Articles 5, 6, and 7 of Supplementary Articles of March 11, 1846, to the; First Treaty of Lahore, Referred to in Article 8 of the Treaty of Amritsar

Articles 5, 6, and 7 of Supplementary Articles of March 11, 1846, to the; First Treaty of Lahore, Referred to in Article 8 of the Treaty of Amritsar

Article 5. The British Government agrees to respect the bonafide rights of those jagirdars within the territories ceded by Articles 3 and 4 of the Treaty of Lahore dated 9th instant, who were attached to the families of the late Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Kharak Singh and Sher Singh; and the British Government will maintain those jagirdars in their bonafide possession during their lives.

Article 6. The Lahore Government shall receive the assistance of the British local authorities in recovering the arrears of revenue justly due to the Lahore Government from their Kardars and managers in the territories ceded by the provisions of Articles 3 and 4 of the treaty of Lahore, to the close of the Kharif harvest of the current year w>., 1902 of the Sambat Bikramajit.

Article 7. The Lahore Government shall be at liberty to remove from the forts in the territories specified in the foregoing article, all treasure and state property with the exception of guns: Should, however, the British Government desire to retain any part of the same property, they shall be at liberty to do so; paying for the same at a fair valuation; and the British officers shall give their assistance to the Lahore Government, in disposing on the spot of such part of the aforesaid property as the Lahore Government may not desire to retain.

(Lakhan Pal)