Scheme of administration of the charitable and religious endowments under the control of the Prince of Arcot in Trichinopoly

1. The Prince of Arcot shall spend the entire income derived from the endowments in the Trichinopoly district specified in Schedule A only for the charitable and religious institutions in the Trichinopoly district specified in Schedule B and for other charitable and religious institutions outside the Trichinopoly district specified in Schedule B and shall not be entitled to appropriate any part of such income for his private purposes. 2. The said income shall be divided between the charitable and religious institutions specified in Schedule B in Trichinopoly and the other charitable and religious institutions in the proportion of 3/4 to 1/4 (three-fourths to one-fourth). 3. The Prince of Arcot for the time being shall appoint an Agent to manage the charities but such appointment shall be subject to the approval of Government. 4. The Agent shall be a Muhammadan. The Agent's office shall be in Trichinopoly and the Agent shall ordinarily reside in Trichinopoly. 5. The Collector of Trichinopoly shall exercise general supervision over the administration of the endowments and shall be obeyed by the Agent. 6. The Collector shall appoint an advisory committee of five leading Muhammadan resident in Trichinopoly for the purpose of assisting and advising him in the matter of the endowments. Each member shall ordinarily hold office for three years. 7. The powers of the committee shall be confined to the inspection of the religious and charitable institutions in Trichinopoly including the endowment office and to advising the Collector and all action on such advice shall be taken by the Collector. 8. The Agent shall prepare a budget of income and expenditure for each year in consultation with the committee and in accordance with the proportions mentioned in rule 2 above and shall publish the same at least one month before the commencement of the year. If the Agent and committee disagree in connexion with any point concerning the Trichinopoly portion of the budget, the matter shall be referred to the Collector for orders. 9. The Agent shall keep accounts of income and expenditure of the endowments in such manner as may be prescribed by the Collector. The accounts shall be audited once a year by a person to be appointed by the Collector, the cost of the audit being paid from the income of the endowments. 10. The Collector may for good and sufficient cause require the Prince of Arcot to remove the Agent. If the Prince neglects or refuses to comply with any such requisition, the Government may, after hearing the Prince, remove the Agent and require the Prince to appoint a new Agent. 11. The appointment and dismissal of the Agent's staff in Trichinopoly shall rest as heretofore with the Prince of Arcot. 12. Leases of immovable properties forming part of the endowments shall be made by the Agent in consultation with the committee by public auction and in accordance with rules and orders made by the Collector in consultation with the committee and the Agent.