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Compendium on Acts and Rules

305. Copies of maps of the old surveys and of those of Dew surveys when necessary
Tracing cloth
should be supplied on tracing cloth, of which two kinds are supplied to the District
and copying
Officers, viz., (i) bright, and (ii) dull black, in pieces of 24 yards long by 36 inches wide, fees for copies
of maps, how
and the quantity required of either kind is to be supplied to applicants for copies of those to be paid an
accounted for.
maps at the rate fixed by the Controller of Stationery in his price list for each year. The

cost of the tracing cloth is to be paid for in the same way as the copying fees leviable in

respect of the supply of copies of these maps, namely, in court-fee stamps. The amount

of such stamps is to be noted in column 12 of the register of applications for copies

(Form 16, Appendix A).

305A. The rules for the supply of printed maps from Collectorates and Subdivisional Supply of
maps from
offices sanctioned in Government order No. 2498, dated the 9th March 1914, are Collectorates
and Sub-
reproduced in Appendix G of this manual.
divisional
offices.

306. To protect the interests of Government, care must be taken to see that all copies Copies to be
issued on
issued from the office (except those referred to in rules 300 and 305 and those issued
prescribed
free of cost) are prepared on the prescribed stamp paper. They must be written or typed stamp paper.
on one side of the sheet only, and must not contain more than the authorised number of
words. On the other hand, care must be taken to see that applicants are not imposed

upon by the copyists or typists spreading their writing or typing over a larger number of
sheets than is necessary. By insisting on the number of lines in each sheet or space
being uniform, control may easily be exercised in this matter, the number of words in a

few of the lines in each folio being carefully checked by the comparer. The record-
keeper and the Deputy Collector in charge should also from time to time check at
random. The business of a copyist and typist is (like most other occupations) one calling

for skill, and is greatly dependent for its successful practice on experience. Copyists and
typists, therefore, must possess or acquire skill in their business, or they ought not to be

retained.
NOTE.—It is the duty of each copyist to copy as nearly as possible 150 English words or
200 vernacular words (i.e., one folio), and of each typist to type 300 English words or

vernacular words (i.e., two folios of 150 words each) on each stamped sheet. Copyists
and typists violating this rule will be liable to fine or dismissal according as their fault is

occasional or systematic.

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