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THOMAS JOHNSON, Esq; Governor.
produce their accounts and discharges therefor to the board of auditors,
on or before
the third day of the next session of assembly, any thing herein contained
to
the contrary notwithstanding. |
1777.
CHAP.
XVII. |
VI. And,
whereas sundry persons, during the said invasion, have made seizures
of private property, contrary to law, for the use of this state, and the
owners of
such property have been paid therefor by the legislature, Be
it enacted, That all
persons, having made seizures as aforesaid of property since paid for by
this state,
are by this present act indemnified, discharged and released, from any
claim, action,
indictment or other legal process, to which they might have been liable
in
consequence of having made such seizures. |
Persons indemnified
who had
seized private
property, &c. |
VII. And,
whereas at the time of the late invasion of this state, substitutes were
provided, hired or procured, by several of the field officers of the militia,
in the
place of persons enrolled in the militia, and not officers thereof, who
refused or
neglected to find sufficient substitutes in their place to march and act
in the militia
ordered as aforesaid to march out of this state, Be
it enacted, That every person
who refused or neglected to find a substitute in the militia ordered to
march
out of this state as aforesaid, and for whom a substitute shall have been
found by
any field officer, shall be charged with and liable to pay such sum of
money, together
with reasonable expences of procuring such substitute as any field officer
shall have actually paid, or contracted to pay, for the providing and hiring
such
substitute, and such money and expences as aforesaid shall and may be recovered
in the same manner as substitute money by the act to regulate the militia,
and if
such substitute money and expences have been recovered, such recovery shall
be
good in law, and all persons indemnified and saved harmless for obtaining
and
making such recovery. |
Persons who
refused to
march to pay
for substitutes,
&c. |
VIII. And,
whereas substitutes could not be procured in the place of several
persons enrolled in the militia, who were ordered out of this state as
aforesaid, at the time of the late invasion thereof, Be
it enacted, That
every person enrolled in any company of any battalion ordered out as aforesaid,
who neglected or refused to yield his personal service, and for whom a
substitute was not found, shall be charged and liable to pay such sum of
money
as the whole money paid for the substitutes provided for the draught of
the
battalion to which such person belonged will average for each substitute,
and such
average money shall and may be recovered by distress and sale in the same
manner
as substitute money by the act to regulate the militia. |
Persons who
refused to
serve to pay,
&c. |
IX. And be it
enacted, That all militia commissions which have been issued
in virtue of the powers delegated by the governor for the purpose of nominating
and appointing officers, are and shall be ratified, confirmed, and deemed
good and
valid. |
Militia commissions
confirmed. |
X. And be it
enacted, That if any person or persons shall be sued or impleaded
on any court or courts for acting in obedience to the orders or directions
of the
governor and the council, in any of the cases herein mentioned, such person
or
persons may, upon the general issue being pleaded, give this act and
the special
matter in evidence. |
Persons sued,
&c. may give
this act in
evidence. |
CHAP. XVIII.
An ACT to ascertain the allowance of justices, jurymen, witnesses and
constables.
To continue in force twelve months.
Expired. |
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CHAP. XIX.
An ACT to enable the judges of the general court to appoint their clerks,
and
to empower
such clerks to provide repositories for the records.
For the purpose of appointing clerks,
the judges are required to meet at Annapolis and at Talbot
court-house, whenever any two of them shall think proper; and any one of
them so meeting may appoint
the respective clerks, who are to provide repositories agreeably to the
direction of the judges at the
public expence. |
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