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The '''CollectorMagistrates and Collectors''' were functions undertaken by the middle ranks of the covenanted Civil Service covering the responsibility for the issuance of civil justice and the collection of revenues. Frequently, these two functions were the responsibility of a single person, supported by one or more Assistants. The Collector (or Collector-Magistrate)was the chief administrative official in the [[Indian Civil Service]] of a District or Indian [[Zillah]].
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He controlled a small province of several million inhabitants and was personally responsible to the Government for the area.
*control of property belonging to minors, or Wards of Court.
In addition he was head of police[[Police]], and controlled the local jail, chaired Municipal Committees & Local Boards for hospitals and schools - especially vernacular schools. He reported on infectious diseases, provided temporary military encampment grounds and provision of rations for the troops. He carried out baptisms when clergy were not available. Where a railway existed, the [[Public Works Dept Department]] were also a responsiblity.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_collector District Collector] Wikipedia
[http://www.archive.org/stream/sketchesofsocial015334mbp#page/n109/mode/2up "The Bengal Civil Service"''Sketches Of Social Life In India''] Details of the role of Collector-Magistrate
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