Acts. 491

Be it Enacted, That the Sum of Twenty-two Shillings and six
Pence, or Three Pieces of Eight, out of the Eleven Thousand Pounds
aforesaid, be paid to every such Freeman on his enlisting as afore-
said. And in Case sufficient Freemen, fit for the Service aforesaid,
shall not offer themselves to be enlisted, to compleat the Number of
Two Hundred, including Officers, by the twentieth Day of June next,
that then the Governor or Commander in Chief of this Province,
for the Time being, shall immediately after the said twentieth Day

Liber H. S.
No. 1
[Twenty-
two Shillings
and six
Pence to be
paid to every
Freeman,
who shall
voluntarily
enlist.]

of June next, apportion and direct the Number of Men to be drafted
out of each respective County of this Province, to make up the Num-
ber aforesaid, and forthwith shall direct the Colonels of the respec-
tive Counties, with the utmost Expedition, to call together their
whole Militia as such convenient Place within their said Counties,
as the said Colonels shall appoint, at the same Time acquainting them
of the Number of Men to be drafted out of their respective Militia;
and the Colonels, Majors, and Captains of each respective County,
or the Majority of them, shall, out of their Militia so met, imme-
diately proceed and draft double the Number of Men allotted by the

[The Gov-
ernor to give
Orders to
the Officers
of the
County, to
call together
their
Militia.]

Governor to be drafted, being unmarried, and not Servants imported,
or by Indenture actually executed before the first Day of February
last, out of the Militia of such County as aforesaid; from which
Number, so drafted, the Number allotted as aforesaid, shall be bal-
lotted; and thereupon the several Persons, so ballotted, shall be by
the Sheriff of the respective County, who is hereby strictly enjoined
and required to be then present, safely conveyed, at the public Ex-
pence, without Delay, to the Sheriff of the next County, and so from
Sheriff to Sheriff, 'til they are conveyed to the Place appointed for
fixing the Fort aforesaid.
And be it Enacted, That every Officer aforesaid, who shall not

[Their Duty

in drafting
them.]

appear on the Day appointed, as aforesaid, having Notice thereof,
and give his Vote in drafting the Number of Men aforesaid, shall
forfeit and pay the Sum of Ten Pounds Current Money. And every
Sheriff, having Notice as aforesaid, who shall not be present and
take charge of the Men, who shall be ballotted as aforesaid, shall
forfeit and pay the like Sum: And every Person capable of bearing
Arm's, who shall not appear at the Days respectively to be appointed
as aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay the Sum of Five Pounds like
Money. All which Forfeitures shall be recovered by Action of Debt,
Bill, Plaint or Information, in any Court of Record, within this Prov-
ince, wherein no Essoin, Protection, or Wager of Law, shall be
allowed; one half to the Informer, or him or her that shall sue for
the same, and the other half to be applied as herein after directed.
And every Colonel who shall neglect to give the several Officers and
the Sheriff aforesaid Notice, within ten Days of the Day to be by
him appointed as aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay Twenty Pounds
Current Money, to be recovered and applied as aforesaid.

[Penalty on
Officers,
Sheriff, and
every other
Person
capable of
bearing
Arms, who
shall neglect
to appear on
the Day
appointed for

drafting the

Men.]

p. 220