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to them and Shall bring them from Time to Time to the next Muster
after the Receit thereof and deliver them to the Commanding: Officer
who shall be there present, who shall give the Said Corporal a
a Receit for the Same and Shall forthwith deliver them to the
Colonel or Commanding Officer of the County, who shall give the
Said Officer a proper Receit for the Same and Such and so much of
the Said Arms Ammunition and military Accoutrements as are fit
for Service Shall by the Said Colonel or Commanding Officer of
the County be delivered to Such Persons of the Militia as are by
this Act deemed unable to provide the Same. And Such Arms and
Military Accoutrements so delivered to him as Shall be unfit for Use
the Said Colonel or Commanding Officer of the County Shall have
mended and made fit for Use as soon as Possible and delivered out
as aforesaid and his reasonable Charge for the Same shall be allowed
in next County Levy.
And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that every
Person of whom any Arms Ammunition military Accoutrements or
Locks belonging to the Publick Shall be demanded as aforesaid
refusing to deliver the Same as before directed immediately on Such
Demand Shall forfeit and pay treble the Value of Such Arms
Ammunition military Accoutrements and Locks with Costs to be
recovered in a Summary Way before any Magistrate of the County
wherein Such Person Shall reside And in Case any Justice of the
Peace Shall by any means be informed or Suspect that any Person
hath in his or her Possession any arms Ammunition military
Accoutrements or Locks belonging to the Publick after such demand
made by the Corporal as aforesaid he shall issue his Warrant im-
mediately to Such Corporal or his Successor to Seize and take Such
Arms Ammunition military Accoutrements and Locks and bring
them together with Such Person before him and in Case it Shall
appear that the Same do belong to the Publick the Said Person
Shall forfeit and pay Treble the Value thereof and moreover the Said
Justice shall order the Said Corporal to keep Safe deliver them up
as before directed and Shall give Judgment against Such person to
pay Such Corporal two Shillings and Six pence Current Money
And if any Dispute Shall arise at any Time whether any Arms
Ammunition military Accoutrements or Locks do belong to the
Publick or not the Onus probandi shall lie on the Person in whose
Possession the Same Shall be
And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that every
Colonel or Commanding Officer of the County and every other
Officer above the Degree of a Captain who shall neglect his Duty
by this Branch of this Act shall forfeit and pay the Sum of Twenty
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L. H. J.
Liber No. 48
May 22
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