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632 C. 20. Anno fecundo Georgii III. A. D. 1761. at the „ . , , - - lawful L'id forme'd^nS 'b™-' ^^^ ^'^ Majefty, his Heirs and SuccefTors, to join together any Number ot" fuch Independent Corn- lions, orbeiacoiporaied panies, and therewith to form a Battalion or Battalions, or to incorporate them with any Regiment with fome Regiment or or Battalion, Regiments or Battalions of Militia, but fo as the Number of Companies in any fuch Battalion, fo as theNum-^„gi,-j-,g^(. or Battalion do not exceed or fall fhort of the Number of Companies of which aReeiment ber or Companies there.n j^^^talion of Militia is herein before refpeaively allowed to confiil. floes not exceed, or tau i ' iTioi t of, ths Number .i Regiment or Battalion ought to coafift of, WhenaReg.orBat.ftiaii XCVIII. And be it enabled by the Authority aforefaid, That when any Regiment or Battalion of be.nembod^ed,thecoin-j,^jjjj.j^ ^^jj ^^ unembodied, the Coloncl, or, where there is no Colonel, the Commanding Officer, mandinsOmcer may ap- ,, n j • n - ^ i /-^i i ^ <• i -n • n t- ° ^^Jiiv.,ij iiointaReg.cierkthereto.ihail and may appoint a Regimental Ulerk to fuch Regiment or Battalion. TheMUitiaistobetrain- XCIX. And be it ena6led. That the Militia fj-jall be trained and exercifed in the Manner follow- ed andex'crcifedjbyRcg,;- ing ; (that is to fay) By Regiment or Battalion twice in a Year fourteen Days at each Time, or once jwnt or Battalion, twice in a Year for twenty-eight Days together, as fliall be directed by hisMajefty's Lieutenant and any a Year, 14 Days each ^^^q qj- jx;ore Deputy Lieutenants, and on the l^eath or Removal, or in theAbfcnce of his Majefly's f '"^"s Dav^too^ler'at^'^"^^-"'^"^' ^^ ^"y three or more Deputy Lieutenants, at fuch Time and Place, or Times and the^mcft 'cou^-nient' " Places, as ihall be lealt inconvenient to the Publick, to be by them appointed at a General Meet- Times and HLucs; du- ing; and that, during fuch Time as the Militia fliall be fo trained and exercifed, all the Provifions ring which Time all the contained in any Act of Parliament which Ihall be then in force for the punifhing Mutiny and De- VroviHons injbe Aaforj-gj.jJQj^^ ^'"^ tor the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters, fhall extend to and take place rrartion, notTitendingi^ refpcft of the Officcrs and Private MSitia Men of every Regiment or Battalion, but not to extend tr, Lite or' Limb, are to tO LilC Or Limb. taice place for the Of- ficers" and Men J Q ;^,-,d be it cnatfled. That it flisU and may be lawful for the Mayors, Bailiffs, Conftables, Tyth- who are to be quartered ingmen, Headboioughs, and other chief Magiftrates and Officers of Cities, Towns, Parifnes, Tyth- -ll'^M "Xl^ TmI ^"^^' ^^^^^g^^> ^^^ ^^^^'^ Places within that Part of Great Britain called England^ Dominion of JVales, j.'iverv Stables! and Fub- ^nd Town of Bcrzuick Upon Twccd^ and, in their Default or Abfence, for any one Juflice of the Peace lick Houfes, Application inhabiting within or near any fuch City, Town, Parifh, Ty'^^'^S' Village or Place, and for no for that Furpofe being othcrs, and they aj'c hereby required, to quarter and billet the Officers and Private Men ferving in rnsde by the Command- j^je Militia, at the Times when they fliall be called out to Annual Exercife, in Inns, Livery Stables, iug Officer: Ale-houfes, Vidualling-houfes, ' and all Houfes of Perfons felling Brandy, Strong Waters, Cyder, V/inc orMetheglin, by Retail, upon Application to them made by the Lord Lieutenant, or by the Colonel or Commanding Officer of the Militia of the County, Riding or Place. Serjeants, Drummers CL And be it enacted. That