MILITIA

another; the treasurers of the western and eastern
shore; the auditor; all Quakers, Menonists, Tunkers,
and persons conscientiously scrupulous of bearing
arms,
 

    Proof required of persons being conscientiously scrupulous,
&c.
    Duty of every captain or commanding officer to enrol
every citizen liable, as above,
—Also those from time to time arriving at the age of
eighteen, and residing within his bounds,
—To notify such enrolment by a non commissioned
officer, or other person capable of proving the notice,
—In cases of doubt, the person to prove his age,
—Penalty on any person called on, refusing to declare
his name and age to the best of his knowledge, or
the name of any other inhabitant of his house,
    No person to be excused from militia duty on account
of corporal inability, without a certificate from
the surgeon, or if none, from two physicians, or one
where only one resides in the county,
—Former certificates declared void, and surgeons
directed to take an oath on granting certificates,
    The former enrolment and arrangement into divisions,
brigades, &c. recorded in the adjutant general's
office, confirmed, except where it might be changed as
therein provided,
—Alterations made to be returned to his office,
    Brigadiers required under a penalty to order a meeting
of the colonels or majors within the time prescribed,
to revise and fix the bounds of their several districts,
—The same to be fixed accordingly, and returned
to the adjutant general's office,
—Commanding officers of regiments required, under
a penalty, to give the like orders to the company
officers, where not exempted from meeting in battalion,
—The bounds to be fixed accordingly, and returned,
    Penalty on officers neglecting to arm, accoutre, and
provide themselves according to the act of congress,
    Articles, rules and regulations, by which the militia
shall be governed,
    Penalties on officers refusing or neglecting to attend,
as members of courts martial,
—On non-commissioned officers and privates so refusing
or neglecting,
    The brigadier-general to appoint a day for the meeting
and exercising of each battalion in May,
—For the meeting, exercising, and inspecting of
each regiment and extra battalion, in September,
    Brigade inspectors to give 40 days notice to the commanding
officers of regiments and extra battalions,
—Penalty for not giving notice, and for not attending,
    Commanders of regiments to cause notice to be given
within eight days thereafter to the majors, &c.
—Majors or commanding officers of battalions to
cause notice to be given to the captains, &c. within ten
days thereafter,
—Captains or commanding officers of companies
to cause notice to be given to each non-commissioned
officer and private three days previous to the meeting,
—Penalty on colonels, &c. not giving such notice,
    Captains, &c. to appoint four days for the meeting
and exercise of their companies between the first of
March and first of December annually,

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