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A. D. 1 714. Anno primo Georgii Regis. Stat. 2. C. 14, 39 IV. Provided always, and be it enabled, That fuch Money as hath been or fhall be raifed as for Trophy- Rc " !v "" ol Money, by virtue of any Law relating to the Militia of England, the Perfon or Perfons receiving the fame 7'°^^ ,"1™/ fhall and arc hereby required to account for the fame, before the Juftices of the Peace at fomc General t h c f urr ,c. Quarter- SeiTions of the Peace in the refpective County, Riding, Divifion, City or Place,* (that is to fay) For fuch Money as is already received on or before the firft Day of February next, and for fuch Monies as (hall be received hereafter, within twelve Months after the Receipt thereof, and to pay the Balance which fhall be found due by the Juftices on fuch Account within the Space of one Month then next enfuing, to the Treafurer or Treafurers, Clerk or Clerks, for the Time being, appointed to receive and pay the Monies to be levied by virtue of any the faid Acts relating to the Militia, or in Default thereof the Perfon or Perfons fo receiving fuch Money fhall forfeit and pay treble the Sum unaccounted for or unpaid, the Penalty for not 'one Moiety to the Ufe: of the refpective County, Riding, Divifion, City or Place, as fuch juftices fhall a «°unting. ■appoint, the other Moiety thereof to fuch Perfon or Perfons as fhall fue for the fame, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint Or Information, in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record at Wejlmlnjler, wherein no Pro- tection, Effbin or Wager of Law fhall be allowed, nor any more than one Imparlance. V. And be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That fuch Perfon or Perfons who fhall be appointed Treafuren ra Treafurer or Treafurers, to receive and pay the Monies to be levied by virtue of this Act for the Uk of the £lve Militia, fhall within three Months after his or their faid Appointment, give fuch Security for the due Exe- cution of the faid Office before three or more Deputy-Lieutenants of the refpective County, Riding, Di- vifion, City or Place, as fhall be by them approved ; and fuch Perfon or Perfons as are already appointed Treafurer or Treafurers for the faid Purpofes, fhall give the like Security on or before the firft Day of No- vember one thoufand feven hundred and fifteen. ' VI, And whereas fince the thirteenth Day of February which was in the Year of our Lord one ■';' thoufand fix hundred and eighty-eight, feveral Clerks have been imployed under the Lieutenants, or • * their Deputy-Lieutenants,' in Affairs relating to the Militia, which Clerks or others have in their Hands ' or Power respectively, feveral Books or other Papers concerning the fame, and which are or may be of ?* Ufe in Execution of the Powers contained in this Act ;' Be it therefore enacted by the Authority afore- Laid, That it- fhall and may be lawful to and for the Lieutenants, and the Deputy-Lieutenants of any Former Clerks, County, City, Riding, Town or Place in England, Wales, or Berwick upon Tweed, or any two or more &r - t0 deliver of them, upon Information that any fuch Books or Papers are in the Hands or Power of any fuch Cco:5 < s " s ' .former Clerk or other Perfon, to ifitie' their' Warrant, requiring fuch former Clerk or other Perfon or JPerfons, to deliver the fame to fuch Clerk or Perfon as in fuch Warrant or Warrants fhall be named; • and if fuch former Clerk or Perfon fo required fhall refufe or neglect to deliver fuch Book or Books, Penalty of refu- Paper or Papers, according to fuch Warrant, within ten Days after fuch Demand thereof, or do not within fin s t0 deliver ten Days after fuch Demand make Oath before fome Juftice or Juftices of the Peace, affirming, that fuch m * ' Book or Books, Paper or Papers, are not in his, her, or their Power, or if fuch Clerk or Perfon, being a . Quaker, do not make an Affirmation to the fame Purpofe, which Oath and Affirmation fhall be delivered to the Lieutenant, or Deputy -Lieutenants who fign the faid Warrants, or one or more of them, then every fuch Perfon fo refufing or neglecting fhall forfeit the Sum of one hundred Pounds, the one Moiety to ' the Ufe of the refpective County, Riding, Divifion, City or Place, in fuch Manner as fuch Juftices fhall appoint, the other Moiety to the Perfon or Perfons who mall fue for- the fame, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record at Wejhninjier, wherein no Protection, Effoin, Wager of Law, nor any more than one Imparlance fhall be allowed. VII. Provided always, and be it enacted by the Auihority aforefaid, That the Lord-Warden of the Warden, &.-c. of Cinque-Ports, two ancient Towns, and their Members, and in his Abfence his Lieutenant or Lieutenants, cinque-Ports fhall and may put in Execution within the faid Ports,- Towns and Members, all the Powers and Autho- ?"" ] p Ve tl] f ' rities given and granted by this Act, and to execute and perform all and every the Things therein con- L; e ' l]ten;ints r °f tained,, in the like Manner as the refpective Lieutenants of *he Counties, and their Deputies may do; and Counties. that the Inhabitants of the faid Ports, Towns and Members, being in regard of their Situation on the Sea- Inhabitants of Coaft, charged with a greater Proportion of Arms and armed Men than other Parts of the Kingdom, fhall ^eCmque- Ports not be charged with Arms or armed Men in the Counties adjacent for their Eftates there lying, fave bnfy charieduBthe for fuch Proportion as they are liable unto, and either are not, or fhall not be charged with within the faid counties for Ports, Towns and Members ; any Thing in this Act contained to the contrary in any wife notwith- their Eft.ues , ftandmg. ^ ieie - VIII. Provided neverthelefs, That nothins the Lieutenants of the City of London, upon the Inhabitants of the faid City, ; now veiled in the Lieutenants of the faid City by any former Act or Acts of Parliament. Londo IX. Provided neverthelefs, That nothing in this Act contained fhall extend or be conftrued to extend ife'chSrgdany to make any Perfon chargeable to the Militia, .that is not already chargeable by Law to the lime, or to p - , , ,ons , not al " 'eiilarge the Power of the Lieutenants, or their Deputies, in any Kind, beyond the Authority already given ^ e y n c oi '" y , : " .them by the Acts of the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth Years of King Charles the Second relating the powei-.qf * to the Militia, faving only in the particular Cafes exprefly directed and provided for by this prefent Act ; LieatqiaptsJ and that no Perfon who is by this Act chargeable to the Militia, fhall be obliged at, any Time or Times N ° P-Win i? hereafter to advance more than one -Month's Pay to any Korfe or Foot Soldier, till fuch Time as $ e |^ v|J * w^* 1 Month's Pay by fuch County, City, Riding or Place, fo.to.be advanced, .fhall have been repaid an'dp' , |made good to fuch County, City, Riding or Place, by his Majefty,- his Heirs or S ucceilbrs, out of his or the>ir publick Treafury or Revenue. . . 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