it fliall and may be lawful for the Mayors, Bailiffs, Conftables, and Fiters aretohetiuar- '-pyj.j^jj^gj^gj^^^ Headboroughs, and Other chicf Magiftrates and Officers of Cities, Towns, Parifties, mTnner: " ^' Tythings, Vilbges, and other Places within that Part of Great Britain called England, the Dominion of IFa/cs., ixnd the. ^Vown of Beriuici uponTkve-d, and, in their Default or Abfence, for any one Juf- tice of the Peace inhabiting in or near any fuch City, Town, Parifh, Tything, Village or Place, but are to be provided ^j^ J f^^j, ^■^Q others, and they are hereby required to quarter and billet Serjeants, Drummers, and .vuth convenient Lodg- y^^- ferving in the Militia, in Lins, Livery Stables, Ale-houfes, Vi6tualling-houfes, and all Houfes as no Provifion has by of Perlons felUng Wine, Brandy, Strong Waters, Cyder or Metheghn, by Retail ; the Occupiers Law been made for that whereof are hereby required to provide for fuch Serjeants, Drummers and Fifers, at fuch Times for rrpc{c. which no Provifion has by Law been made for that Purpofe, convenient Lodgings only. A Return is to be made to CIL And be it ena<5ted. That the Colonel or Commanding Officer of every Regiment or Bat- th- l.d. Lieut. of thcState fjjijj^j^ ^^ yp^^^j^bodied Militia fhall, and he is hereby required, as often as the Regiment or Batta- "hiLMmeTbodieJ vhfn^'°^^ ^^^^ ^^ called out to Exercife, to return to his Majefty's Lieutenant of the County, Riding called out to Exetcifc. or Place for which fuch Regiment or Battalion fliall ferve, a true State of fuch Regiment or Bat- ... c . T- .talion. Phc«^f £erc':^tobe ^IIL And bc it cnactcd. That Notice of the Time and Place, or Times and Places, of Exercife fcnt to the ch ef Confta- to which the Militia Men of each Parifh, Tything or Place are to refort, fhall be fent by the Clerk bles'^o be forwarded by of the General Meeting to the chief Conftables or other Officers of the feveral Hundreds, Rapes, them to theParifli, &c. j_^3fhs^ Wapentakes, or other Divifion, with Directions to forward the fiime to the Conftables, Tythingmen, Headboroughs, or other Officers of the feveral Parifhes, Tythings or Places within their refpective Hundreds, Rapes, Lathes, Wapentakes, or other Divifions ; which Conftables, Ch^ *'D'^"'f °" ^^^ Tythingmen, Headboroughs, or other Parifh Officers, fhall caufe fuch Notice to be fixed on the icfpcftive Par'iOies^"^ Doors of thc Churchcs or Chapels belonging to their rcfpecflive Pariflies, Tythings or Places, or if ' any Place, being Kxtraparochial, fhall have no Church or Chapel belonging thereto, on the Door of the Church or Chapel of fome Parifh, Tything or Place thereunto adjoining; and all inch Militia Men fhall duly attend at the Times and Places of Exercife fo to be appointed : And if any A4ilitia and if any Militia Man W^^i'i ^not labouring under anv Infirmity incapacitating him) fhall not appear at fuch '1 i me and LS tr«nptaracco.dinV'^^'-<^' or Times and Places, fo' appointed in fuch Notice as aforefaid, every fuch Milicia Man being to fuch Notjrr, he for- coiivictcd thereof, upon Oath, before one Juftice of tb.c Peace, fhall forfeit and pay the Sum of twenty Jfit.'. 2ol. andonN'on- Pounds ; and if fuch Militia Man fhall not immediately pay fuch Penalty, thejiiflicc of the Peace, faytr.r-nt, if to bc com- bcfore whom fuch Militia Man. fhall be fo convided, fliall, by Warrant, commit fuch Militia Man mitttd for 6 Months, ^^^ ^j^e common Cjaol of thc County, Riding or Place where he fliall have been fo convicted, there or until hcftiaii have to remain v/ithout Bail orMainpriiic for the Space of fix Months, or until he fliall have paid thc . .:j the p.nai'y. Penalty aforefaid. CIV.