Bombay, acquisition of, 18; first coinage of money, 19; munici- pality and mayor's court, 31, 32; subordination to Bengal, 45, 64; recorder's court, 71; legislative power first granted, 72; supreme court, 80; code of regulations, 84, 329; legislative power with- drawn, 84; marine force, 98; legislative power restored, 102; high court, 103, 237-251; com- mander-in-chief abolished, 108, 130; constitution of government, 114, 187-190; legislative council, 118, 213-223; staff corps, 130; subordinate civil courts, 137; salary of governor, councillors, judges, &c., 225, 272; advocate- general, 251; ecclesiastical estab- lishment, 252-254.
Regulations, 72, 84, 121, 329. Booty, charter regarding, 34-36. Borrowing powers of Secretary of State, 163, 164.
Boundaries, power of governor- general to alter, 194, 195. British India, definition of, 263, 265.
subjects, may not lend to Na- tive States, 71, 256, 257; defini- tion of, 205, 235, 373, 381; classes of, 348, 349; British jurisdiction over, in Native States, 379-393. See also Christians and European British subject.
Bryce, J., referred to or quoted, 10, 323.
Buddhist law, 332-335. Burgesses at Madras, 22, 23. Burke, Edmund, 60, 71. Burma, chief commissionership, 93; legislative council, 118; lieute- nant-governorship, 93, 114; legis- lative council, 119; subordinate civil courts, 137; constitution of government, 191-196; constitu- tion of legislature, 213-218; busi- ness at legislative meetings, 218- 223.
Cadetships, reserved for sons of
Indian officers, 155. Calcutta, municipality and mayor's court, 32; introduction of English law into, 32, 33, 323; treasury transferred to, 43; jurisdiction of supreme court, 46, 53, 55, 56; trial by jury, 48; college at, 76; bishop of, 78, 131, 252-254; high court, 103, 126, 137, 237; head quarters
of Government of India during cold season, 114; presidency magistrate, 138.
Cantonments, British jurisdiction in, 394.
Capitulations, 353-361.
Caste, reservation as to, in criminal law, 57, 325, 326.
Casting vote, of governor-general, 45, 182; of Secretary of State, 149; of governors of Madras and Bombay, 190.
Central Provinces, chief commis- sionership, 93, 114, 115; subor- dinate civil courts, 137; constitu- tion of government, 191, 194. Cession of territory, 35, 36, 145, 196, 207.
Chaplains, first appointment of, 28; from Scotch Church, 254.
Charles I licenses Courten's Asso- ciation, 15.
Charles II's relations with the Company, 16-20.
Charter, first granted to Company by Elizabeth, 4-10; made per- petual by James I, 14; rival com- panies, 15, 24-30; of Cromwell, 15, 16; of Charles II, 16-20; English Company, 28; United Company, 30; judicial, 32; re- garding booty, 34, 36; regarding cession of territory, 36; of supreme court, 46-48; parliamentary re- newals, 69-91; of high courts, 103, 104.
Chesney, Sir George, quoted or re- ferred to, 33, 102, 109, 114, 268. Chief commissionerships, establish- ment of, 93; appointments to, 115. court for Punjab, 266. Child, Sir Josiah, 16, 24, 25. China trade, preserved to Company, 75, 77; finally withdrawn, 81. Choultry justice room, in early Madras, 17.
Christians, jurisdiction of high court outside British India, 246, 247; grants may be made to any sect, 254. Church of England, legislation affecting, 252-254.
of Scotland, chaplains of, 254. Civil procedure, code of, 87, 137, 332. service, constitution of, 123- 125, 234-237; appointments re- served to, 272, 273. Clerk of the peace at Madras, 22. Clive, Lord, 34, 37, 42. Clode's Military Forces of the Crown, 60, 69, 72, 270.
Commissions, judicial, under early charters, 14.
military, power of governor- general to grant, 267-271. Committee of secrecy to be ap- pointed by directors, 63.
directors, of original
Company, 4, 6, 18, 26; of Indian council, 110, 150.
Common law applied to presidency towns, 323.
Commonwealth, relations of Com- pany with, 15, 16.
Company, incorporated by Eliza- beth, 3-10; renewal of charter by James I, 13; power to exercise martial law, 14; competition with Dutch, 15; Courten's rival As- sociation, 15; Cromwell's rela- tions with, 15, 16; charters of Charles II, 16-20; grant of Bom- bay, 18; territorial sovereignty, 18, 24, 37; grant of admiralty jurisdiction, 19, 20; rivalry of New Company, 24-30; incor- poration of English Company, 28; union of Old and New Companies as United Company, 29, 30; ex- tension of monopoly, 30, 31; judi- cial charters, 32; Mutiny Act and Articles of War, 33, 34; charters regarding booty and cession of territory, 34-36; grant of the diwani, 37; recognition of territorial acquisitions, 39; Regu- lating Act, 41-50; Fox's India Bill, 61; Pitt's India Act, 62-66; creation of Board of Control, 62, 63; parliamentary renewals of charter, 69-91; sovereignty of Crown asserted, 77; territorial possessions in trust for Crown, 81; monopoly of China and tea trade abolished, 81; government trans-
ferred to Crown, 94-98; formal dissolution, 106.
