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any Number of Stripes not exceeding thirty nine and if Such Slave
Shall be again found at any time and Place of Training as aforesaid
he or she Shall be whipped as aforesaid every Such time by order of
the Commanding Officer who shall be present with any Number
of Stripes not exceeding Forty nine. And Be it further Enacted by
the Authority aforesaid That if any of the late Inhabitants of Nova
Scotia commonly called French Neutrals shall be found at any
day and Place of training or within View thereof they Shall be
Immediately Order by the Commanding Officer present to depart
and if they Shall not without delay comply with Such Order the
said Commanding Officer is hereby required to Order such person
to be put under Arrest and carried away and detained out of View
of the Said Place of Training untill Sun Set that day And Be it
further Enacted that every Commission Officer who Shall know of
any Papist or any other Person who hath refused to take the Oaths
afores.d and repeat the Test and Subscribe the Same and the Oath
of Abjuration as afores.d or any late Inhabitant of Nova Scotia
or French Neutral or Negro or Mullatto Slave being at any day
and place of training as aforesaid and Shall not behave to Order
and direct about them respectively as in and by the three last pre-
ceding Clauses of this Act is directed Such Commission Officer shall
forfeit and pay if above the Degree of a Captain Twenty Pounds
Current Money, and if a Captain or below that Degree Five Pounds
current money. And Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore-
said that all Doubts or Disputes of or concerning Precedence or
Rank shall be Settled and Determined by the Governor or Com-
mander in Chief for the Time being or his Order or Appointment
And be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that in Case of Alarm
every Person belonging to the Militia of this Province upon Notice
thereof in any Manner shall immediately repair with with his proper
Arms or the best he has and with Nine Charges of Gun-powder and
nine Sizeable Bulletts at the least to his Colours or Parade under the
Penalty of Five pounds Current Money upon every private Man
who shall Neglect the Same which Parade shall be understood to be
the Habitation of his Captain or Comanding Officer unless it Shall
be otherwise ordered or appointed
And Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that in Case
of any Alarm Invasion Rebellion or Insurrection all Officers of the
Militia Shall have full Power and Authority in their respective
Stations and they are hereby enjoined required directed and Com-
manded forthwith to raise the Militia under their Command and
to dispatch immediate Intelligence to their Commanding Officers
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