Section 27. The rules made under section twenty-five may provide for all or any of the following matters:

27. The rules made under section twenty-five may provide for all or any of the following matters:— 1st—regulating, in cases in which the land within the limits of the cantonment is the property of Government, and the occupation and use of which by private persons is only permissive, the conditions under which such occupation or use shall be allowed, and under which the Government may resume possession of such land, and under which compensation shall be given to persons occupying or using the land so resumed; 2nd—maintaining proper registers of immovable property within the limits of the cantonment, and providing for the registration of transfers of such property; 3rd—regulating the manner in which houses within the limits of the cantonment shall be claimable for purchase or hire, when necessary, for the accommodation of military officers; 4th—regulating the management and expenditure of any funds made available by law or by the Government for the purpose of public improvements within the limits of the cantonment, or for carrying out any rules made under section twenty-five; and the appointment of the necessary servants and establishments; 5th—the definition and prohibition of public nuisances; 6th—the 1880.] 25 Contonments. 6th—the maintenance generally of the cantonment in a proper sanitary condition; the prevention and cure of disease; the management and regulation of the public roads, of conservancy and drainage; the regulation and inspection of public and private necessaries, urinals, cess-pools, drains, and all places in which filth or rubbish is deposited, of slaughter-houses, public markets, burial and burning grounds and of all offensive or dangerous trades and occupations; 7th—inspecting and controlling brothels and preventing the spread of venereal disease; 8th—the supervision and regulation of public wells, tanks, springs or other sources from which water is or may be made available for public use; 9th—the execution and promotion of works of public utility and convenience; 10th—the registration of deaths, and the making and recording observations and facts important for the public health and interest; 11th—the imposition of penalties on persons convicted of the breach of any rule made under section twenty-five, and declaring what persons shall make the preliminary inquiry into or take cognizance of any breach of such rules and the manner in which the investigation shall be conducted: provided that no penalty so imposed shall exceed a fine of fifty rupees, or imprisonment for eight days.