which Certificate, such Clerk is hereby ordered to issue an Execution
accordingly,
directed to the Sheriff of the said County, or Coroner thereof if the
said Colonel or Captain should be the Sheriff thereof at that Time, to
levy
the Sum amounting to such Value, on the Body, Goods or Chattels, of such
Colonel or Captain, which said Execution, the Sheriff, or Coroner, of each
respective County, is hereby directed and required to serve and execute:
And
the Money which shall be paid to the said Sheriff or Coroner thereon, he,
the said Sheriff, or Coroner, shall deliver and pay, once in every
Year, to his
Excellency the Governor, or Commander in Chief, for the Time being, for
the Uses aforesaid. And if the said Sheriff or Coroner, shall, by
virtue of
such Execution, execute or seize any Goods of such Colonel or Captain,
then the said Sheriff or Coroner, shall forthwith cause the same to be
appraised
by Two Appraisers, to be Sworn before one Justice of the Peace of
the same County, to appraise the same, according to the best of their Knowledge;
which said Goods shall, after such Appraisement, be Sold by the
Sheriff or Coroner, at a Public Auction, to the best Bidder:
And the Value,
for which they were so taken in Execution, shall be paid, once in every
Year,
by the said Sheriff or Coroner, to his Excellency the Governor or Commander
in Chief, for the Time being, for the Uses aforesaid; and the Remainder
(if any) returned to the Owner of such Goods.
IV. And,
in
order that such Colonel who shall or may be obliged to be
answerable, as aforesaid, may have a Recompence for Arms Spoilt or Lost,
as aforesaid, by the Fault or Negligence of any other than himself, Be
it
Enacted,
by the Authority aforesaid, That it shall
and may be lawful, to and
for every Colonel of a County, to deliver or cause to be delivered, to
every
Lieutenant-Colonel, Major, or Captain, who may have a Troop or Company
in his County, so may Arms as may be necessary and proper for such
and so many Men as he shall think fit, in his, the said Colonel's; Lieutenant-Colonel's,
Major's, or Captain's, Troop or Company; and shall take a Receipt
from every Lieutenant-Colonel, Major, or Captain, for such Arms:
And for which Arms, or any Part thereof, every respective Lieutenant-Colonel,
Major, or Captain, shall be accountable to the Value thereof; to be
set and rated by his Excellency the Governor, or Commander in Chief,
for
the Time being, or by such Person or Persons as shall or may be appointed
by the Governor or Commander in Chief, for such Purposes, as aforesaid,
to
the Colonel of the said County; in case the said Arms, or any Part thereof,
shall not be produced in such Order or Condition as they ought to be, to
the
said Colonel, when the same shall be demanded and required, and which said
Condition and Order, shall be determined by his Excellency the Governor,
or
Commander in Chief, for the Time being, or some person authorized by him;
and the Value thereof certified by the said Governor, or Commander in Chief,
or by such Person or Persons as shall be appointed by the Governor, or
Commander
in Chief, for that Purpose, to the County Clerk as aforesaid, requiring
him to issue such Execution as aforesaid, and directed to the Coroner,
(if
the said Lieutenant-Colonel, Major, or Captain, should be Sheriff,) otherwise,
to the Sheriff as aforesaid, for the Use of such Colonel, against the
Body, Goods and Chattels of the Lieutenant-Colonel, Major, or Captain,
who cannot produce such Arms as aforesaid; which Execution shall issue,
and be executed as aforesaid; and the Money arising thereby, shall be paid
to the Colonel of the County, for his own Use.
V. And in
order that every Colonel, Lieutenant-Colonel, or Major, who
may have a Troop or Company in the Regiment, and every Captain, either
of a Troop of Horse or a Company of Foot, may be indemnified for what
may happen in the Loss or Damage of the Arms, by Fault or Negligence
of
the Men in their respective Troop or Company; Be
it Enacted,
by the Authority
aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful, to and for every Colonel,
Lieutenant-Colonel, Major, or Captain, who may have a Troop, or Company
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CHAP.
VII.
Goods taken
in Execution,
to be appraised,
&c.
The Colonels
shall take REceipts
from
the Officers
having Companies,
for
the Arms by
him delivered
to them,
which Officers
shall in
like Manner
be accountable
to the Colonel.
Every Private
Man shall
give a Receipt
to the
Officer, for
the Arms delivered
to
him. |
