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or neglect to do and perform his Duty, according to his Said Engage-
ment, in Such Case Such Physician, Surgeon or Apothecaries, shall
forfeit and pay the Sum of Twenty Pounds Current Money, and be
liable thereafter to the Performance of all every Military Service and
Duty whatsoever, any Law usage or Custom to the contrary
notwithstanding.
And Whereas all and every Person and Persons of the Militia of
this Province are as aforesaid, not only liable to the Duties and
Services required by this Act, but also if able to find, at their own
proper Cost and Charge, Suitable Arms; and it would prove an
unequal Tax if the Persons above exempted from the Services of
the Militia, who are able Should be discharged also from the Burthen
and Expence of finding Arms.
Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that all and
every the Persons, whose Real and Personal Estate is of the Value
of forty Pounds Sterling, to be determined as aforesaid) before
exempted from Services of the Militia, and all Men above the Age
of Sixty Years of the Ability aforesaid, shall each of them find
one good and Sufficient Firelock, with a Bayonet, and deliver the
Same to the Colonel or Commanding Officer of the County wherein
he shall reside, or pay to the Said Colonel or Commanding Officer the
Sum of Three Pounds Current Money in lieu thereof, in Six Months
after the Publication of this Act, on Pain that every Person afore-
said of such ability as aforesaid, who shall neglect or omit to find
and deliver Such Arms as aforesaid, or pay Such Sum of Money as
aforesaid in lieu thereof, Shall be Subject and liable to every
Service and Duty of the Militia; any Proviso, Clause, or thing
herein contained, or any Law, Custom, or Usage, to the Contrary,
Notwithstanding.
And Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that the
Arms which shall be delivered to the Colonels or Commanding
Officers aforesaid in manner aforesaid shall be distributed among
such Persons as shall need the Same, and not of the Ability afore-
said to Purchase his Arms. And be it Enacted by the Authority
aforesaid that in Case the Several Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures,
in this Act mentioned and not triable or determinable before a Court
Martial, as afores.d Shall not be paid upon the Demand or Order
of the Commanding Officer of the Person incurring the Same into
the Hands of the Sheriff of the County wherein the Offender shall
reside; and in Case any other Person, not of the Militia, shall
incur any Fine, penalty, or Forfeiture, under this Act, and on
Demand or Order of the Colonel Commanding Officer of the County
wherein Such Person Shall reside, Shall omit to pay the Same into
the Hands of the Sheriff as aforesaid, the Same Shall be recovered,
and all Offences under this Act shall be Adjudged and levied in the
Manner following, to wit, all Such Fines, Penalties, Offences, and
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L.H.J.
Liber No. 48
May 22
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