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L. H. J.
Liber No. 48
May 22
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Duals, and other Vessels, aforesaid; and also Labourers, pioneers,
and Artificers, who shall be thought usefull in the Service. Provided
always, that it Shall not be lawfull to take up or impress all or any
of the Articles afores.d without giving a Receipt for the Same,
expressing therein the use or Service for which the Same Shall be
impressed, or taken up, and a Certificate for what use or Service
Such Labourers, Pioneers, or Artificers, shall be impressed, on pain
of being Liable to the Action of the Party Aggrieved.
And be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that no Officer of
the Militia of this Province, Shall Surrender or resign any Com-
mission which hereafter may be Granted, unless his Surrender or
Resignation on Account of Sickness, or other Incapacity, Shall be
accepted by the Governor or Commander in Chief, for the Time
being or shall refuse or neglect to Qualify himself to act under this
Law, on pain of being inlisted as a Private Man, and as such liable
to the like Services and Penalties; and all Commissions granted
to any Persons, which do or shall not confine them to any Corps
in the County or Place wherein they shall reside, Shall be and are
hereby declared to be null and Void, and no Officer Shall hereafter
presume to act as Such, unless he hath or shall, before any Act done
by him, as an Officer, take the Oaths to the Government as before
directed, and Subscribe the Oath of Abjuration and repeat and
Subscribe the Test, on pain of forfeiting the Sum of One hundred
Pounds Current Money.
And be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that all Officers and
private Men of the Militia after they Shall be deemed to be provided
with proper and Suitable Arms Shall as often as directed by the
Colonel or Commanding Officer of the County in their Attendance
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p. 309
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at Devine Service at their Parish Churches or Chapels bring with
them their proper Arms in good Order with the same Quantity of
Ammunition as is required at Muster by this Act under the Penalty
of Ten shillings Current Money for their failure or neglect thereof.
And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that in Case
a Detachment only shall be Ordered by the Governor or Commander
in Chief from the Militia of any County, to act within this Province,
in Conjunction with a Detachment from the Militia of another
County, Such Detachment shall consist of the Persons whose names
shall be inserted in the Roll, to be returned as aforesaid to the Clerk
of the County Court; and the Persons to serve on Such Detach-
ment, shall Serve in the Order in which their Names shall be set
down or inserted in Such Roll Successively, and be subject to the
Command of Such Officer or Officers as Shall, on Such Service be
appointed for that Purpose by the Governor or Commander in Chief
for the Time being which Said Commanding Officer shall be of the
Militia of this Province and the Colonel or Commanding Officer of
the Regiment, Company, or Troop, to which the Persons liable to
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