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of the Company or Troop to which Such Person Shall belong and
two other the most discreet Persons belonging to the Said Company
or Troop, or the Majority of them, which said two Persons shall be
elected and Chosen by the Majority of each Company or Troop at
the Next day of Training after such Company or Troop shall be
formed and in Case of Default of Such Election or Choice, the
Commissioned Officers of each Troop or Company shall constitute
a Court, to try, ajudge and determine the Matters aforesaid: and in
Case of such Choice or Election as aforesaid, and Vacancy by Death
or otherwise of Such Persons, or either of them, to be chosen or
Elected as aforesaid, Such Vacancy Shall be filled up and Supplied
by a new Choice or Election as aforesaid; and in Case that the said
Persons, or either of them, to be elected as aforesaid, shall be
charged with or accused of any Matter or Thing incurring a Fine,
Penalty or Forfeiture under this Act, then and in Such Case the
Place of Such person or persons pro had Vice shall be Supplied
by one or Two Commissioned Officers of the Same Troop or Com-
pany, as the Case may require, The Said Commissioned Officers, to
be appointed by the Captain of the Troop or Company, And in
Case the Commissioned Officer, under the Rank of a Colonel or
Commanding Officer of a County, Shall in any Matter, not triable
before such Court Martial, to be appointed by the Governor or
Commander in Chief for the time as aforesaid, offend against this
Act, Such Officer shall be tried by the Appointment of the Colonel
or Commanding Officer of the County wherein Such Offender shall
reside, before a Court Martial to consist of five, or three at the
least, of the Commissioned Officers of the Said County who shall
determine by the Majority of the Voices of such Court, and in Case
any Colonel or Commanding Officer of a county shall be Charged
with or accused of any Offence against this Act, then and in Such
Case the Colonel or Commanding Officer, and Two Field Officers of
the New Adjacent County or Counties to be appointed by the Gov-
ernor or Commander in Chief, or the Major part of them, shall
adjudge and Determine Such Offense.
And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that no
Person whatsoever shall behave in a disorderly or turbulent Manner,
or use any Menacing Words, Signs or Gestures in the Presence of
any Court, Appointed by this Act, during the Sitting of Such Court,
or in any Manner disturb the Proceedings of any Such Court, on
pain of Imprisonment, by Order or Sentence of Such Court, not
exceeding Three days and if any Commissioned Officer shall be
convicted of having behaved in any Manner unbecoming the Char-
acter of an Officer, the his Offence be not Specified in this Act,
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