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252 C 26, Anno tricefiaio primo Georgii II. A.D. 1757.

  • pofUble for the Adjutant of any Regiment or Battalion to attend fuch Half Companies, or

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T- ■,• • TLi If ,«j wKnip ' Companies, fo often as the Neceffity of the Service may require ;' Be it enabled, That it (hall Companies net confined to Men- be lawtul for his Majelty s Lieutenant of any County, Riduig or Place, together with any two Jay, and the Day left open to be or more Deputy Lieutenants, or, in the Abfence of the Lieutenant, for any three or more De- atpiiniedas fliail be found beft puty Lieutenants, to change the Day of Training and Exercifing any Half Company, orCom- for the Service j panics of Militia, from Monday to any other Day of the Week {^inday excepted) as ihall ap. fo fs the Men be exerciffd ia pear to them to be bell for the Good of the Service, fo that the Whole Militia for his or their ' Hall" Companies ihe firft Week, refpedlive County, Riding or Place, be trained and exercifed in Half Companies, within the ' and in Whole the third Week, in ftj-ft Week, and in Whole Companies, within the third Week, in each of the Months afore- the Months above recited. ^^jj . ^^^ ^j^jj^g jj^ ^^ f-^jj recited A(5l to the contrary notwithftanding. TheLieutenants may change the XXXI. And be it enabled. That his Majefty's Lieutenant, together with any two or more Exercife from two Dav sin aHar- Deputy Lieutenants, or on the Death or Removal, or in the Ablence of his Majefty's Lieute- ve(t Month, to the Tuefday and ^ants, the Deputy Lieutenants, or any three or more of them, are hereby impowered to dif- i/eJntfday m Eafter Week. ^^^^^ ^-^^^ ^^^ Training and Exercifing of the Militia within their refpeaive Counties, Ridings or Places, in any one Month in the Time of Harveft, and to order and dire6t that the faid Mi- litia {hall be trained and exercifed inftead thereof on the Tuefday and Wednejday in Eajier Week j any thing in the faid recited AcS, or this Adt, to the contrary notwithftanding, XXXIL And be it enafted, That it may and (hall be lawful for the Officers of the A4iHtia^ or, in the Abfence of an Officer, for a Non-commiffion Officer, to detain the Militia Men, oa the Days of Exercife, any Time not exceeding fix Hours ; provided they do not keep them above two Hours under Arms at any one Time, without allowing them a proper Time to re- frefli themfelves. XXXIIL And be it ena^ed. That the Officers and Private Men ferving in the Militia quar- tered and billeted according to the Dire£l:ions of the faid recited Adt, fliall be received and fur- niftied with Diet and Small Beer by the Owners of the Inns, Alehoufes, Vidtualling-houfes, and other Houfes in which they are allowed to be quartered and billeted, paying and allowing for the fame the feveral Rates herein after mentioned ; that is to fay. For one Commiffion Offi- cer under the Degree of a Captain, for Diet and Small Beer fer Dieru, one Shilling j and for one Private Man's Diet and Small Beer per Diem ^ four Pence. XXXIV. And be it enacSled by the Authority aforefaid, That Pay, Arms, Accoutrements and andAccouirementsmaybeiflued. Qothing, maybe iflued, and that an Adjutant and Serjeants may be appointed, for any Regi- ment or Battalion of Militia of any County, Riding or Place, when it fhall appear, by a Re- turn figned by his Majefty's Lieutenant, or in his Abfence by three Deputy Lieutenants, that three Fifths of the Militia Men of any fuch Regiment or Battalion have been inrolled ; and that three Fifths of the Commiffion Officers have been appointed ; and that they have taken out their Commiffions, and entered their Qualifications ', any thing in the faid recited KSt. to the contrary notwithftanding. XXXV. And be it ena6led. That it fliall be lawful for the Deputy Lieutenants, or any three WeJ The Time the Militia Men may be kept 10 Exeiclfe. M!l!tia Men to be furninied where they are quartered at a certain Rate, vi«. Sjbalterr.s at j s, and Private Men at 4(1. per Diem. "When the Pay, Arms, Cloaths Attendance of Conftibles enfor- ^^^ ^t^'lT^Txll Aft for'"' or more of them, or any two Deputy Lieutenants, together with any one Juftice of the Peace, Non-compliance with Orders, or any one Deputy Lieutenant, together with any two Jufticcs of the Peace, within their re- fpeaive Subdivifions, from time to time, to iilue out their Order or Warrant, under their Hands and Seals, commanding the Attendance of the Conftable, Tythingman, Headborough, or other Officer, of any Parifti, Tything or Place, within their feveral Subdivifions, at fuch I'imes and Places as in fuch Order or Warrant Ihall be exprefled ; and fuch Conftable, T'ythingman, Head- borough, or other Officer, who (hall refufe or neglcil to appear according to fuch Order or Warrant, ftiall fufi'er all the like Pains and Penalties as are infliiSled by the faid recited Adt upon fuch Officers, for not complying with any Orders given in purfuance of the faid recited Aa. Powerto the Captun, when the XXXVI. And be it enaaed. That whenfoever the Militia Ihall be ordered out into aaua! Militia is caiitd into aOuii Se;- Service, it fliall and may be lawiul for the Captain of any Company of Militia Men to augment wS; vV^nS with iKn. his Compjny, by incorporating, with theConfent of his Majefty's Lieutenant,or, in the Abfence fe^t of the Licutcn.'.Dt. of his Majefty's Lieutenant, with the Confent of two or more of the Deputy Lieutenants, any Nimnber of Pcrfons who Ihall ofter themfelves as Voluntiers, and who Ihall appear to him to be Sufficiently trained and difciplined, and provided with proper Cloaths, Arms and Accoutrements, and who Ihall take the Oath appointed to be taken by this A6t, and fign their Confent to ierve in the Militia for the Time of fuch aaual Service, and to fubmit to the fame Rules and Articles of War as Militia Men are by the faid recited A<^t> and this Aa, liable to, during the Time of their continuing in adtual Service, A Commlflion Officer being a XXXVII, And be it enaaed. That it fliall be lawful for any Commiffion Officer of the Mill- juftirc of thePeac.-, may, I'pon (ia, bcing a Jufiice of thc Pcacc, and aaing as fuch, upon his own View of any OfFence com- biiown View, punifh a Mlitia mitted by any Non-commiffion Officer or Private Militia Man under his Command, punifh- ^TJ^'^llt'^'l^.^ATJ'"' able by thc faid recited Aa pafTed in the laft Seffion of Parliament, to punifli fuch Non-commif- fion Officer or Private Militia Man refpcaivcly, in the fame Manner as any one Juftice of the Peace is impowered to do, upon Proof thereof made according to the Direaions of the faid re- cited Aa. XXXVIII. And be it enaaed. That any two Deputy Lieutenants, together with any one Juftice of the Peace, or any one Deputy Lieutenant, tog.nher with any two Jufticcs of thc Peace, within the Counties of Cumberland^ Hunti?igdon, Monmouth.) Wejhnorland., and Rutland^ an i within all the feveral Counties and Places within the faid Dominion of //^<//(-j rcftK-aively, fliall have and cxeicifc all and every thc Powers conferred by thc faid recited Ai.^ and this Aa, on any three Deputy Lieutenants, or on any tvvo Deputy Lieutenants, together with any one 3 Jufticj jiiihai'ic by thc recited Adl. Pcifon*! req-iirrd for the 'Excru- ♦ion of this ( in Cumlerland, Huntingdon, &C.