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Lieutenant-Colonel, Major, or Captain shall think proper, for such
Person or Persons in his respective Troop or Company to have :
And which Arms such Person or Persons are hereby obliged and
directed to receive; and to give a Receipt for the same, to such
Lieutenant-Colonel, Major, or Captain, under Penalty of Two Hun-
dred Pounds of Tobacco; which said Penalty shall be recovered
against such Person or Persons.
And such Execution shall be issued by the Clerk of the respective
County, on the Certificate of the respective Colonel, Lieutenant-
Colonel, Major, or Captain, certifying the Refusal to accept, and
give a Receipt for such Arms, as aforesaid, directed to the Sheriff,
(or Coroner, if the Person refusing should be Sheriff:) And which
Execution shall be served, and the aforesaid Sum of Two Hundred
Pounds of Tobacco, levied by the Sheriff, or Coroner, of the respec-
tive County, in Manner as before directed; and such Sum, when
levied, shall be paid, once in every Year, to the Governor, or Com-
mander in Chief, for the Time being, for the Uses afore-mentioned.
And in Case such Person or Persons cannot produce such Arms
so received, in as good Order and Condition as they ought to be,
when he or they shall be required, by the respective Colonel, Lieuten-
ant-Colonel, Major, or Captain, who may have a Troop or Com-
pany, as aforesaid, then it shall and may be lawful, for His Excellency
the Governor, or Commander in Chief, for the Time being, or some
Person authorized by Him, upon Application to Him made, by such
Colonel, Lieutenant-Colonel, Major, or Captain, to assess, and value
such Arms, so not produced: Which Valuation shall be certified by
His Excellency the Governor, or Commander in Chief, for the Time
being, or such Person as shall be appointed by the Governor, or
Commander in Chief, for that Purpose, to the Clerk of the respective
County, directing him to issue an Execution for such Value, against
the Body, Goods, or Chattels, of such Person, or Persons, not pro-
ducing the Arms, as aforesaid, to the Colonel, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Major, or Captain: Which Execution shall be directed to the Sher-
iff, or Coroner, if such Person shall be Sheriff, and shall be executed ;
and the Value levied, and raised, in Manner afore directed, by the
Sheriff, or Coroner, of the respective County; and the same shall be
paid to the proper Colonel, Lieutenant-Colonel, Major, or Captain,
for his own Use and Benefit.
And whereas there are, and may be, several Companies in Towns,
independant of the Authority or Command of the Colonels of the
respective County, or Counties,
Be it Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That the Captain,
Lieutenants, and Ensign, or any Two of them, shall have the same
Powers and Authorities, to execute this, or any other of the Laws
now in Force within this Province, relating to the Militia thereof,
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