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Compendium on Acts and Rules

271. One copy of the Indian Law Reports, Calcutta Series," is supplied by Government
Indian Law
Reports. to each District Officer and to each of the Subdivisional Officers of Barrackpur,

Gopalganj, Kalimpong, Kurseong and Siliguri, free of cost. The copy of the publication
supplied to them is to be entered in the library catalogue of each officer and should be

bound and preserved for purposes of reference in yearly volumes. These officers will

have to purchase other series of the Indian Law Reports if they require them. The
accumulated monthly issues of an incomplete volume are to be counted as one volume,

only for the purposes of the Catalogue.

Bengal 272. With a view to economize space in collectorate "libraries all the old volumes of the
Quarterly Civil
Lists, India Bengal Quarterly Civil Lists, the India Office List and the History of Services of Gazetted
Office List and
History of and other officers should be disposed of as waste paper, only the volumes for the last
Services of three years being preserved. As soon as a new number of any of the above publications
Gazetted and
other officers. is received in his office, the Collector may send the next previous number to one of the

subdivisional offices to which Government does not supply these periodicals. The
subdivisional officers will deal with copies received by them as ordered above. It is open

to Commissioners to keep the above publications in their office libraries for a longer
period, not exceeding twelve years, if they desire to do so, and if there is room for them

in their libraries.

272 (1). The classification of official publications, reports, etc., will be found in the
Official
publications. General Department Miscellaneous Circular No. 40, dated the 20th July 1901, to the

address of Commissioners, which should be strictly followed.

272 (2). The Bengal Legislative Council Proceedings preserved in' the Collectorate

Libraries should be classed as B papers and destroyed after 12 years. One set of these
proceedings should, however, be preserved permanently in the Commissioners' offices.

CHAPTER VIII.
Rules for the supply of copies of, and information respecting, papers and
documents in district offices.

A Deputy or The Deputy Collector or Sub-Deputy Collector in charge of the record-room will be in
Sub-Deputy
Collector to be charge of the copying department and the record-keeper will be responsible under him
in charge.
for the carrying out of the following rules:-

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