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 A. D. 1757* Anno triccfimo primo Georgii ir. C. 30, 175 V. To the Clerk of the General Meetings, at the Rate of five Pounds five Shillings for each the Clerk of the Geneial Meeting ; ^ Meetmgs ; VI. And, to the feveral Clerks of the Subdivilion Meetiiigs, at the Rate of one Pound one Shil- to the Clerks of the ling for each Meeting. Subdivifion Meetings. All which faid Sums of Money, except Aich as fhall be due to the feveral Clerks of the Meetings The Money to be paid aforefaid, fhall be paid by the faid Receiver or Receivers General into the Hands of the Clerk or ;°*J'^^^^'"»'°f *''' ^»'- Clerks of the Battalion or Battalions of Militia belonging to fuch County, Riding, or Place, upon his or their producing his or their Warrant of Appointment to fuch Office, under the Hand and Seal of his Majefty's Lieutenant for fuch County, Riding, or Place, according to the Number of Perfons hereby intitled to receive Pay, of which fuch Battalion or Battalions fhall have been ap- ^f"hs"f'Ad^in"ce'to* pointed to confift ; and alfo within fourteen Days after the Expiration of the third Month from the bemldewithin^TMomh* Time of the faid firfl Payment, to make a fccond Payment for four Months, in Advance, for the alter. Pay of the Militia, and Clerks of Battalions aforefaid, in the Proportions before mentioned; and Klerk's Receipt^to be a the Receipts of fuch Clerk or Clerks fhall be a fufficient Difcharge to fuch Receiver or Receivers Difcharge for the Sums General, for the feveral Sums of Money fo by him or them paid. ^o p^ VII. And be it enacted, That the Clerk of each Battalion of Militia, fhall forthwith, after the Clerk to pay from time Receipt of fuch Sums of Money as aforefaid, payor caufe to be paid to the Captain or Command- to time, 2 Months Pay to each Perfon belonging to his Company, by this AcS intitled to receive the fame, as it fliall become ^^^ render an Account due ; and fhall give in to the Clerk of the Battalion to which fuch Company fhall belong, an Account thereof to the Clerk, and of the feveral Payments he fhall have made in purfuance of this A£t ; and fhall pay back to the faid pay back the Surplus ! Clerk the Surplus, if any, of the Monies by him from time to time received, and then remaining Monies. in his Hands. VIII. And be it further enaded. That the faid Clerk may and fliall retain to his own Ufe out of Clerk to detain in h;» the Money fo by him received, fuch Sums as are herein before allowed for his Salary, and fhall alfo "!fs3j^,T^ ^°' ^* p^y and difcharge fuch Sums of Money as fhall be due and owing for or on account of the Cloath-"^" ^^^^ n ing of the faid Militia, not exceeding the Rates herein before mentioned, to fuch Perfon or Perfons cioa'thinc'^ ^ ^ ' s or as fhall produce an Order from his Majefty's Lieutenant^ or from the Commanding Officer of fuch Battalion, for that Purpofe. IX. And be it enabled. That the faid Receiver or Receivers General fhall pay to the Clerk of the Allowance to be paid to General Meetings his Allowance at the Rate of five Pounds five Shillings for each Meeting, upon the Clerk of the General his producing an Order or Orders for that Purpofe from his Majefty's Lieutenant, or three Deputy "^'"8^ Lieutenants, afTembled at fome General Meeting or Meetings ; and fhall alfo pay to each and every 7om fhe iTenLTn? S' the Clerks of the Subdivifion Meetings their feveral Allowances, at the Rate of one Pound one Shil-, p. ''^" !."!" ' ^' ling for each Meeting, upon his or their producing an Order or Orders from one or more Deputy Jvjfion Meetings, upon" Lieutenant or Deputy Lieutenants, affembled In the feveral Subdivifion Meetings ; which faid Or- producing a like Order tiers fliall be to the faid Receiver or Receivers General a fufficient Difcharge for the Payment of fuch from the Deputy Lieu- Allowances, and be allowed in his or their Account. tenants. Orders to be a Difcharge to Receivers Genersl. X. Provided always, and be it enaded. That the Clerk of each Battalion of Militia fhall give Se- ^^"'^.s o'" f'^e -^'^'"a to curity to the good Liking of his Majefty's Lieutenant of the County, Riding, or Place, to which ^"^ ^""'^' > fuch Battalion fhall belong, for duly anfwering and paying fuch Sums as he fhall from time to time have received, and for duly accounting for the fame, and for Performance of the Truft hereby in him repofed ; and fhall, between the Feaft Days of Saint Af/V//^?.-/ the Archangel and Saint 7^/;« the Evan- "'^•^° J^^'^'^' |°;'^^*- gelift in the Year one thoufand fcven hundred and fifty-eight, deliver to the Receiver or Receivers S'a^i^Tand 27 d"-" Geiieral of the Land Tax for the County, Riding, or Place, to which fuch Battalion fhall belong, cembcr Account of their a fair Account in Writing of all Monies by him received and difburfed in purfuance of this Adt, Receipts and Difburfe- with proper Vouchers for the fame; and fhall pay back to the faid Receiver or Receivers General »"«"» and pay back the any Surplus that fhall be then in his Hands ; which faid Accounts fliall be figned by the faid Clerk, ^"''P'"'- and tranfmitted by the faid Receiver or Receivers General of the Land Tax into the Office of the re^roVhe Aud'uSS Auditor of the Receipt of his Majefty's Exchequer. Office. XI. And whereas In the Courfe of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-feven, feveral Lieutenants to pay the Expences were Incurred on account of the Militia ; Be It enafted. That his Majefty's Lieutenant of Expences incurred the any County, Riding, or Place, wherein any fuch Expences have been incurred, fhall be and is 'aft Year, hereby impowered and dlre^ed to fatisfy fuch Demands on that Account, as to him fliall appear ®".'^"^"* •^*'*^ '^'•' reafonable; and to draw on the Receiver or Receivers General of the Land Tax for fuch County, 3^" j^ tj«won the Re- Riding, or Place, for fuch Sum of Money, as fhall have been paid, or fhall be due on that Account ; ceivers General for the" which faid Draught fhall be to the faid Receiver or Receivers General a fufficient Difcharge for the Sums fo paid, or doe. Payment of fuch Sum of Money, and be allowed In his or their Account. Draughts to be a Dif- charge for the fame. XII. Provided alfo, and be it enaded. That no Fee or Gratuity whatfoever fhall be given or N.o Fe^ to be paid for paid for or upon account of any Warrant, or any Sum of Money which fhall be iflued in rela- 'il"'"6 ^^"*"" ^ tion to, or in purfuance of, this Ad. Money. Nn 2 CAP. XXXh or