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A.D. I757* Anno tricefimo primoGEORG 1 1 II. C. 36. 253 Tuftice of the Peace, or on any one Deputy Lieutenant, together with any two Jiiftlces of the Peace of any County, Riding or Place, within ih^t Part of Great Britain called England ; any thing therein or herein contained to the contrary notwithftanding.

  • XXXIX. And whereas by the faid recited Aft pafTed in the laft Sefllon of Parliament, it is Claufe in the reriteti Aa re-

inr- tia Men to be raifed within and for the faid Divifion or Hamlets, or to the levying, training -and exercifmg the Militia of the faid Divifion or Hamlets, or to the Appointment of Officers, or lievying Trophy Money, within the fame, fhall be, and the fame is hereby repealed. XL. Provided always, and be it enafted, That whereas the Militia of the Tower Divifion in Lieutenant of the Tower the County of ykf/VM^A-, commonly known by the Name of 77;^ T(?tc^r Hamlets^^ is, and al- powered to appoint Deputy tier. ways has been, under the Command of his Majefry's Conllable of the Tatuer^ or Lieutenant of tenant?, and grant Com miilions, tTotver Hamlets^ for the Service and Prefervation of that Royal Fort ; it fhall be lawful for ^" p.^-'I^' '^^ Militia of his Maieftv's faid Conftable or Lieutenant, for the time being, from time to time, to appoint his f, ^ . ^"' "" ^^".^^^ .Deputy Lieutenants, and to give Lomminio»s to a proper JN umber or (Jmcers to tram and dif- ' •cipline the Militia to be raifed within and for the faid Divifion or Hamlets, purfuant to an Aft of the thirteenth and fourteenth Yeats of the Reign of King Charles the Second, intituled, An A£l for Ordering the Forces of the feveral Counties of this Kingdom ; and to form the fame into two Regiments of eight Companies each, in fuch Manner as the faid Conftable or Lieutenant ■hath ufed to do ; and alfo for defraying the necefTary Charge of Trnpliies, and other incident and raife Trophy Money for de- Expences of the Militia of the fame Divifion or Hamlets, it (hall be lawful for his Majefty's faid *""y'ng incident Charges ; Conftable or Lieutenant, to continue to raife in every Year the Proportion of a fourth Part of t)ne Month's Afleflment of Trophy Money, within the faid Di'ifion or Flamlets, in fuch Man- Tier as he hath ufed to do, by virtue and in purfuance of the faid Aft of the thirteenth and four- teeth Years of the Reign of King Charles the Second. XLL And be it further enafted. That his Majefty's faid Conftable of the Toiver, or Lieute- and appoint a Treafurer of the ■Jiant of the Tower Hamlets^ fliall appoint a Treafurer of the faid Trophy Money, for receiving faid Monits, 'and paying fuch Monies as fhall be levied by virtue of the faid Aft of the thirteenth and four- teenth Years of the Reign of King Charles the Second ; which faid Treafurer fhall yearly who is to account yearly upon laccount in Writing, and upon Oath, for the fame, to the faid Lieutenant, or his Deputy Lieu- ^^^^' tenants, or any three or more of them; which Oath they fhall have Power to adminifter ; ^nd jj^^ f^U^^.^ , . Tvhich Accounts for the fame fhall be certified to the Juftices of the Peace for the faid Divifion to the jufticen't uheir'sdrions^ • at their next General orQiiarter SefRons ; and that the faid Conftable, or Lieutenant, fhall not and no Warrant to be inued tor' ^ifTue out Warrants for raifuig any Trophy Money, until the Juftices of the Peace, or the major "liing Trophy Money, till the 'Part of them at fuch Seffions, fhall have examined, ftated and allowed the Accounts of the Tro- Pi'e^ding Year's Accounts are phy Money raifed, levied and collefted, for the preceding Year, and certified the fame under ^" ^ • che Hands and Seals of four or more of fuch Juftices, unlefs in cafe where it fhall appear to fuch Juftices, that by reafon of the Death of fuch Treafurer, or otherwife, fuch Accounts cannot be ' pafled. ' XLIL And whereas from the Peculiarity of the Jurifdiftion of the Town of Berwick upon "* Tivecd, the faid recited Aft could not be carried into Execution in that Place without a parti-

  • cular Proyifion ;' Bd it therefore enafted, That all the Powers given, and Provifions made, by ProvificmJ, &c. in the recited

the faid recited Aft, and this Aft, with refpeft to the County o^ Northumberland^ and the Mi- Act with refpea to Com' litia thereof, fhall, in like Manner, take Place, and be in Force, with refpeft to the faid Town Northumberland, extended to of Berwick upon Tweedy except only as to the Particulars herein exprefTed, and otherwife provi- ^'■'^"=* "po" Tweed j <led for ; and that out of the Perfons returned in the Lifts for the faid Town, a Number of Pri- '"^^ '^e Number of Men to be yate Militia Men fhall be chofen by Lot to ferve for the faid Town, in the fame Proportion with ^°'^" X i-ort" ferveiorthe laid the Private Militia Men appointed to ferve for the other refpeftive Hundreds, Wards and other /he'S';,^^^^^' ,'" P>-"P"'-tion to Pivifions, v/ithinthe laid County of Northumberland ; and if Perfons can be found within the other Hund'red'i]°&c!wi'thin!h faid Town and Liberties thereof, with fuch Qualiiications as are required for Deputy Lieute- faid County. nants and Officers within Cities and Towns which are Counties of themfelvcs, the Chief Ma- giftrate of the faid Town of Berwick upon Ttvecd Tnall appoint five Deputy Lieutenants, and '^^^^ Magiftrate to appoint fuch Number of Officers of the Militia as fhall be proportionable to the Number of MiHtia Lny^lj,^, teX™"^-r ^^ Men which the faid Town fhall rr-ife, as their ^ota towards the Militia of the County of and i^ Number S' Officers in Pro- Northujnberland ; and the faid Lieutenants and Officers are hereby required to put the Powers portion to the Q;^ctd ot the Men? conferred by the faid recited Aft, and this Aft, for raifmg and training the Militia, into Execu- tion, within the faid Town and Liberties, fubjeft to fuch Penalties as are inflifted upon Deputy Lieutenants and Officers of the Militia for afting, not being duly qualified according to the Direftions of the faid recited Aft, and this Aft; and that the faid Militia fhall annually join Men to join theMihtiaof tl the Militia of the County of Northumberland^ and be exercifed together at the General annual Countv at then- GeneiaUnnull Exercife in JVI}itfu?iY&^k^ and ftiall then, and alfo in Time of aftual Service, be deemed the Ex-^r^ire. Militia of the County of Northumberland for the Purpofes aforefaid. '^XfjIIL And whereas the feparating the Militia of the Ifle of Purheck from the Militia of the ^'^^te in the recited Ad relative

  • County of Dorfet^ is attended with ma^y Tnconvenicncies ;' Be it enafted, That the Claufe ]^ f ^ Militia in the Jfleof Tur-

in the faid re^cited Aft pafled in the laft Seffion of Parliament relative to the Militia of the Iflg *"'f"^ ' of Purbeck aforefaid, be and is hereby repealed ; and that all the Powers given, and Provifions made by any Part of the faid recited Aft unrepealed, and by this Aft, with refpeft to the faid Coun- ty of Dorfet^ and the Militia thereof, fhall take Place and be in Force with refpeft to the faid Ide ; and that out of the Perfons to be returned in the Lifts for the feveral Parifhes, Tythines and -•"I'lf'-'E Militia thereof for the ?iaces '^^"'^^ ^" ^'- '^'Ofinj&c. as is pro.