A. D. 1761. Anno fecundo Georgii III. C. 20. 631 XC. And be it enabled, That his Majefty's Lieutenant for any County, Riding or Place, may and ^ Ckrk for theCerx-.-al fhall appoint a Clerk for the General Meetings v/ithin fuch County, Riding or Place, and may dif- '^^^""S' Hl'iS'iirf 1 A r-^t 1 •!- 1 n 11 1 ■ 1 /- I • 1 ■ 1 • -n T I -r-v r • pointed by tUe l,a. Lieut. place fuch Clerk ii he InaJl think nt, and appomt another m his Room; and the Deputy Lieutenants'^ within their refpeclive Subdivifions, or the major Part of them prcfent, may and Ihall appoint a Clerk ^"^p*^'^'J^^ ^""^ J^'^ ^i*' for their Subdivifion, and may difplace fuch Clerk, if they or the niajor Part of them. prefent l]iall]^g,yg^j"„^"^^5 ^ think fit, and appoint another in his Room. XCI. And be it enaded. That any two Deputy Lieutenants together with any one Tuftice of the^^-.V"'^^'^"'^ .'J'i?^'"' T» i- T • '^ ^ .u -^L . T /!• r n ■' ■ ■ fi • or I Den, and 2 jultices. Peace, or any one Deputy Lieutenant together with any two Jultices or Peace, vv^ithm the Counties ,^3 j^^i/-^, ^he fame oi Cumberland^ Huntingchn, Monmouth^ IVcJlniorland ^ndi Rutland^ and v/ithin all the feveral Counties Powers in theConntics of and Places within the faid Dominion o{ Wales refpedtively, fhall have and exercife all and every the Cumber] tnd, Hurainp- Powers conferred by this A61 on any three Deputy Lieutenants of any County, Riding or Place within '^""' Monmoijth, Weft^- that Part oi Great Brituln czlkd £ f /gland i any Thing herein contained to the contrary notwiih-JJ^"/,^'^"'^^^^"^^^^^^^ Itanding. on 3 D Lients. of any other County. XCIL And be it ena£ted. That if it fball happen that there fhall not appear at any Subdivifion wher; a uii^cientNum- Meeting, a fufficient Number of Deputy Lieutenants and Juftices of the Peace to act, the Clerk of ber to aft /hall not ap- fuch Meeting fhall, by Notice given in Writing to all the Deputy Lieutenants within fuch Subdivi-|^"?^ ^"^u^^.u'.j?^"" iion, or left at their refpecSlive Places of Abode, appoint another Meeting to be held within fourteen g|Ji^!,"]|;'^T^f;'^gpf^^,j^ Days at the fame Place where fuch Meeting had been before appointed to be held, giving at leaft five other' Meeting to be hdd Days Notice thereof. w-thin 14 Days after the XCIIL And be it enabled. That all Sums of Money arifing by Forfeitures paid by, or levied upon, '^'""e Meeting. Perfons refufing to ferve in the Militia perfonally or by Subftitute, fhall be applied, in the firfl place, f"'"« for not ferving are bv any three Deputy Lieutenants, or by any two Deputy Lieutenants together with any one 1uflice^° c^'v!^'! 1" ^'°" ,- ,-n 1 ■^ T r ■ ^i • 1 T /I- <- 1 11 • 1 • vidmg Subftitutes : of the Peace, or by any one Deputy Lieutenant togetner with any two Jultices or the Peace, within their rcfpeftive Subdivifions, in providing a Subftitute for the Perfon who fliall have paid fuch Penalty; and if any Part of fuch Penalty fliall remain after fuch Subftitute fhall be provided, the fame fhall be^nd t'le Surplus, Jf any, paid to the Colonel or Commanding Officer of the Regiment or Battalion, and be applied as Part of ^? be apphed as Part of
- , Ti • 1 o^ 1 the Regimental Stock.
