Salary and allowances of the Chairman, the Vice-Chairman and others

(1) Salaries and allowances of the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman of a Panchayat Samiti shall be such as may be prescribed.

(2) Every member of a Panchayat Samiti, other than the Chairman or the Vice-Chairman, shall be entitled to receive such sitting fee, as may be prescribed. (1) (d) all receipts on accounts of taxes, tolls, rates and fees levied by the Panchayat Samiti; (e) all receipts in respect of schools, hospitals, dispensaries, buildings, institutions or works vested in, constructed by or placed under the control and management of the Panchayat Samiti; (f) all sums received as gift or contributions and all income from any trust or endowment made in favour of the Panchayat Samiti; (g) such fines or penalties imposed and realised under the provisions of this Act or of the regulations made thereunder, as may be prescribed; and (h) all other sums received by or on behalf of the Panchayat Samiti. (2) Every Panchayat Samiti shall set apart and apply annually such sums as may be required to meet the cost of its own administration including the payment of salary, allowances, provident fund and gratuity to the Officers and employees. The total expenditure on establishment shall not exceed one-third of the total expenditure of the Panchayat Samiti. (3) Every Panchayat Samiti shall have power to spend such sums as it thinks fit for carrying out the purposes of this Act. (4) The Panchayat Samiti Fund shall be vested in the Panchayat Samiti and the balance to the credit of the Fund shall be kept in such custody as the Government may, from time to time direct. (5) Subject to such general control as the Panchayat Samiti may exercise from time to time, all orders and cheques for payments from the Panchayat Samiti Fund shall be signed by the Executive Officer.