The Tanjore Chatram Endowments (Utilisation) Act, 1942

This Act may be called the Tanjore Chattram Endowments (Utilization) Act, 1942.

(1) The Tanjore District Board or such other authority or person as may for the time being have the management and superintendence of the Tanjore Chattram Endowments may, subject to such restrictions and conditions, if any, as may be imposed by the State Government— (a) contribute from the income derived from the said endowments towards the expenditure incurred in the maintenance of— (i) the institutions specified in the Schedule, and (ii) such other institutions as may be notified in this behalf by the State Government ; (b) appropriate or divert a sum of four lakhs, ninety-four thousand and five hundred rupees from the funds of the said endowments for the purpose of the establishment or maintenance of a first-grade college at Tanjore and invest and keep invested the said sum in securities issued or guaranteed by the State Government ; and (c) contribute from the interest derived from the investment aforesaid a sum of fifteen thousand rupees annually for the purpose of the establishment or maintenance of the said first-grade College at Tanjore. (2) The corpus of the investment referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall be held in trust for the purposes of the said college in the joint names of three trustees, namely, the Tanjore District Board, the University of Madras and the managing body of the said college ; but the District Board alone shall be competent to draw or deal with the interest derived from the investment. (3) The District Board or other authority or person referred to in sub-section (1) may also lease out any land or building belonging to the said Endowments, for a period not exceeding three years at a time, either rent-free or at concessional rates of rent, to a department of the Government, any local

All contributions made before the commencement of this Act from the funds of the said Endowments towards the maintenance of the institutions specified in the Schedule shall be deemed to have been properly made and the validity thereof shall not be questioned in any Court of Law.

Educational Institutions. 1 The Sanskrit College, Tiruvadi. 2 The High School, Orattanad. 3 The School at Rajamadam (now known as the Middle School, Rajamadam). 4 The Girls' School, Nidamangalam. 5 The Free Maharatta School, Tanjore. 6 The Hostel for Harijan Boys at Sreyaschram. Medical Institutions. 1 The Rajah Mirasdar Hospital, Tanjore. 2 The Local Fund Dispensary, Ammapet. 3 The Local Fund Dispensary, Nidamangalam. 4 The Local Fund Dispensary, Tiruvadi. 5 The Local Fund Dispensary, Orattanad. 6 The Local Fund Dispensary, Manamelkudi.