Conditional appointments, 132, 229. Consecration of bishop in India, 253. Consular jurisdiction, 353-361. Contract Act, 334-
Contracts by Secretary of State, 98, 108, 167-175.
Control, Board of, first established 62, 63; remodelled, 69; abolished, 97.
Coorg, administration, 115; native Christians, 332.
Copyright, restriction on local legis- latures as to, 120, 219. Cornwallis, Lord, governor-general and commander-in-chief, 67, 268. Council (executive) of Governor and Governor-General of Bengal, 42, 44, 45, 55, 64.
(executive) of Governor of Bombay, 42, 64, 83; constitution, 114, 189, 190.
(executive) of Governor of Madras, 42, 64, 83; constitution, 114, 189, 190.
(executive) of Governor-Gen- eral, of India, first constituted, 84: remodelled, 102; executive legislation, 105, 118, 211; aug- mented, 106, 108; constitution, 112-114, 176-187.
Council of Secretary of State, first constituted, 95; tenure of office, 104, 105, 106; reduction of mem- bers, 107; constitution and duties, 109, 110, 146-153; majority of votes required for grant of revenue, 160; majority of votes required for issue of securities, 163; ma- jority of votes required for dis- posing of property and making contracts, 167.
-(legislative) of governor-general, first constituted, 91; remodelled, 99, 100; powers extended, 101, 102, 104, 105; augmented by nominated representatives, 107; constitution, 115-118, 197-213.
(legislative) of Bengal, first authorized, 103; augmented by nominated representatives, 107; constitution, 118, 119, 213-223.
(legislative) of Bombay, first constituted, 102, 106; augmented by nominated representatives, 107; constitution, 118, 119, 213- 223.
(legislative) of Burma, first con- stituted, 118; constitution, 213- 223.
Death sentences must be confirmed by high court, 138.
Debt, public, restriction on legis- lature, 120, 208, 219.
Deed, resignation of governor- general to be by, 226.
Deeds to be executed by three mem- bers of council of Secretary of State, 167.
Definitions in digest, 263-266. Departments, of India Office, 110;
of Government of India, 112, 113. Deputy commissioner, district offi- cer in non-regulation province, 135. Digest of statutory enactments relating to India, 144-322. Dioceses, King may vary limits of, 252.
Directors of Company, originally
styled committees, 6, 18, 26; first styled directors, 28; qualification, 42; four years' term, 44; required to submit papers to Secretary of State, 46; committee of secrecy,
63, 82; power of appointing and removing governor-general, 64, 76; patronage, 66, 79, 82; dispute with Board of Control, 68; dis- patch from Court, explaining Act of 1833, 89; number reduced from twenty-four to eighteen, of which six appointed by Crown, 90; patronage taken away, 92; to elect seven members of first coun- cil of Secretary of State, 95. Discussion of financial statement, 117, 208, 209.
Dispatches from India to be ad- dressed to Secretary of State, 152. District, unit of administration, 135, 136; restriction on transfer of, 195.
councils, 136. judge, 138. magistrate, 138.
Divisions, of high court, 128; of provinces, 135.
Diwani, grant of, 37; meaning of, 43 n.
Adalat, Company's court, es- tablished by Warren Hastings, 44; Impey judge of, 55; merged in high court, 103, 126. Double government of Company and Crown, 66, 94.
Dual government of Bengal, 37. Dundas (Lord Melville), 61, 69, 73.
Easements Act, 336.
East India Company, first so styled in 1833, 82; formally dissolved, 106. See also Company. Eastern Bengal, union with Assam,
Ecclesiastical establishment, 78, 89, 131, 252-254.
jurisdiction of supreme court, 46. Education and learning, provision for, by Act of Parliament, 78. Elizabeth, Queen, charter of, 4-10. Elphinstone, author of Bombay Regulations, 84, 329.
Emperor of India, title of King,
Empress of India, Act authorizing title, 107.
English courts, jurisdiction over offences in India, 50, 65, 129, 255- 262.
law, to be administered by supreme court, 53; applied to natives of India, 323-341.
Escheats, 160, 169. European British subject, British jurisdiction over, in Native States, 241, 246, 392; definition of, 349, 382, 383.
foreigners in Native States, British jurisdiction over, 242, 393.
