CHAP.
XLIII.
Troopers to
ride their own
Horses, and
find themselves
Furniture,
Arms,
&c.
Penalty on
Troopers not
appearing at
Musters.
When out a
Ranging,
shall find their
own provisions.
A Trooper's
Horse killed
in the Service,
shall be paid
for by the
Public.
Persons exempted
from
serving in the
Militia.
Such excepted,
as have
accepted Military
Commissions.
No Negroes
or Slaves to
be trained.
Pay of the
Militia, when
in actual Service,
and no
longer, viz.
to the Foot
per Kalendar
Month.
To the Horse
per Kalendar
Month. |
IV. Provided
always, That such Troopers shall ride their own Horses;
and that no Person shall be a Trooper without he be the Owner of a
good
serviceable Horse, which shall pass Muster; and that such Troopers,
in consideration
of their great Pay, hereafter to be allowed, be bound and obliged
to find themselves with good, able and sufficient Furniture for their
Horses;
and likewise to find themselves with Swords, Carbines, Pistols, Holsters
and
Ammunition; and if any Trooper shall neglect or refuse, upon Notice
given
them, as aforesaid to the Foot Soldiers, appear or muster at the Time
and
Place appointed as aforesaid by each respective Captain of Horse, accoutred
as aforesaid, required as aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay One Hundred
Pounds
of Tobacco; to be levied as aforesaid, to the Use of the Troop, for
purchasing
of Trumpets and Colours and other Necessaries, as the Commander shall
think fit. And that all such Trooper, for and in Consideration
aforesaid, at
all such Times a they shall be out a Ranging, shall find their own
Provision;
but, when in actual Service, to be found Provisions at the Charge of
this Province,
to be paid by the Public. And if it shall happen that any Trooper's
Horse shall be killed in the Service, then the said Trooper to be paid
for the
said Horse by the Public, and not otherwise.
V. That
all Persons in Holy Orders, Delegates, Magistrates and Constables,
shall, in their proper Persons, be * exempted from being compelled
to
Muster and Train, either in Horse or Foot, during such Time as they
officiate,
or bear such Offices as aforesaid.
* And Members of the Council are also
exempted 1733, ch. 7, §. 15. And by 1732, ch. 17,
§.2, no White Man employed in any Manner about Iron-Works,
shall be obliged to attend
Musters, except upon very extraordinary Occasions.
VI. Provided,
That his Clause shall not extend to such Persons as already
have, or shall hereafter accept of Commissions for Military Service,
from the
Governor of this Province, for the Time being, so as to discharge such
persons
from their respective Charges mentioned in such their several and respective
Commissions.
VII. And be it
Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That all Negroes, and
Slaves whatsoever, shall be exempted the Duty of Training or other
Military
Service.
VIII. That
the Pay for the Officers and Soldiers of the Foot and Horse aforesaid,
be not other than is hereafter mentioned, and for no longer Time
than such Officers and Soldiers shall be in actual Service, viz.
To every Colonel of Foot, Two Thousand Pounds of Tobacco per Month.
To every Lieutenant-Colonel of Foot, Fifteen Hundred Pounds of Tobacco
per Month.
To a Major of Foot, Twelve Hundred Pound of Tobacco per Month.
To a Captain of Foot, One Thousand Pounds of Tobacco per Month.
To a Lieutenant of Foot, Seven Hundred Pounds of Tobacco per Month.
To an Ensign, Six Hundred Pounds of Tobacco per Month.
To a Serjeant, Four Hundred Pounds of Tobacco per Month.
To a Corporal, Four Hundred Pounds of Tobacco per Month.
To a Drummer, Four Hundred Pounds of Tobacco per Month.
To every private Soldier, Three Hundred Pounds of Tobacco per Month.
To every Major-General, Chief Commander in the Field, Three Thousand
Pounds of Tobacco per Month.
IX. And
that every Colonel of Horse have Two Thousand Three Hundred
Pounds of Tobacco per Month.
To every Lieutenant-Colonel of Horse, Eighteen Hundred Pounds of Tobacco
per Month.
A Major of Horse, have Fifteen Hundred Pounds of Tobacco per Month. |
