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320. In consideration of the additional time and trouble involved in copying documents
Additional
charge to be of the nature described above, an additional charge may be levied from the applicants
levied.
according to the following scale:- In all cases requiring more than three folios, one
additional folio may be taken for every four folios, that is to say, one additional folio may

be taken in cases requiring four to seven folios, two additional folios in cases requiring

eight to eleven folios, three additional folios in cases requiring twelve to fifteen folios,
and so on. No additional charge should be levied in cases which require from one to

three folios.

V—Rules for copyists, typists and comparers.

Collector is 321. The Collector is to license as many copyists or typists as can ordinarily supply all
to license
copyists or applicants with copies within the period specified by these rules, and no one but a
typists. licensed copyist or licensed typist shall be employed in the preparation of copies. Typists

proficient in both English and vernacular typing and providing their own type-writing
machines should be given the preference over others when fresh appointments are

made. But when the copies applied for ape few or not sufficient to induce an outsider to

take a license for the work, and the work generally is light, the Collector: may employ an
officer of the fixed establishment to do the copying work if he can do it without detriment

to his other duties. An officer of the fixed establishment shall not, however, get any

additional remuneration for doing such copying work. Care must he taken that copies
which are paid for are made only" by licensed copyists or typists, or, in the case last

mentioned, by an officer of the fixed establishment.

Commissioner's 322. Commissioners are at liberty, if the demand for copies from their records makes the
office.
arrangement advisable, to appoint a licensed copyist or licensed typist for their

preparation.

Number of 323. The number of copyists and typists licensed should, as far as possible, not be
copyists and
typists. greater than will admit, in ordinary circumstances, of each copyist earning at least Rs.
40 and of each typist who provides his own type-writing machine at. least Rs. 65 a
month. If practicable, a higher minimum should be secured, and a. minimum of Us. 50

for copyists and Rs. 80 for typists should be aimed at. Ordinarily, no person should, in
future, be appointed a copyist unless he can copy both English and vernacular

efficiently. The monthly detail bill of remuneration of copyists and typists will show the

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