It shall be the duty of every mukaddam-
        (a) to control and superintend the village-patwari and village-watchmen; to report their deaths or absence from duty; to maintain them in the possession of any lands appertaining to their office; to recover and pay to them any cash allowances to which they may be entitled; and to take such steps as may be necessary to compel them to perform their duties;
        (b) to furnish reports regarding the state of his village, at such places and times as the Deputy Commissioner fixes in this behalf;
        (c) to report and, if possible, to prevent encroachments on the public paths and roadways in his village;
        (d) to preserve such stations and marks erected in his village by Government-surveyors as may be made over to his care;
        (e) subject to any rules issued by the Chief Commissioner, to keep his village in good sanitary condition;
        (f) to report violations of any rules which the Chief Commissioner may make for the preservation of underwood, forests and trees growing on the village-lands, and for securing to persons entitled to cut wood and enjoy other privileges in the waste-lands of the village the rights to which they are entitled;
        (g) to collect, or aid in the collection of, all payments due to Government in his village;
        (h) to report all births and deaths taking place in his village.
        The Chief Commissioner may make rules-
        (1) adding to the list of duties which a mukaddam is required to perform under this section; and
        (2) regulating the liability of persons residing in any village for charges necessarily incurred by mukaddams in the performance of the duties specified in clause (e) in respect of such village, and for apportioning such charges among such persons; and
        (3) determining the officers to whom reports under this section shall be made