Page:A Family History of Venkatagiri Rajas.djvu/248

 13. You shall enter into written engagements with your ryots either for a rent in money or in kind, clearly defining the amount to be paid to you by such ryots individually and explaining every condition of the engagement and you shall grant or cause to be granted regular receipts to the ryots for all discharges in money or in kind made by them to you or for your account.

14. The foregoing conditions contain an abstract of the obligations and duties which you shall incur and of the rights which you have acquired under the constitution of the Government for the British territories of Fort St. George. Being therefore sensible of the benefits conferred on you by those institutions and confident of enjoying the fruits of your industry, you shall be punctual in the discharge of your public engagements, you shall conduct yourself with good faith towards your ryots whose propriety is inseparably connected with you own, your shall treat them with tenderness, encourage them to improve and