during the War of the American Revolution, 1775-83.	337

   	And be it enacted, That the lieutenant of the county, and the
several field officers, together with the commissioners of the tax in each
county, are hereby required, to meet . . . on the fifteenth day of July
next, to class all the property last assessed in their respective counties
into as many equal classes as there may be men wanted for such county,
and each class shall, within ten days thereafter, find an able bodied
recruit to serve during the war, or take up a deserter enlisted to serve
during the war.
   	And be it enacted, That all recruits, raised in virtue of this act,
shall be carried before the lieutenant of the county, or some field officer
in which the recruits are or shall be raised, to pass muster.
   	And, Whereas this assembly has proposed to the commander in
chief to raise a regiment of five hundred and thirty one men, to join the
army in lieu of the militia required from this state:
   	Be it enacted, That the governor and council shall have full power
and authority, upon notice that the commander in chief accepts the
proposal, to order the following proportions of the said number of five
hundred and thirty one men, to be raised by the several counties (in
addition to the number by the first part of this act apportioned)
and the governor and council shall appoint such officers as they may
think proper and necessary to command such regiment, and the first
five hundred and thirty one men which are raised shall be incorporated
into a regiment and forthwith sent forward to join the army under the
commander in chief."

   	"An ACT to expedite the raising an additional battalion of
regulars.
   	Whereas his excellency general Washington and the committee of
co-operation have thought proper to accept the proposal made by the
legislature of this state, to raise an additional battalion of regulars in
lieu of the two thousand two hundred and five militia, at first requested
to be furnished by this state, provided the same be raised so as to reach
the place of rendezvous by the last of July, and it is thereupon become
necessary to expedite the raising the said battalion:
   	Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the lieu
tenants and field officers of the respective counties, shall immediately
on receipt of this act, and of the acts of assembly passed this session,
entitled, An act to procure recruits to complete the battalions of this