The headman should determine the characteristics of every person in the village and all the crimes also that demand punishment. He should report everything to the officer in charge of ten villages. The latter, again, should report the same to the officer in charge of twenty villages.
ग्रामीयान् ग्रामदोषांश्च ग्रामिकः प्रतिभावयेत्। तान् ब्रूयाद् दशपायासौ स तु विंशतिपाय वै॥