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A.D. 175^* Anno tricefimo fecundo Georgii ir. C. 2r; 355 relate to the Purpofes aforefaid, be fully completed and performed : And that thereafter the Method ^n^ thereafter, the Ma- in the faid Aa and this Aft prefcribed for the Performance of all the Particulars here mentioned, ^^^"^ ;"^^^'^;^^^".<^^;j^^^^ flaall be annually obferved for and during the Continuance thereof. annualVobfervcd. V. And be it ena6ted. That each Perfon liable to ferve in the Militia having more than one Place Militia Man having more of Refidence, (hall be deemed to be, and fhall ferve as, a Militia Man within the County, Riding than one Place of Refi- or Place, where he (hall have been firft chofen by Lot. d^nce, to ferve where hs was firft chofen. VI. And be it enadied. That it (hall be lawful for the Mayors, Bailiffs, Conftables»Tythtng- Magiftrates to quarter men, Headboroughs and other Chief Magiftrates and Officers of Cities, Towns, Parifhes, Ty- and biilet Serjeants and" things. Villages and other Places, within the Part of Great Britain aforefaid, and, in their Default trammers in Inns, Li- or Abfence, fo*^ any one Juftice of the Peace inhabiting in or near to any fuch City, Town, Parifh, h^Jfes' &"' '^ Tything, Village or Place, and for no others, and they are hereby required to quarter and billet the ' Serjeants and Drummers ferving in the Militia, in Inns, Livery Stables, Ale-houfes, Vi£lualling- boufes, and all Houfes of Perfons felling Brandy, Strong Waters, Cyder or Metheglin, by Retail ; the Occupiers whereof are hereby required to provide for fuch Serjeants and Drummers, at fuch Convenient Lodgings tc Times for which no Provifion has by Law been made for that Purpofe, convenient Lodgings be found them. only. VIL Provided always, and be it ena£ted. That the Eftates requifite for the Qualification of the Qualifications of Officer* Deputy Lieutenants, and Officers of the Militia, in the Ifle of Ely in the County of Cambridge, fhall >« the Ifle of Ely : be as follows ; A Deputy Lieutenant fhall be feifed or pofTefled, either in Law or Equity, for his for a Deputy Lieutenant own Ufe and Benefit, in PolTeffion of a Freehold, Copyhold or Cuftomary Eflate for Life, or for 200 1. per Ann, fome greater Eflate, or of an Eflate for fome long Term of Years, determinable on one or more Life or Lives, or of an Eflate for a certain 7>rm, origiaaliy granted for twenty Years or more, and re- newable, over and above all Rents and Charges payable out of, or in refpeft of the fame, in Ma- nors, Mefluages, Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments in England, Wales or the Town of Berwick upon Tweed, of the yearly Value of two hundred Pounds ; a Captain fhall be in like Manner feifed ^°^ * Captain lool. per or pofTefled of a like Eflate as aforefaid, of the yearly Value of one hundred Pounds ; or be Kcir '^""* Apparent of a Perfon who fliall be, in like Manner, feifed or poflefled of a like Eflate as aforefaid, of the yearly Value of two hundred Pounds; a Lieutenant or Enfign fhall be, in like Manner, for a Lieutenant or En- feifed or pofTefTed of a like Eflate as aforefaid, of the yearly Value of fifty Pounds; or be Heir Ap- so'*?" Ann. parent of a Perfon who fhall be, in like Manner, feifed or pofTefTed of a like Eflate as aforefaid, of the yearly Value of one hundred Pounds : One half of all which Eflates refpe£lively fhall be fituate a Moiety of all Eftates or arifing witliin the faid Ifle: And in cafe any Perfon fhall aft as a Deputy Lieutenant, or Officer to be fituate or ariiing of the Militia, in the faid Ifle, who fhall not be refpedlively qualified as aforefaid, every fuch Per- within the faid ifle. fon (hall be fubje£l and liable to the fame Penalties and Forfeitures as any Perfon is fubje£l and lia- Penalty of aflingwherft., ble to for ading as a Deputy Lieutenant or Officer of the Militia, within any other Part of the faid """^ qualified. County oi Canibridge, not being qualified according to the Diredtions of the faid recited Ads; any thing therein contained to the contrary notwithflanding. VIII. Piovided always, and be it ena6led, That this A61 fhall be and remain in Force, for and Continaanc* of the Aftj during the Continuance of the faid recited Ads, and no longer. See farther ^T,Geo, 2. c. Z, ZZ £>" 24. and 2 Cei, 3. c, 20, CAP. XXI. An A61 for applying the Money granted in this Seflion of Parliament, towards defraying the Charge of Fay and Cloathing for the Militia, from the thirty-firft Day oi December one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-eight, to the twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and fixty.

  • T7^EREAS the Sum of ninety thoufand Pounds has been granted to his Majefly, upon pje-^tle,
  • yV Account, towards defraying the Charge of Pay and Cloathing for the Militia, from the
  • thirty-firfl Day of Z)ff^7»^rr one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-eight to the twenty-fifth Day
  • of March one thoufand feven hundred and fixty: And whereas in purfuance of an Addrefs of the
  • Houfe of Commons, his Majefly has advanced, for the Purpofes aforefaid, the Sum of one thou-
  • fand three hundred and thirty-two Pounds ten Shillings : In order therefore that the faid advancccJ
  • Sum of one thoufand three hundred and thirty-two Pounds ten Shillings maybe made good and
  • repaid to his Majefly, and that the Charge of Pay and Cloathing for the Militia may be duly
  • and properly defrayed and fatisfied ;' Be it enaded by the King's mofl Excellent Majefly, by and

with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame; That the Commiffioners of his Majefly's Treafurj to repay the Treafury, or any three or more of them, or the High Treafurer for the Time being, fhall, out of the faid 1,3321. 10 «, advanced Sum of ninety thoufand Pounds, repay or caufe to be repaid to his Majefly the faid Sum of one by his Majefty, in pur- thoufand three hundred and thirty-two Pounds ten Sillings ; for which faid Sum of one thoufand ["ance of the Addrefs tiree hundred and thirty-two Pounds ten Shillings, fuch Perfon or Perfons refpedivelv as fhall have 'T'^,^ Commons. 'deceived the fame, or any Part thereof, for the Service of the Militia, fhall account w'ith the Rccei- be a'ccoS wl/ ver or Receivers General of the Land Tax for fuch County, Riding or Place, for the Service of the Receivers GeneraUf t*he Militia whereof the faid Sum, or any Part thereof, fhall have been fo advanced by his Majefly ; and Land Tax. Z z 2 . ' ' that