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 462 C. 2 2. Anno tricefimo tertio Ge org 11 II, A. D. 1759^ Where TreaAirers ftjall VI. Provided always, and be it ena£^d, That the Treafurer of any County, Riding, City, r^imburfe to Overfeers Town, Liberty, Divifion or Place, within the Part of Great Britain aforefaid, who fhall, after the t"e WeTicTAiLTareto P^^"? ^'^ ^his Aa, reimburfe to any Overfeer or Overfeers of the Poor of any Parifli, Tything, the Families of Militia Townfhip, Hamlet or V'jll, any Sum or Sums of Money in purfuance of the Directions of tins Men, ferving in any A6t, on account of the Weekly Allowance to the Family of any Militia Man ferving in the Militia Co ... - ^ „. _ _ .. _. .. .,. . . _ _ w <i fgnedby ajuftice, tothe or Juftices of the Peace for the County, Riding, City, Town, Liberty, Divifion or Place'^wher^ Tieafurer of the County fuch Family {hall dwell, to the Treafurer of the County, Riding, City, Town, Liberty, Divifion wherein fuch Men ferve, or Place, in the Militia whereof fuch Militia Man fhall ferve ; and thereupon the Treafurer, to - fhenS'the fame "" whom fuch Account fiiall have been delivered or tranfmitted as aforefaid, {hall, and is hereby re- quired, to pay to the Treafurer who {hall have fo delivered or tranfmitted fuch Account, the Sum or Sums fo by him reimburfed to fuch Overfeer or Overfeers, and fhall be allowed the fame in his Accounts. The Pay of all Regiments VIL And for avoiding all unnecefTary Expences on account of the Pay of the Officers of the andBattalions to which Militia when imbodied and called out into adual Service, Be it ena^ed. That the Pay of cver7 or^s weTe ZtS- Regif^.ent or Battalion of Militia, to which the Commiffions for Field Officers have not been ifiued figne.i before iMayi76o. and given, purfuant t© the Directions of the feveral Ads of Parliament for the better ordering the and of all Independent Militia Forces in the feveral Counties of that Part of Great Britain called England^ before the firft Companies now imbodied Day of May One thoufand feven hundred and fixty, and of every Independent Company of Militia and in aftual Service, ^low imbodied and in actual Service, when it fhall, after its return Home, and Discharge from fucH turn"Home^^om fuch^' ^^tual Service, be again imbodied and called out into aiStual Service, fhall be ifTued and paid accor- Service, and be again im- ^Jrig to the following Eflablifliment ; that is to fay. The Field Officers of a Regiment (which when bodied and called out, to imbodied and in actual Service, fliall in no Cafe confifl of more than twelve Companies, nor lefs be according to the fol- than eight Companies, of eighty Private Men at the mofi, and fixtv Private Men at the leafl) in- lT'"ro^ever^'Rriment ^''^^^ ^° ^^^^ ^^^'^ ^^ °"^ Colonel, one Lieutenant Colonel, and one Major ; and where the Num- o'f'ia orTcompanTe^s" ^^'" of Private Men {hall amount to five Companies, or to any Number under eight Companies, I Colonel, I Lieutenant fuch Militia {hall be formed into a Battalion, with one Lieutenant Colonel and one Major, and no Colonel, and i Major; Other Field Officer intitlcd to Pay ; and where the Number of private Men {hall amount to three toeveiyBattalionof 5 or (Companies, or to any Number under five Companies, fuch Militia {liall alfo be formed into a CoTond°Tnd"'rMl'-r-' ^^"alion with one Lieutenant Colonel, and no other Field Officer intitled to Pay; and in each Re- ar?d°toUe!y inferior filt- g"^^""^ °^ B'^"^^ion of Militia, there {liall be intitled to Pay a Number of Captains, Lieutenants tahcn, 1 L. Colonel} and Enfigns, equal to the Number of Companies in fuch Regiment or Battalion (Grenadier Com- wi.h Captains, Lieute- panies excepted, wherein there {hall be one Captain and two Lieutenants intitled to Pay) ; and in nants,..nd Enfigns, equal every fuch Regiment or Battalion there {hall be intitled to pay one Adjutant, one Quarter-mafler, to the Number ot Com- Qj^g Sur^jeon, one Serjeant-maior, and one Drum-major, and a Number of Serjeants and Corpo- panies in each ; (except i-i_ri ■ r o- i r-^ i. ^r>'^T Jir Grenadier Companies, ^'S) '" the Proportion of One Serjeant and one Corporal to twenty Private Men, and alio two wherein are to be I Cap- Drummers to each Company: And in every County, Riding and Place, and in every City and tain and a Lieutenants) Town. being a County, within the V^rtoi Great Britain aforefaid, and in the Ifle of Wight, and Staff Officers: i Adju- i,^ ^j^e Town of Berwick upon Tweed, where the Number of Private Militia A^en {hall not be fuffi- lnd'u?reo:" I sTrf' ^"^"'^ ^° ^^''""' ^ Regiment or a Battalion, according to the Intent and Meaning of this Ad, the fol- Major, 1 Drum Ma- lowing Eftablilliment {hall take Place therein ; and the Militia thereof, and the Officers of fuch Mi- jor wi'th Serjeants, litia, fhall, whcn imbodied and in adtual Service, be intitled to Pay accordingly ; that is to fay. Corporals, and Drums. The Militia of fuch Counties, Ridings, Places, Cities and Towns, and of the faid Ifle of Wight, To the Independent {hall be formed into Independent Companies, each Company confifling of eighty Private Men at wT"'nV.'tv!.rV'!r.. the mofl, and fixty Private Men at the leafl; and to every fuch Company there fhall be intitled to Wicht, and otner riaces, ^ ',-, .•' '_ i».Tiro-^ ^ r^ j 7 Captain, 1 Lieutenant, Pay, one Captain, one Lieutenant, and one Enfign, and a Number ot berjeants and Corporals 1 Enfign, 'with Seijeants enual to the Number herein before allowed to a Company of Militia : And it fhall be lawful for his and Corpfirais. Indc- Majcfly, his Heirs and SuccefTors, to join together any Number of fuch Independent Companies, pendtnt Companies may ^^^ therewith to form a Battalion or Battalions, or to incorporate them with any Regiment or Bat- lionrTr incowrluV ^alion, Rcgimcnts or Battalions, of Militia, but fo as the Number of Companies in any fuch Re- with other Regi- gimcnt or Batt.'ilion do not exceed, or fall fhort of the Number of Companies of which a Regiment ments, &c. or Battalion of Militia is herein before refpedively allowed to confifi:. Lieuenants of Counties ' VIII. And whcfcas Doubts have arifen, whether a Lieutenant of any County, Riding or Place, mav aft as Colonelf, * can feive as a Colonel in the Militia for fuch County, Riding or Place,' Be it therefore declared vkhere no Colonel ftall gpc] enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That it fhall be lawful for the Lieutenant of any County, be appomtea J Riding or Place, to aft as a Colonel of any Regiment or Battalion of Militia for fuch County, Ri- ding or Place, for and during fuch Time or Times as there fhall not be any Colonel appointed for Vut not to more than i ^^^ Command of the fame Regiment or Battalion ; but no Lieutenant fhall at any one Time ad as Regiment or Battalion; ^ Colonel to morc than one Regiment or Battalion. and is to receive Pay as I^- Provided always, and be it enacted. That where his Majcfly's Lieutenant of any County, Lieutenant Colonel only. Riding or Place within the Part of Great Britain aforefaid, fliall under the Powers given by this v/hen ferving with any A6t, ferve as Colonel to any Body of Militia by this A<St deemecd a Battalion, he fliall not, wlien Bi.tt.ilion imbodied and fu^h Battalion fhall be imbodied and in aftual Service, be intitled to or receive any other Pay than vlltXolZ^^T^xZ ^^'^^ ^'^ '' Lieutenant Colonel ; and that no other Pcrfon whatfoever fhall ferve or be intitled to Pay, tyUAo furh l'.iy, du- ^^ a Licutcnaut Colonel in fuch P.aitalion, during the Time that his Majcfty's faid Lieutenant fhall ting fuch Tiiijc. ' fcrve therein as Colujicl j any Thing herein contained to the contrary notwithflanding. I X. And