114 Assembly Proceedings, March 13, 1732/3-April 12, 1733.

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Time being, or to such Person or Persons as shall be appointed by
the Governor or Commander in Chief, for the Time being, for such
Purpose, when He or they shall demand the same, in as good Order
and Condition as they ought to be: Which Condition and Value,
shall and may be adjudged and determined by his Excellency the
Governor, or Commander in Chief, for the Time being, or by such
Person or Persons as shall be appointed by the Governor or Com-
mander in Chief, for that Purpose: Which Value, being so deter-
mined, such Colonel shall pay to his Excellency the Governor, or
Commander in Chief, for the Time being, or to such Person or Per-
sons as shall be appointed by the Governor or Commander in Chief,
for that Purpose; to and for the Purchase of Arms, and Ammunition,
for the Use of the Regiment or Regiments in the respective County
to which the said Colonel belongs. And upon the Neglect or
Refusal of such Colonel or Captain, to pay such Value, it shall and
may be lawful, to and for His said Excellency, or Commander fn
Chief, or such Person or Persons as shall be appointed by the Gov-
ernor or Commander in Chief, for that Purpose, to certify such
Neglect, or Refusal, under his or their Hands, to the Clerk of the
respective County, and require the same Clerk to issue an Execu-
tion for such Value against the Body, Goods, or Chattels, of such
Colonel or Captain: Upon which Certificate, such Clerk is hereby
ordered, to issue an Execution accordingly, directed to the Sheriff
of the said County, or Coroner thereof, if the said Colonel or Cap-
tain should be the Sheriff thereof at that Time, to levy the Sum
amounting to such Value, on the Body, Goods, or Chattels, of such
Colonel or Captain; which said Execution, the Sheriff, or Coroner,
of each respective County is hereby directed and required to serve
and execute: And the Money which shall be paid to the said Sheriff,
or Coroner thereon, he, the said Sheriff, or Coroner, shall deliver and
pay, once in every Year, to his Excellency the Governor or Com-

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mander in Chief, for the Time being, for the Uses aforesaid. And
if the said Sheriff, or Coroner, shall, by Virtue of such Execution,
execute or seize any Goods of such Colonel or Captain, then the said
Sheriff, or Coroner, shall forthwith cause the same to be appraised
by Two Appraisers, to be sworn before one Justice of the Peace of
the same County, to appraise the same, according to the best of their
Knowledge; which said Goods shall, after such Appraisement, be
sold by the said Sheriff, or Coroner, at a Publick Auction, to the best
Bidder: And the Value, for which they were so taken in Execution,
shall be paid, once in every Year, by the said Sheriff, or Coroner, to
His Excellency the Governor or Commander in Chief, for the Time
being, for the Uses aforesaid; and the Remainder (if any) returned
to the Owner of such Goods.
And, in Order that such Colonel who shall or may be obliged to
be answerable, as aforesaid, may have a Recompence for Arms