194 Assembly Proceedings, August—September 1681.

Liber W. H.

And bee itt further enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord
Prop^ry by & with the Advice & Consent of the vpper & Lower
houses of this p^rsent Gen^ll Assembly that the said Lord Prop^ry
his Heires & Successo^rs w^thin Eighteene Months after the
Publicacon hereof dureing the paym^t of the Two shillings p
hdd shall provide & maintaine out of the aforesaid Moyety
beside a sufficient standing Magazeene for this Province, a
sufficient quantity of Armes and Aminicon in euery Respectiue
County for such number of men as shall att any time bee
thought neccessary to bee drawne out or Compelled to March
out of such theire Respectiue Countys in actuall service for the
Lord Prop^ry & defence of this Province, to bee deposited &
kept in such persons handes & Inhabitants of the same County
as his Lopp or his L^tt Gen^ll or L^tt Gen^ll & Councell shall thinke
ffitt to appoint to keepe the same, That heereafter vpon any
vrgent or extraordinary occasion for the defence of this Prov-
ince, his Lopps offic^rs & the people may bee supplied from
thence, that soe the Inhabitants of this Province may not haue
their Armes & Aminicon liable to the seizure of Pressemasters

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& theire officers without w^ch Armes they cannot as bound by
this Act appeare, att Musters & Traineings without danger of
being fined, nor bee able to defend themselves in theire owne
houses, from the Suddaine Surprizalls of theire Enemys, Bee
itt Likewise enacted & ordained by the Authority aforesaid that
w^tsoeuer Powder shall bee laid in & Intrusted by his Lopp, in
the handes of any the Inhabitants aforesaid for the vse of the
County aforesaid, shall not bee disposed of to any the Inhabit-
ants or others in Sale vnder p^rtence of Changing the same for
freshe, vntill such time as hee or they soe Intrusted as afore-
said, shall haue first supplied the Magazeene with the Like
quantity of ffreshe powder for the service of the Country as
aforesaid, And bee itt further enacted & ordained by & with
the Advice & Consent aforesaid, That if vpon any fforreigne
Invasion domesticke Insurreccon or Indian Incursion w^tsoeuer,
any pson or psons whatsoeuer, (except before excepted) that
shall bee prest or bee an enlisted Souldier w^thin this Province,
shall vpon Comand of his Officer, being a Cap^t att the Least
obstinately Refuse to appeare & serve in Armes for the nec-
cessary defence of this Province, such pson or psons soe
obstinately Refuseing to appeare & serve in armes as aforesaid,
shall vpon Certificate thereof, vnder such offic^rs hand as afore-
said, to the next Justice of the peace of the County where such
pson Liueth bee proceeded ag^t in manner following (That is
to say) the same Justice of the Peace to whom such Certificate
as aforsaid shall bee made, shall Imediately Issue forth a warr^t
to the Constable of the Hundred where such party liueth to
Apprehend him & bring him before himselfe or some other of