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serve on such Detachment as aforesaid shall belong, are hereby
authorized and required to impress and take up, or order to be im-
presed and taken up, proper and Suitable Arms for the Use of the
Persons to Serve on Such Detachment; and all and every Person
and Persons liable to serve on such Detachment, to be ordered as
aforesaid, who shall neglect or refuse so to do, or to find an able
Sufficient and well Armed Man to Serve in his Place or stead shall
forfeit and pay the sum of Twenty pounds Current Money for
every Neglect or Refusal.
And Whereas upon certain Emergencies in time of Invasion
Insurrection or Rebellion it may be necessary to keep Military Watch
and Ward: Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that
upon the Order or Direction of the Governor or Commander in Chief
for the time being for the keeping of Military Watch and Ward
every Person of the Militia of this Province Misted as aforesaid who
shall be warned by his Commanding Officer, or by his Order under
his hand, upon Such Service, Shall Serve on Such Watch, or find
a Sufficient and well armed Man in his Room, under the Penalty of
Five Pounds Current Money for every Neglect or Refusal; and
Commissioned Officers who shall be directed by their Commanding
Officer, shall keep such Watch in Person under the Penalty of Ten
Pounds Current for every Default or Neglect thereof; but Captains
shall not be obliged to Serve in Such Military Watch, unless the
Said Watch Shall consist of a Captains Guard, and upon all Sudden
Emergencies in time of Invasion, Insurrection, or Rebellion, upon
which a Military Watch may be immediately necessary, the Same
may be appointed by each Captain, and the Captain appointing the
Same shall Send immediate Intilligence thereof to his Commanding
Officer and of the Reasons why he appointed Such Watch and the
Said Commanding Officer is hereby directed to dispatch immediate
Intelligence thereof to the Governor or Commander in Chief for the
time being unless upon Enquiry he shall think Such Watch to be
unnecessary in which Case Such Commanding Officer Shall and may
direct the Same to cease, And Defaulters in this Case Shall be liable
to the Same Penalties as in the Case of a Military Watch established
by Order of the Governor or Commander in Chief.
And Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that any
Gentry upon Guard, who shall Challenge any Person or Persons
three times distinctly, and the Person or Persons so Challenged,
shall refuse to give an Account of him or themselves, may lawfully
fire upon Such Person or Persons so Challenged, without being
Impeached on Prosecuted for the Same any Law, Custom or Usage,
to the Contrary Notwithstanding.
And Be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That in Case any
Person, who Shall Serve upon Such Military Watch as aforesaid.
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L. H. J.
Liber No. 48
May 22
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