ROBERT BOWIE, ESQ. GOVERNOR.

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days so appointed; and it shall be the duty of every
commanding, officer of a company, to appoint a fit and
proper person, who shall at the end of one hour after
the time appointed for the meeting of the company,
(except when on field days he may be prevented by
the orders of the commanding officer, until the bat-
talion or regiment is dismissed, ) call over the muster-
roll of the company, noting those who are absent; and
on that day, or within three days thereafter, shall
make return, in writing, of such absentees to the com-
manding officer of the company.

1812.

Roil shall be
called.

10. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any com-
missioned officer, whose duty it shall be to attend,
shall refuse or neglect to attend any of said meetings;
or attending, shall refuse to do the duties of his sta-
tion, he shall be arrested and fined, at the discretion
of a regimental court-martial, not less than five dol-
lars, nor more than fifty dollars for every offence, un-
less he can give a reasonable excuse to his command-
ing officer; and if any person belonging to the militia,
whose duty it shall be to meet and muster under the
provisions of this act, shall neglect to attend any of
the said meetings; or attending, shall refuse to do the
duties of his station, or shall depart from the parade
without being duly discharged, such person, if a non-
commissioned officer or private, shall, at the discre-
tion of a company court-martial, be fined a sum not
less than fifty cents, nor exceeding five dollars.

Officers, &c. re-
fusing to attend
meetings and
perform their
duties shall be
arrested and
fined.

11. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any non-
commissioned officer or private, who has provided
Himself with a musket or firelock, or who has receiv-
ed one, the property of the state, shall appear in the
ranks at any of said meetings without such musket
or firelock, he shall be fined a sum not less than one
dollar, nor more than three dollars, in the discretion
of a company court-martial; and if such non-commis-
sioned officer or private shall appear without such
musket or firelock in serviceable order, he shall for-
feit twenty-five cents for every such neglect.

Non-commis-
sioned officers
and privates
having arras,
and appearing
in the ranks
without them,
shall be fined.

12. AMD BE IT ENACTED, That each Qua-
ker, Menonist, Tunker, or person conscientiously
scrupulous of bearing arms, between eighteen and
forty-five years of age, and all other persons exempt
under this act, (except such as are exempt under the
act of congress, and except ministers of the gospel, )
shall be exempt from militia duty, according to the
provisions of this act (except when called into actual
service) on the payment of three dollars annually.
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Quakers, &c.
exemted on
paying a fine.