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A. D. 1761. Anno fecundo Georgii III. C 20. |2i For the North Riding of the faid County, feven hundred and twenty : And for theEaft Riding of the faid County, with the Town and County of the Town oi King/fcn upon HulU four hundred. p'or the County of Jnglefea, eighty. For the County of Brecknock, one hundred and fixty. For the County o^ Cardigan^ one hundred and twenty. For the County of Carmarthen, with the County Borough of Carmarthen, two hundred. For the County oi Carnarvon, eighty. For the County of Denbigh, two hundred and eighty. For the County of Flint, one hundred and twenty. For the County of Glamorgan, three hundred and fixty. For the County of Merioneth, eighty. For the County oi Montgomery, two hundred and forty. For the County oi Pembroke, with the Town and County of the Town of Haverford JVcJi, one hundred and fixty. For the County of Radnor, one hundred and twenty. XLII. And be it enadted. That in all Counties, Ridings and Places, where the Militia has not Where the Militia hss been railed, his Majefty's Lieutenant for every fuch County, Riding and Place, together with any ""^ *^-'^""ired, ;. Gene- two or more Deputy Lieutenants, and, on the Death or Removal, or, in the Abfence of bis Ma- ['^^|^j^^^']^||'y.'J°^^'^_^^^^ jelly's Lieutenant, any three or more Deputy Lieutenants, fhall meet at fome City or principal Town Deputies ; cr^'in theLd. of the County, Riding or Place, for which they fliall be commiflioned, on the fecond Turfday in LieuteiKinVs Abfence, by May in every Year ; and if there Ihould happen to be no fuch Meeting on that Day, then his Ma- 3 Deputies, on the ad jefty's faid Lieutenant, or, on his Death or Removal, or, in his Abfence, any three or more Deputy [^'"^^.^^[o" ^^^^J/"""/^' Lieutenants, fiiall fummon, or caufe to be fummoned, another Meeting to be holden at the fiune ^4^.;^',^ "^J'^'j^J,-^^ City or principal Town, on a Day to be fixed by fuch Summons ; of which Day and Mace Notice is to be^'heid bySum- fhall be given in the London Gazette, and alfo in any Weekly Paper ufually circulated (if any fuch mons and Advcuiferocnt. there be) within the fame County or Riding, fourteen Days at leaft before the holding of fuch Meet- ing • And his Majcfly's faid Lieutenant, or, on his Death or Rcm^oval, or, in his Abfence, any three At their firft General or more Deputy Lieutenants, fhall, at their firil: General Meeting, appoint Subdivifions of the De- J^'^^'i^'f^^^.f^ Lie*!^^^^^^^^^ puty Lieutenants within their refpeftiye Counties, Ridings and Places, and the Times and Places for /heTimV.^ndFk«s^for their firft Meetings within theiaid Subdivifions refpedively ; and the Time and Place for a fecond [^ct fiift Meetings General Meeting ; and fhall iflue out their Orders to the chief Conftable, and, where there is no therein, are to be rettled5 chief Conftable, to fome other Officer of the feveral Hundreds, Rapes, Laths, Wapentakes, or other »"^ ajCo ^ ^^ General Divifions, within- their refpedive Counties, Ridings and Places, to require, by Orders under their OrSfo'brtheniflbed Hands, the Conftable, Tythingman, Headborough, or other Officer of each Pavifh, Tything or Place, ^^ the Conftables, to re- within- their refpedive Hundreds,, Rapes, Laths, Wapentakes, or other Divifions, to return to the turnLiftsof all Perfons- Deputy Lieutenants within their refpc^tive Subdivifions, at the Place and on the Day appointed at within their Diftrias, the faid firft General Meeting, fair and true Lifts, in Writing, of the Names of all the Men ufually ^^l^^^'^^'y^^^f}" °^ ^^ and at that Time dwelling within their refpeilive Parifhes, Tythings iind Places, between the Ages ^" ^^ ""' of eighteen and forty-five Years, diftinguifhing their refpe<£l:ive Ranks and Occupations ; a-nd where dif^inguifhlng their re- the true Names of fuch Perfons cannot be procured, the common Appellation of fuch Perfons fnail rpeftive Rsnks and Oc- - pations. be fufficient; and which of the Perfons fo returned labour under any Infirmities, incapacitating them "^"P^ from ferving as Militia Men ; having firft affixed a true Copy of fuch Lift on the Door of the Church Cory of the Lift to be ?/- or Chapel belonging to fuch Parilh, Tything or Place, and if any Place fhall ha^e no Church or ^f^ °" '^e Door c the >;. / , 1 • ° ? ^ ^L T^ r ..u ou L r> < r r T-> -n. ni . u -. Church, on fome Sunday,, Chapel belongmg thereto, on the Door of the Church or Chapel of fome Parifh or Place thereto , d^jj; before the Re- adjoining, on fome jSz^W^j Morning before they fhall make fuch Return, which Sunday fhall be three turn is made, with No- Days at the leaft before the faid Meeting ; and alfo Notice in W~riting, at the Bottom of fuch Lift, ticeof iheDay r.nd Place of the Day and Place of fuch Meeting, and that all Perfons yho fhall think themfeives aggrieved, ^f Meeting; that Fer- snay then appeal, and that no Appeal will be afterwards received : And on the Day and at the Place [p'Jf.^'^, ,^';ch na fo refpedively appointed as aforefaiJ, for the Returns of the Lifts, the Conftables, Tythlngmen, Appcal'ui 1 be recnved. Headboroughs, or other Officers refpedively, fhall attend and verify the faid Return upon Oath 5 Conftabics to attend the and the faid Deputy Lieutenants, or any three or more of them, or any two Deputy Lieutenants ^^eturns, and verUy ti together with any one J uftice of the Peace, or any one Deputy Lieutenant together with any tv.'O ^^_;^^^"^^^^^-^^.^ ^^^ Juflices of the Peace, fo alTembled in their Subdivifions, fhall (a;ter hearing any Perfon v/ho fhall j^^^'^^ ^^^ r^,ft^' J^^ think himfelf aggrieved by having his Name inferted in fuch Lifts, or by any others being omitted) Perfons excepted by dire6t fuch Lifts to be amended as the Cafe fhall require, and alfo the Names of all Perfons by this Act ftvuckout, theDcp, A6t refpedively excepted, to be ftruck out of the faid Lifts, and ftiall appoint the Times and Flaces ^^^^^- ^'^ ^""^'1^.^^^^ for their fecond M.eetings within their refpedive Subdivifions, and fhall return to the fecond General ' 'j^^" the'rirnes 'and Meeting all the Lifts for the feveral Parifhes, Tythings and Places, fo amended : At which faid fecond pi^^cs for their 2d Sub^ General Meeting his Majefty's Lieutenant together with any two or more Deputy Lieutenants, and divifion Meetings ; and. Tythings and Places, for v/hich fuch Lifts are made and returned, are refpe6tively fituate ; and fhall out, to be returned to the appoint what Number of Men in each refpedive Hundred, Rape, Lath, Wapentake, or other Divi- Dep. Lieuts. at their za- ftan, fhall ferve in the faid Militia, towards raifing the Numbei^of Militia Men by this Ad direded ^^'J-^^" NutlJle^o^Mea ^*^ whi*t>ihaUfeiveo«t«jJ