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An officer in charge of the administration of a Division (comprising several Districts or Zillahs).
In the Regulation Provinces he would be a Covenanted Civil Servant, or in the Non-Regulation Provinces he could be either a Covenanted Civil Servant or an officer of the East India Company or Indian Army.
The Commissioner role is
*Management of the Collector-Magistrates in the district
*Chief of the local authority (he has no power over judges or the judiciary)
*Heads the Police Authority - no role in its management
*Chief Revenue Authority - responsible to the Board of Revenue for Land revenues
*Collection of Licence Tax – it is a form of personal taxation as there is no Income Tax Licence Tax.
*Inspection of schools, Collector's treasuries, jails, asylums, and burial grounds.
*Arbitration of civil disputes
*Recommendation of infastructure improvements
==External Reference==
[http://www.archive.org/stream/sketchesofsocial015334mbp#page/n117/mode/2up "The Bengal Civil Service"] a description of the role of Commissioner
In the Regulation Provinces he would be a Covenanted Civil Servant, or in the Non-Regulation Provinces he could be either a Covenanted Civil Servant or an officer of the East India Company or Indian Army.
The Commissioner role is
*Management of the Collector-Magistrates in the district
*Chief of the local authority (he has no power over judges or the judiciary)
*Heads the Police Authority - no role in its management
*Chief Revenue Authority - responsible to the Board of Revenue for Land revenues
*Collection of Licence Tax – it is a form of personal taxation as there is no Income Tax Licence Tax.
*Inspection of schools, Collector's treasuries, jails, asylums, and burial grounds.
*Arbitration of civil disputes
*Recommendation of infastructure improvements
==External Reference==
[http://www.archive.org/stream/sketchesofsocial015334mbp#page/n117/mode/2up "The Bengal Civil Service"] a description of the role of Commissioner
