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 88 C. 25. Anno tricefimo Georgii 11. A. D. 1757. ^"P^y-, Arrr.s XXXV. And bc it further enatfled by the Authority aforeCaid, That no Pay, Arms, Accoutrements or Clot^.ing, to ^^ Clothing, {hall be ifl'ued, and that no Adjutant or Serjeants Ihall be appointed for the Militia of an/ AJiutantcr Ser- ^-O^^nty, KiQing or rlace, till it Ihall appear by a Return iigned by his Majeity s Lieutenant, or, in his je-int to be ap- Abfcncc, by three Deputy Lieutenants, that four fifths of the Militia Men of the faid County, Riding pointed, till tbur or Place, have been chofen ; and that four fifths of the CommiiTion Officers have been appointed ^ an-l fitihs<^"theMen ^Y^j^^ (hgy h^^^g taken out their Commiflions, and entered their Qualifications. and 0.<ncers have ' been ap^Joiiited, &c. XXXyi. And be it enaiHied, That the Serjeant, or fuch other Perfon as fhall be appointed to train Names of the and diicipline the Men, fliall call over the Names of the Mih'tia Men fo appointed to be exercifcd ; and and of fuch a? be ^-"'^ ^"^^ Juftice of the Peace is hereby impowered and required, upon Proof then made upon Oath, to difobediem. ' i}'^^ every fuch abfent Militia Man, whofe Excufe he fhall not allow of; for the fird Time of his being and the Tuft'.ce ''*^ abfent, two Shillings ; and if fuch Militia Man fliall refufe immediately to pay fuch Fine, fuch Militia may fins fuch Man flv-ijj, by Order of the (aid Juftice, be fet in the Stocks for the Space of one flour; and for the le- .Abfentce for the cond Ottencc, fuch Militia Man fo convided as aforcfaid, fliall forfeit and pay four Shillings ; and if 3ftOiTencc2s. fuch Militia Man fliall refufe immediately to pay fuch Penalty, the Juftice of the Peace before whom fortheadOf- f.ich Militia Man fliall be fo convifted as aforefaid, fliall by Warrant commit fuch Militia Man to the fence4s. Houfe of Corrcdtioii for the Space of four Days ; and for the third and every other «>.J Tence, fuch Militia for the 3d, and jXlan fo Convicted fliall forfeit and pay fix Shillings ; and if fuch Militia Man fhali refufe immediately to ^ence°6s ^^^^ ^^"^'^ Penalty, the Juftice of the Peace before whom fuch Militia Man fliall be fo convided as afore- . laid, fliall by Warrant, commit fuch Militia Man to the Houfe of CorreiSlion for any Time not exceed- °"VlV"(hd'l'be '"S ^'""-^ Month, or until fuch Penalty fliall be paid; and if any Militia Man fliall be drunk at the Time Duty, he forfeits AiaH ^crfeit and pay ten Shillings ; and if fuch Militia Man fliall refufe immediately to pay fuch Penalty, jos'. fuch Pv/lilitia Man fliall be, by Order of fuch Juftice, fet in the Stocks for one Hour; and if any Militia if difobedient.for Man fliall be difobedient or infolent to his Officer, and be convifted thereof as aforefaid, fuch Militia the ift Offence Man fhall, for the firft Offence, forfeit and pay two Shillings and fix Pence ; and if fuch Militia Man as. 6 6. fli;i]] refufe immediately to pay fuch Penalty, the Juftice of the Peace before whom fuch Militia Man fliall, be fo convided as aforefaid, fliall, by Warrant, commit fuch Militia Man to the Houfe of Corrc(flion forthead Of- for the Space of four Days; and for the fecond Offence, fuch Militia Man fo convided as aforefaid, fhall tence 5s. forfeit and pay five Shillings ; and if fuch Militia Man fliall refufe immediately to pay fuch Penalty, the Juftice of the Peace before whom fuch Militia Man fliall be (o convided as aforef.iid, (hall, by Warrant, ond for the jd commit fuch Militia Man to the Houfe of Corre£tion for the Space of (even Days; and for the third and andevery other every Other Offence, fuch Militia Man fo convided as aforefaid, fliall forfeit and pay forty Shillings; and Offence 40s. jf j,ch Militia Man fliall refufe immediately to pay fuch Penalty, the Juftice of the Peace before whom fuch Militia Man fhail be fo convided as aforefaid, fliall, by Warrant, commit fuch Militia Man to the and if hctell, Houfc of Correction, for any Time not lefs than fourteen Days, nor exceeding one Month : And if any whom fuch Militia Man fhall be fo convicted as aforefaid, fhall, by Warrant, commit fuch Militia Man to if henegUato the Houfe of Corredion for the Space of one Month, and until Satisfadion be made for the fame; and if return his Arms, he fhall not be of Ability to make fuch Satisfadion, then for the Space of three Months : And if any ia:- ^<{oT{ens Militia Man fliall refufe or ncglcd to return his Arms, Clothes and Accoutrements, in good Order, to ^^' ' his Captain, or to fuch Perfon as fliall be appointed as aforefaid to receive the fame, on the Day of Exer- cife, or the next Day, fuch Militia Man, bjing thereof convided as aforefaid, fliall, for every fuch Of- fence, forfeit and pay two Shillings and fix Pence; and if fuch Militia Man fhall refufe immediately to pay fuch Penalty, the Juftice of the Peace before whom fuch Militia Man fliall be fo convided as afore- faid, fhall, by Warrant, commit fuch. Militia Mzn to the Houfe of Corredion for the Space of fevcn and if heneg'.ea pays ; and if any Militia Man fhall refufe or neglcd to return his Arms, Clothes and Accoutrements, to return them in good Order, to his Captain, or to fuch Perfon as fhall be appointed as aforefaid to receive the fame, on w^r^'^'lf^T ^^ before the Monday after JVhitfiin Week, and be thereof convided as aforefaid, fuch Militia Man fhall Whition «". forfeit and y ffve Shillings; and if fuch Militia Man fliall refufe immediately to pay fuch Penalty, the Juftice of the Peace before whom fuch Militia Man fhall be fo convided as aforefaid, fhall, by Warrant, comniit fuch Militia Man to the Houfe of Corredion for the Space of fourteen Days, yr rh* Perfon fa- XXX VIL And be it cnaded, That if the Serjeant or other Perfon appointed by any Captain of the trmld therewith Militia, to receive and keep in his Cuftody the Arms, Clothes and Accoutrements thereto belonging, rtaJinoicom- fliall refufe or ncglcd to complain within three Days to fome neighbouring Juftice of the Peace of any Il'it'hin'"lla"s*.^^^'^'^ Man's not having returned his Arms, Clothes and Accoutrements, as before diredcd, fuch Ser- ©tany Arm«or j^i"t ot Other Perfon appointed as aforciaid, being thereof convided on Oath before one of his Majefty's Clr) thing not Jufticcs of thc Pcacc, fliall forfeit and pay the Sum of twenty Shillings; which Penalty, if the Oftendet' l>fing returncJ, ihuU rcfufc Immediately to pay the fame, fliall be levied by Diftrefs and Sale of thc Offender's Goods and )j£ forfeits 70 1, Chattels, by Warrant under the Hand and Seal of thc JuUice of thc Peace before whom fuch Offender fliall
 * mnk^onhi*s ^ °^ ^''^ exercifing, fuch Militia Man, being thereof convicfed on Oath before fome Juftice of the Peace,