1 72 [Pant VI.
2 CHAPTER 1.-(@)—-THE ILL STATES,
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4 (3)—Tne Tine Srares :
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6 Comprising the following, namely :—
7 1.—Sirmur or Nahan. « 8.—Jabbal. 15.—Bija.
8 2.——Kahlur or Bilaspur. 9.— Bhajji. 16.—Taroch,
9 8.—Hindur or Naiagarh. 10.—Kumharsein, 17,— Kunhiar.
10 4,,— Bashahr. 11.—Kuthar., 18.—Sangri.
11 5.—Keonthal. 12.— Dhami. 19.—Manghul.
12 '6,—Baghal. 13.—Balsan. 20.—Darkuti.
13 7.—Baghat. 14.—Mailog.
14 ( For the relations of the British Government with these States, see Aitchison’s Treaties,
15 Vol. VI, pages 94—186. The Deputy Commissioner of Simla is er-oficio Superintendent of
16 these States, subject to the supervision of the Commissioner of the Delhi Division as Agent to
17 the Lieutenant-Governor. }
18 There are no British Enactments, so far as is known, in force locally in these States. (?)
19 Notes,
20 I—Delegation of functions with respect to suits against Chiefs.—By Notification
21 No. 1369-I., dated the 29th March, 1889, the Local Government of the Panjab and its Secre-
22 taries have been authorised, under section 483, sub-section (4), of the Code of Civil Procedure,
23 to exercise, in respect of there Chiefs, the functions assigned by sub-sections (1), (2) and (3) of
24 that section to the Governor General in Council dud a Secretary to the Government of India,
25 respectively. (See Gazetle of India, 1889, Part I, page 157.)
26 II.—Criminal Powers.—Capital sentences passed by these Chiefs require the confirma-
27 lion of the British authorities before being cartied out. (See Aitchison’s Treaties, Vol. VI, page
28 95.)
29 III.—Bashahr Forests.— By Article 6 of an agreement entered into in 1864 with the Raja
30 of Bashahr as to the lease of his forests (see #b., No. LI1), it was agreed that the officer
31 appointed to the forest should have the power of a Subordinate Magistrate, Ist class, defined in
32 section 28 of Act XXV of 1861(*) to try and decide cases of offences against property and
33 property-marka.
34 IV.—Feudatories of Keonthal.—There are six petty Hill Chiefs —Theog, Koti, Ghoond,
35 Khyrie, Madhan, and Ratesh subordinate to Keonthal—who enjoy the same powers of punish-
36 ment within their territories as the superior Chiefs. (See 24., pages 99—100.)
37 V.—Kasumpti.—In regard to the jurisdiction exercised by the British Government in the
38 tract of Kasumpti in the Keonthal Hill State, adjoining the town of Simla, see Chapter III
39 of this Part, ex/fra, page 81. .
40 VI.—Simla District—Comprises the tracts of Kotguru (acquired about 1815) and Kot
41 Khar (acquired in 1828), the villages of Kalka and Koréli (acquired from Patiala in Lord
42 Haidinge’s time), the parganas of Sabathu. Siwahand Baranli (acquired about 1815). the
43 pargana of Simla (acquired partly from Keonthal and partly fiom Patiala in 1830), Dagshai
44 (acquired from Patiala in 1847 for the purpose of a cantonment), Jutogh (acquired from Patiala
45 in 1613), Kasault (acquired from Bagbat in 1842 for the purpose of a cantonment, additional
46 lands being acquired from Bija for the same purpose in 1844), Sabathu Hill (acquired from
47 Keonthal about 1815, the Khaltti garden in Kuthar being afterwards added), Sanawar (acquired
48 from Baghat in 1852), and Solqu (acquired from Baghat in 1868 for the purpose of a rifle
49 pructice ground).
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53 (*) As to the appheation of sections 4 to 16 (inclusive), 19, 20, 24 and 29 of the European Vagrancy Act, 1874, to
54 Native States within the Punjab, see footnete on page 7, aupra,
55 (7) ue, the power of a Magistrate of the 2ud cinss under Act X of 1882 (see section 3 of that Act).