THE MADRAS INAMS ACT, 1869 THE MADRAS INAMS ACT, 1869 [Act No. 8 of 1869] PREAMBLE An act to prevent doubts as to the true intent and meaning of certain words used in the title-deeds of inams heretofore furnished to inam-holders by the Inam Commissioner of the Madras Presidency, and to declare the true intent and meaning of Madras Acts IV of 1862 and IV of 1866. WHEREAS, under the rules sanctioned by the Local Government in the year 1859, and published in the Fort. St. George Gazette, dated the 4th October 1859, for the adjudication and settlement of inam-lands in the Madras Presidency, the Inam Commissioner of the said Presidency is required to furnish inam-holders with title-deeds in respect of their inams, prepared according to certain forms prescribed by the said Government; and whereas the terms of the title-deeds so prepared appear in many cases to convey a more extensive right than was intended to be given or than could be legally given; and whereas it is apprehended that the terms of the title-deeds may be so construed as to affect the rights and interests which other persons may have in lands from which the inams are derived or drawn, in cases where.....
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