the Regimental Stock. XCIV. And be it enacted. That every Perfon liable to ferve in the Militia, having more than one ^•'""s a^^l^ ^° '""^» Place of Refidence, fhall be deemed to refide only, and fhall ferve as a Militia Man, within the Ji;^"°^j':"j^;'^^j|^;'^^^ County, Riding or Place where his Name fhall have been firft inferted in a Lift, and returned as herein be deemed to refide inland diredted, fubjetting him to fuch Service; and the Clerk to the Subdivifion Meeting to which fuch Hiall ferv.^ only in, the Lift fhall be returned, fhall, if any fuch Perfon require the fame, grant a Certificate _fr(?^;V, under bounty where firft re- his Hand, that fuch Perfon's Name was inferted in fuch Lift, fpecifying the Times when fuch Lifl'i"'"^^ '" t^^«L'^' f^j , ' J J f r. J o Certificates, if required, was made and returned. ^,,311 b, g,._,„,,^, ^^^,-^^f _ _ fuch Returns. XCV. And be it enacted. That within one Month after the faid Rolls are fo returned from the a Gcnerr.l Meeting is to Deputy Lieutenants and Juftices of the Peace as aforefaid, his Majefty's Lieutenant together with be held of the Ld. Lieut. any two or more Deputy Lieutenants, and on the Death or Removal, or in the Abfence of his Ma- and Deputies, &c. withia jefty's Lieutenant, any three or more Deputy Lieutenants, fhall meet together, and form and order* Month alter the Re- the Militia for their refpeftive Counties, Ridings or Places (where the fame has not already beenf|Jg"o° j jg^fj^fQ j-™'^ formed and ordered) into Regiments, confifting, where the Number of Militia Men will admit the the Men (if not already) fame, of twelve, but in no cafe of lefs than eight, Companies of eighty Men at the molt, and fixty into Regiments of 12 bat Men at the leaft, of Perfons living as near to each other as conveniently can be; and fhall poft to "°^ ^"^^ ^^^'^ S Compa- each Company proper Officers commiffioned and qualified as aforefaid; (that is to fay) The Field "J" "^^ ^° ^^ *'ff, „ /'Arr I- 11 • n 11 1 /■-. i i " T • /^ i i ■ i i • 11 moit, and 60 Men at the (Jfhcers or a Regiment fhall be, one Colonel, one Lieutenant v^olonel, and one Major; and where jea^^ and poll the Of- the Number of Private Men fhall amount to five Companies, or to any Number under eight Com-ficcrs, viz. i Colonel, panics, fuch Militia fhall be formed into a Battalion, with one Lieutenant Colonel, and one Major, i Lt. Col. and i Major, and no other Field Officer; and where the Number of Private Men fhall amount to three ^""ipa- '".^J^.^^^j^^^'^t^,"^^^^^^^ nies, or to any Number under five Companies, fuch Militia fhall alfo be formed into a Battalion, J^jn^^.ail ^ake^cor with one Lieutenant Colonel or Major, and no other Field Officer : And in each Regiment or Bat- more Companies, but talion of /'lilitia, a Number of Captains, Lieutenants and Enfigns, equal to the Number of Conipa-iefs than 8, they are to nies in fuch Regiment or Battalion, Grenadier Companies excepted, wherein there fhall be one C^p-!^.^ formed intoB-nta- tain and two Lieutenants. 1'°"^' ri'^.' ' i-'=^- Co'- and I Major; and to a Battalion of 3 Companies, or lefs tlian ^, i Lieut, Colonel or Major; and i Capt. Lieut, and Enfign to each Company, Grenadier Companies excepted, vhereinare to be i Captain and 2 Lieutenantc. XC-VL And be it enaded. That where the Militia of any County, Riding or Place has been J^^'^^^^'J^'^^'j ™;y^|^^^ already formed and ordered, his IMajefty's Lieutenant together with any two Deputy Lieutenants ofgi^Jg^j-J^d' fhel^ a™ within fuch County, Riding or Place, fhall, if the faid Militia fliall be then difembodied, within twoz Months after being dif- Months after the pafling this A6t, reform the fame, according to the Rules by this A6t prefcribed for embodied, &c. to be re- the firft Forming and Ordering the Miliiia; and if the fame fliall be embodied, then within two *^°™^' '"°"'"S ^° ^'^^ - Months after it fhall be difL-mbodied and returned to the refpeclive Counties. Rules prefer. bed for the r ' nrit I'ormini; and Order- XCVIL And be it enacted. That in every County, Riding and Place, and in every City and ' *!_' ,,' r,.v,K.,. „f- ^■> u'_ r^ .. •!• 1 i-i ,- A -r^ < ' . ^ ^ ' ^ ■' r n. • Where the JNumbrror own being a County, withm the Pat-t of Great Britain aforefaid, where the Number of Private Mgn(},annot be fufficient Miiiua Men fnall not be fufficient to form a Regiment or Battalion, according to the Intent andtocompofeaRegimentor Meaning of this Act, the following EftabliHiment fhall take'~p!ace~ therein; (that is to fay) TheBatt..lion, theyare tobe Militia of fuch Counties, Ridings, Places, Cities and Towns fliall be formed into Independent Com- J'^"^=^ 'wr'^T'tSo panics
