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Article 6 .—Farmandars will be appointed by royal decree from the
official servants of the State on recommendations made by the TJstandars
to the Ministry of the Interior.
Note. —In case of necessity it is possible for persons who have no previous official service
to be recommended by the Council of Ministers for the posts of Ustandar or Farmandar and to
be appointed thereto by royal decree.
Article 7 .—Bakhsdars will be appointed from the official servants of the
State by order of the Ministry of the Interior on recommendations made by
the Farmandars and approved by the Ustandars concerned.
Article 8 .—Dehdars will be appointed from the residents of the Bakhsh
by order of the Farmandar on the recommendation of the Bakhshdar.
Article 9 .—Kadkhodas will be appointed by the Farmandar from the
permanent residents of the village or villages concerned on the proposal of
the owner and the recommendation of the Bakhshdar.
Note .— If a Kadkhoda is negligent in organising agricultural operations he will, at the re
quest of the owner or owners (of the village), be dismissed.
Article 10 .—Farmandars have, within the limits defined by law, the
duties set out below ; they must carry out the duties laid upon them under
the supervision and according to the instructions of the Ustandar :—
(1) To further the Government’s general policy and to be diligent in
improving social conditions in their district.
(2) To be zealous in promoting agricultural progress and development
and in compelling the local population and land-owners to
carry out the agricultural programme which will be issued by
the Central Agricultural Administration.
(3) To be diligent in promoting economic and industrial progress in
their district.
(4) To be diligent and zealous in enforcing the regulations with regard
to the scientific inspection of plants and animals and to the
other problems involved in agricultural progress.
(5) To be diligent in extending physical culture and in advancing
education in general and adult education in particular.
(6) To be diligent and attentive in matters of public health and
hygiene.
(7) To supervise the affairs of municipalities.
(8) To hold the elections to the Majlis.
(9) To hold Municipal and Chamber of Commerce elections.
(10) To preside over the Shahristan Administrative Council.
(11) To preside over the conscription committee.
(12) To preside over the income-tax commission.
(13) To perform all other functions which the laws entrust to the
Farmandar.
Article 11 .—The Farmandar is the representative of the government
and is the supreme authority over all national departments in the Shahris
tan ; he will afford those departments all the assistance necessary for the per
formance of their lawful duties and the Heads of Departments* in the Shahris
tan are bound to give head, within the limits prescribed by the law, to the
lawful comments of the Farmandar and to keep him informed on all questions
touching the general policy of the government, the security of the district
and frontier problems. The Farmandar will recommend to the Ustandar
any kind of reform which he may consider necessary for administrative effi
ciency and is entitled to state his opinion of the Heads of Departments under
his jurisdiction. In all cases he will report the measures he has taken to the
Ustandar.
ranslator’s Note .—In the Ministry of Justice text there is a , between and
jA- I have not translated it as it does not make sense. There is no such , in
the Majlis text and I. think its presence in this one is simply due to a misprint.