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year. The government should treat the ryots like their children. If the ryots are ruined, both the government and the country would be affected. This fact the government should not forget.
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The A.G. of the 6ih April (received on 2nd May) says that the legislative council has not been holding its meetings even once a month, and that the council members seem satisfied with the mere title “The Honourable". It proposes that the council should meet at least once in a month, and the special meetings might be held whenever necessary. It thinks it is desirable in many ways to give the non-official members an allowance of at least Rs. 10 for each day of attendance.
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The A.G. of the 20th April, says that the capital punishment is detested by many Hindus as they held Ahimsa (non killing of any creature) as the greatest of virtues. It believes that rigorous imprisonment and transportation are quite sufficient punishments. The government, it says, can hang a living man but cannot revive a dead person. All intelligent people cannot but feel that capital punishment is undesirable.
Higher Salary for District Munsifs - The same paper says that all 'experienced' men know how far bribery was prevalent among district munsifs some years ago. Even now there are a few cases of corruption. The powers of the district munsifs are great but their salary is small. It therefore recommends that their salary be fixed at Rs.200, 400 and 450 so that they may be above temptation.
Village Munsifs - The same paper suggests that in view of inconvenience caused by them not being competent village munsifs, government should establish a village munsif court for every group of three or four villages, appointing as munsifs such as have passed the Matriculation examination at least and the village munsif's test, on salaries of Rs.20, 25, 30 or 35 grading them in four classes. It says that all petty civil and criminal cases should be tried in these courts, levying court fees on a moderate scale.
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