60 SIKHIM LAWS. 



No. 8. — For Offenders who refuse to come in an Orderly has to 



BE sent expressly TO ENQUIRE ABOUT THE CASE. 



A messenger who is sent off at a moment's notice should receive 

 3 patties* of barley per diem for food and a small sum in money, 

 according to the importance of the case in which he is employed, but 

 the messenger's servants should not be fed. The messenger is allowed 

 one-fourth of the fine for his expenses. 



Should an agent not settle a case properly, he must return to the 

 villagers what he took, otherwise the villagers will have much trouble 

 given them. 



The agent should report having received the fine on penalty of 

 forfeiting one-fourth what he has taken. When a fine is imposed, it 

 should be at once collected, no excuse being taken. If an agent is 

 sent to collect rent, he should be fed twice by the headman. 



Of stolen property recovered by an agent, the Government receive 

 one-tenth value. 



No. 9. — Murder. 



For killing a man the fine is heavy — even up to many thousands of 

 gold pieces. In the Tsalpa law book it is written that if a child, a 

 madman, or animal kills any one no fine is taken, but that money must 

 be given by the relations of the first two for funeral expenses, and 

 one-fourth of that amount must be given by the owner of the animal 

 towards these expenses. 



Should one man kill another and plead for mercy, he must, besides 

 the fine, give compensation and food to the relative of the deceased. 



Should a man kill his equal and the relatives come to demand 

 compensation, he must give them 18oz. of gold in order to pacify 

 them. The price of blood should never be too much reduced, or a 

 man may say, "If this is all I have to give, I will kill another." 



The arbitrator must take the seal of each party, saying they will 

 abide by his decision, and they must each deposit 3cz. of gold as 

 security. 



Fines can be paid in cash, animals, and articles of different kinds. 



The price for killing a gentleman who has 300 servants, or a super- 

 intendent of a district, or a Lama professor, is 300 to 400oz. gold srang. 

 For full llamas. Government officers, and gentlemen with 100 servants 

 the fine is 200oz. of gold. 



For killing gentlemen who possess a horse and 5 or 6 servants, 

 working Lamas, the fine is 145 to 150oz. of gold. 



* 17 patties = 1 maiind or 821bs. 



