Power to authorize and guarantee continuance of revenue-free holders on conditions agreed to

Clause 1st.—When the holders of lands in any of the said districts (except as excepted in clause second of this section) held either wholly or partially exempt from the payment of Government land-revenue, whose title to exemption has not yet been formally adjudicated, shall have consented to submit to the terms and conditions hereinafter described, in preference to being obliged to prove their title to the exemption enjoyed by them, it shall be lawful for the Provincial Government to finally authorize and guarantee the continuance, in perpetuity, of the said land to the said holders, their heirs and assigns, upon the said terms and subject to the said conditions.

Exceptions. Clause 2nd.—The excepted cases to which the authority of adjustment and guarantee, vested in the Provincial Government by this provision, shall not extend, are the cases of lands held as follows :- 1st, lands held under treaty : 2nd, lands granted or held as jagirs or saranjams, or on similar political tenure. 3rd, lands held for service. 4th, lands already formally adjudicated to be not continuable hereditary.