Evidence Act, 332. Executive Council, of Governor and
Governor-General of Bengal, 42, 44, 45, 55, 64; of governors of Bombay and Madras, 42, 64, 83, 114, 188-190; of Governor-Gene- ral of India, 84, 102, 105, 106, 11- 114, 118, 177-186, 210. Executive legislation, by Governor-
General in Council, over scheduled districts, 105, 118, 211; extra- territorial powers, 387-398. Extraordinary member of council, commander-in-chief,
180; Governor of Madras or Bom-
Enlistment Act, 344, 348. Jurisdiction Acts, 353, 376. Foreigners, may be expelled from British India, 88; definition of, 373, 374; British jurisdiction over, in Native States, 392. Forfeitures, 159.
Fort St. George. See Madras.
William. See Bengal. Fortifications, power to Company to erect, 17.
Fourth (legislative) member of council, 82, 83.
Fox's East India Bill of 1783, 61. French territory not included in 'India,' 265.
Furlough, regulations by Secretary of State, 132, 234.
Gentu. See Hindu.
Gifts, prohibition against receiving, 49, 255, 256. Godolphin, Lord, award of, 2, 29, 30. Government of India Governor- General in Council, 112, 176. Governor-General of Bengal, 44, 45.
of India, first appointment, 82; power to appoint president of council in his own absence, 99, 185; sanction required for certain legislation, 100, 208; assent re- quired to every Act, 100, 209; power to invest himself with powers of council, when absent from head quarters, 101, 185, 186; power to make ordinance without council in emergency, 101, 212, 213; sanction required for certain legislation by local legislatures, 102, 103, 219; assent required to every Act of local legislatures, 103, 222; regulations for scheduled districts, 105, 211, 212; power to overrule council, 106, 182; power to make rules for nomination of additional members of legislative councils, 107, 214; supreme mili- tary authority, 129, 176; exercise of foreign jurisdiction by, 388. See also Council of Governor- General.
Governors of factories, first ap- pointed under charter of Charles II, 16; powers, 16, 17, 18, 32, 42.
of Madras and Bombay, may communicate with Secretary of State, 152; constitution, 188-190; legislative powers, 213-223. See also Madras and Bombay. Guardians and Wards Act, 336.
Haileybury College, recognition of, 76, 78; abolition of, 92. Harington's Analysis of Bengal Regulations, 57, 72, 84, 323, 325. Hastings, Warren, administration of, 50, 51; evidence in Parliament, 74. Hertslet, referred to or quoted, 52 n., 355, 365, 366, 368.
High courts, establishment of, 103; constitution of, 126-128, 136, 137, 237-249; definition of, 263. Hindu law, personal, 57, 325, 326, 337; text-books, 338. Wills Act, 333.
James I, charters of, 13, 14. James II, charters of, 20-23. Jenkyns, Sir H., referred to, 343, 355.
Jews, law regarding, 329, 333. Judge-advocate, first appointment of, 19.
Judges, of high court, 126, 127; sub- ordinate, civil and criminal, 137, 138.
Judicial commissioners, 137, 266.
Committee. See Privy Council. Jury, trial by, 14, 48, 138. Justices of the peace, first appoint-
ment of, 32, 48; jurisdiction of, 79; need not be covenanted civi- lians, 81; jurisdiction over Euro- pean British subjects, 138.
Kathiawar, British jurisdiction in, 265, 395, 396.
Kaye, Sir J., referred to or quoted, 14, 66, 89.
Khojas, customs of inheritance,
King, British India governed by and in name of, 144. See also Queen.
Land, acquisition of, by natural- born subject, 88; power of Secretary of State to buy or sell, 167.
Law Commission, appointment of, 86, 87; disappearance of, 92; work of, 332.
member of council, 178, 179. Leave of absence to members of council, 132, 226.
Lecky, W. E. H., referred to or quoted, 38, 40, 43.
Lee-Warner, referred to or quoted, 139, 141.
Legal member of council, 83, 84, 91. Legislature. See Council (legisla-
Letters patent, of high courts, 103. Levant Company, 12, 13, 355-358. Lex Loci Act, 327.
Licences, for sale of spirituous liquors, 70; to non-official Euro- peans in India, 75, 78, 87, 88. Lieutenant-governor, first appoint- ment of, for North-Western Pro- vinces, 89, 90; for Bengal, 90; for the Punjab, 91; constitution of government, 96, 191-193; for Burma, 114; constitution of legis- lature, 213-223; business at legislative meetings, 218-222; salary, 272. Limitation Act, 332.
Limits, power to alter, of provinces,
194, 195; of presidency towns, 196. Loans, prohibition against British subject lending to Native State, 71, 256, 257; power of Secretary of State to raise, 163.
Local Government, definition of, 263, 265.
London, venue for trial of crimes by officials, 257.
Lyall, Sir A. C., referred to or quoted, 3, 10, 67.
Macaulay, History quoted, 16, 26, 27; secretary to Board of Control, 81; first legislative member of council, 83; head of Indian Law Commission, 87; chairman of committee that framed regula- tions for civil service examina- tions, 92.
Madras, in seventeenth century, 17; municipality, 22, 23; mayor's
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