Section 38. Acquisition of land under Act X of 1870

38. Acquisition of land under Act X of 1870. Privileges 1884.] Burma Municipalities. 175 Privileges and Liabilities. SECTIONS. 39. Suits against committee and its officers. 40. Liability for loss, waste or misapplication. --- CHAPTER IV. TAXATION. General Provisions. 41. Taxes which may be imposed for general purposes of Act. 42. Water-tax. 43. Lighting-tax. 44. Scavenging-tax. 45. Procedure in imposing such taxes. 46. Power to abolish or reduce tax. 47. Power to Local Government to suspend levy of tax. 48. Power to make rules for assessment, collection and remission of taxes. 49. Taxes not invalid for defect of form. 38. Where any land, whether within or without the limits of a municipality, is required by a municipal committee for the purposes of this Act or for any other object which it is empowered to carry out under any other enactment for the time being in force, the Local Government may, at the request of the municipal 196 Burma Municipalities. ACT XVII (Chapter IV.—Taxation.—Sections 39-41.) pal committee, proceed to acquire it under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1870; and, on payment by the committee of the compensation awarded under that Act and of the charges incurred by the Government in connection with the proceedings, the land shall vest in the committee. Privileges and Liabilities. Suits against committee and its officers.