by the British Goverument, (See Chapter VI of this Part, nfra, page 95.) +
28 III.—Criminal Powers.—'The Chiefs of Patiala, Jhind, and Nabha have, by Sanads
29 dated the bth May, 1860 (sce Aitelison’s Treaties, Vol. VI, Nos. XXV, XXXI, and XXXV,
30 respectively), been invested with powers of life and death over theirown subjects. With regard
31 to British subjects committing crime and apprehended in their territories, they are to be guided
32 by the rules contained in the Despateh of the Court of Directors to the Madras Government,
33 No, 8, dated Ist June, 1836, which are to the effect that the Chiefs may try British subjects
34 charged with offences alleged to have been committed in their territories, but must deliver up
35 such subjects when charged with the commission of heinous offences in British India.
36 IV.— Patiala Telegraph, line.—By clause 13 of an agreement entered into in 1872
37 for the construction of a line of telegraph from Umballa to Patiala (see #6., No. XXVIII),
38 it was agreed that jurisdiction in regard to offences against the Telegraph Act, committed in
39 Patiala territory by Native subjects of the British Government or by subjects of the Mahérdja,
40 should be regulated by clause [V of the Sanad, dated the 5th May, 1860, referred to in
41 Note I11 supra, and that European British subjects accused of such offences should be tried
42 by British Courts.
43 V.—Sirhind Canal.—By clause 28 of an agreement entered into with the States of Pati-
44 ala, Jhind and Nabha in 1873, for the construction of the Sirhind canal and its branches (see
45 tb., No. XXIX), it was agreed that offenders against Canal Regulations in villages irrigated
46 from the Patiala(*) or British branches, or bordering on Patiala or British branches, should be
47 in
48 —_— —-—-—.
49 ———————— OO —
50 (7) Ae to the application of sections 4 to 16 (inclusive), 19, 20, 24 and 29 of the European Vagruncy Act, 1874,
51 to Native States within the Panjab, see footnote, expra, p. 7.
52 (*) .¢, the nou- By tish branches, which chiefly pass through the territory of Patiala (see clause 4 of the agree-
53 nent).