not produced as aforesaid, in the same Manner as directed by this Law
with
regard to the Men in any Troop or Company in the County; and the Value
shall, in the like Manner, bet set, proceeded for, and levied; but it shall
be
paid to the Captain, by the respective Sheriff, for his own Use and Benefit.
IX. And
to
the End that every person so inlisted or enrolled, at the Time
of their Training, Exercise, or other Duty in the Militia, may improve
and
render themselves fir for Duty and Service, if Occasion should require;
Be
it Enacted,
by the Authority
aforesaid, That every Person or Persons so inlisted
or enrolled, shall, at the Time and Place of Training, and in the Performance
of their Exercise, behave him, or themselves decently, and in a
Manner suitable to the Attention and Care requisite in such Exercise, under
the Penalty of One Hundred Pounds of Tobacco, or Ten Shillings Current
Money, for every such Misbehaviour, which shall be determined by any Two
Field Officers of the County, either upon their own view, or representation
of the Commanding Officer then present, and certified by such Field
Officers, to the Clerk of the same County; who shall, on such Certificate,
issue an Execution, directed to the Sheriff, (or Coroner, if the offending
Person shall then be Sheriff,) to levy such Penalty on the Body, Goods,
or
Chattels, of such Person or Persons so offending: Which said Sheriff,
or
Coroner, shall proceed, as is afore-mentioned, and pay the Penalty so levied,
to the Governor, or Commander in Chief, for the Time being, once every
Year, for the Uses afore-mentioned.
X. And be it
further Enacted,
by the Authority aforesaid, by and with
the
Advice and Consent aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful, to and
for the
Governor, or Commander in Chief, for the Time being, and he is hereby
desired, to nominate and appoint some fit Person or Persons residing in
each
County, to execute, from Time to Time, such Parts of this Act, as is directed
to be executed by any Person or Persons appointed by the Governor,
or Commander in Chief.
XI. And be it
further Enacted,
That no Servant or Servants shall from
henceforth continue, or hereafter be Inlisted or Enrolled, in any Regiment,
Company, or Troop, unless upon such Emergency as may be judged necessary
and proper by the Field Officers of the respective County, or the
major Part of them, for the Inlisting such Servant or Servants; any Act
to
the contrary notwithstanding.
XII. And be it
further Enacted,
by the Authority aforesaid, That the
Sheriff
or Coroner, shall have and receive Thirty Pounds of Tobacco, for every
Execution he shall serve or execute, by virtue of this Act, and the usual
Imprisonment Fee, or Fees due on the Sale of Effects, in case of an Imprisonment,
or Sale; and the Clerk shall have and receive Six pounds of Tobacco
for every Execution issued by him, in pursuance of this Law: Which
said
Fees so to be due to the said Sheriff, Coroner, or Clerk, shall be levied
on
the Body, Goods, or Chattels, of the Person against whom such Execution
shall issue.
XIII. And whereas,
there
are several Public Arms now lodged in the several
Counties in this Province, which may be in a Condition unfit for Use,
Be it further Enacted,
by
the Authority aforesaid, by and with the Advice and
Consent aforesaid, That the Colonel of each respective County, shall,
as soon
as conveniently may be, after the Governor, or Commander in Chief, shall
require the same, return to the Governor, or Commander in Chief, a List
of
such Arms which such Colonel can find in his County, together with an Account
of the Condition such Arms are in; and for the Reparation, Amendment,
or Disposal thereof, the Governor, or Commander in Chief, is hereby
desired to give such Directions as he may judge most proper.
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CHAP.
VII.
Persons to behave
at Musters
decently,
&c.
Penalty for
Misbehaviour
to be determined
by two
Field Officers.
The Governor
desired to
depute a Person
in each
County.
No Servant
to be inlisted
in the Militia,
unless upon
Emergency.
Sheriff's Fee
on Execution.
Clerk's Fee.
Leviable on
Execution.
A List to be
made of Old
Arms in the
several Counties,
to be Sold,
&c. as the
Governor
shall think
proper. |