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duly regulated and well Armed as well to repell the hostile Attempt
of foreign Invaders as to quell and Suppress any intestine Com-
motions Rebellions or Insurrections which may happen.
Be it therefore Enacted by the Right honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordships
Governor and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly and the
Authority of the Same that every Male Inhabitant of this Province
(Papists, the Persons commonly called Neutralls, Servants, and
Slaves excepted) who shall be from the Age of Sixteen Years to
the Age of Sixty Years and able to bear Arms at the Expiration
of Ten days after the Publication of this Act in the County wherein
he shall reside shall inlist with the Captain or next Commanding
Officer of the Troop of Horse or Company of Foot in the District
or Place where such Person shall reside by writing his name or
making his Mark (as he shall be able) in a Roll to be Entituled and
kept for that Purpose within Ten Days from and after the Publi-
cation of this Act as aforesaid under the Penalty of forty Shillings
Current Money and the Same Penalty for every Thirty days
Neglect or Omission thereafter and all Captains within this Prov-
ince are hereby directed and commanded to take due Care to Inlist
accordingly all such Persons as aforesaid and in Case of dispute
whether any Person ought to inlist in respect of his Age the Same
Shall be determined by the Officer before whom Such Dispute Shall
happen by the Oath of the Person whose Age shall be in Question or
the Oath or Affirmation (if a Quaker) of his Parent or some other
credible Witness which Oath or Affirmation the Said Officer is
hereby authorized to Administer.
And Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that all
and every Male Person and Persons (except as above excepted) who
shall attain his or their Age of Sixteen Years or come into and
Settle in this Province after the Expiration of the aforesaid Ten
Days from and after the Publication of this Act and be of the Age
aforesaid Shall within Ten days after his or their attaining their
Said of Sixteen Years or Twenty Days after his or their Arrival
within this Province inlist in the manner aforesaid under the
Penalty of Forty Shilling Current Money and the Same Penalty
for every Thirty days Neglect or Omission hereafter so to inlist
as aforesaid
And be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that the Colonels
or Commanding Officers of all Regiments Troops and Company's
shall in Ten days after the Publication of this Act in their respective
Counties and once at least in every Two Months thereafter issue
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