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 A.D. 1759* Anno tricefimo tertio Georgii II. C. 24. 467 IV. And be it ena<n:ed, That the Clerk of each Regiment or Battalion of Militia fhall forthwith, The clerks are to pay after the Receipt of fuch Sums of Money as aforeuid, pay or caufe to be paid, one Calendar *""^^^."'^'"'^'^''3""^** Month's Pay in Advance to the Adjutant, and fourteen Days Pay in Advance to the Serjeant-major ^^ ui'lhT'stfiLnt^ and Drum-major of fuch Regiment or Battalion refpedively ; and to the Captain or Commanding major and Drum-mJorj Officer of each Company belonging to fuch Regiment or Battalion, two Months Pay in Advance and two Momhs Pay in for his refpecSive Company, and for the contingent Expcnces thereof; and fo from time to time fo Advance to the Captamf, long as any Money on that Account fhall remain in his Hands: Which Pay every fuch Captain ^"^^^^'^^P^'^'^^ C"'"- or Commanding Officer is hereby required to diftribute to each Perfon belonging to his Compariy ^^^"^^j5^j^g°^^^*^^^°^''|^'_ by this Act intitled to receive the fame as it {hall become due ; and ihall once in every Year give in comes due; and account to the Cleric of the Regiment or Battalion to which fuch Company fhall belong, an Account of ior the fame yearly to the feveral Payments he ihall have made in purfuance of this A6t, and fhall pay back to the faid Clerk Glerk, and payback ther the Surplus, if any, of the Money by him from time to time received, and then remaining in his ju"^^!"^ ^°"'^^' f"''^"® Hands, except the Money by this A(5l allowed for contingent Expences, for the DilVofition where- ^^y ^iiowed °for concin*^" of Provifion is herein after made: And the faid Money allowed for the contingent Expences of gent Expences ; which is each Regiment or Battalion of Militia fliall once in every Year b^ accounted for by the Captain to be applied to the gent- of each Company refpeilively in Manner aforefaid, and the Balance thereof fhall be by him paid "^ Ufe of the Regiment, into the Hands of the Clerk of the Regiment or Battalion to which fuch Company fliall belong, to be applied to the general Ufe of the faid Regiment or Battalion, as the Field Officers and Captains thereof, or the greater Part of them, (hall at a General Meeting direil: And the Captain of each Captains of Independent Independent Company is hereby required to diftribute to each Perfon belonging to his Company in- Companies to diftribute titled thereto, fuch Money as he fhall receive by virtue of this Aft ; and the faid Money allowed *a„d appi'°the Mo1fe'"'i for the contingent Expences of each Independent Company of Militia, (hall be refpedively ap- jowtd for contingent" plied to the particular Ufe of fuch Independent Company by the Captain thereof. Expences. V. And be it ena<!^ed. That the faid Regimental or Battalion Clerk may and (hall retain to his Clerk to retain in his own Ufe, out of the Money fo by him received, fuch further Sums as fhall complete the Allowance Hands Money for his herein before made for his Salary ; and fuch Regimental or Battalion Clerk fhall pay to fuch Perfon °*" Salary j or Perfons as {hall produce an Order from his Majefly's Lieutenant, or from the Commanding Officer of fuch Regiment or Battalion, and fuch Captain of an Independent Company, or fuch and dlfcharge the Cloah-- Perfon as (hall be by him appointed for that Purpofe, fhall pay and difcharge fuch Sums of Money mg Bills, as (hall be due and owing for or on Account of the Cloathing of the faid Militia, not exceeding the Rates herein before mentioned. VI. Provided always, and be it enacted. That where any Regiment, Battalion or Independent During the Time the Company of Militia, is or {hall be imbodied and called out into adlual Service, and thereby the ^'?°''ii^!)^ iniboditd, Officers and Private Militia Men are or fhall be intitled to the fame Pay as the Officers and Private tuajService°"a]i'pa° f.t^n Men in his Majefty's other Regiments of Foot receive, all Pay from the Receiver or Receivers Ge- the Receivers General^ neral of the Land Tax for the County, Riding or Place, to which fuch Regiment, Battalion, or to ceafe. Independent Company of Militia (hall belong, whether to the Adjutant, Serjeants, Private Militia Men, or others ; and all Money allowed as aforefaid for the contingent Expences of fuch Regi- ment, Battalion, or Independent Company of Militia ; and alfo the Allowance to the Cl€rk of fuch Regiment, or Battalion, fhall during fuch Time of actual Service ceafe, and not be paid. VII. And be it enafted. That the faid Receiver or Receivers General of the Land Tax fhall pay The Clerk of the Genera! to the Clerk of the General Meetings his Allowance, at the Rate of five Pounds five Shillings for Meetings is to be paid his each Meeting, upon his producing an Order or Orders for that Purpofe from his Majefty's Lieute- Allowance, upon pro- nant, or from three Deputy-Lieutenants ahembled at fome General Meeting or Meetings 5 and (hall LJeu'tenm &c'^*lnd the aJfo pay to each and every the Clerks of the Subdivifion Meetings their feveral Allowances, at the clerks of the Subdivifion Rate of one Pound one Shilling for each Meeting, upon his or their producing an Order or Orders Meetings, uponprodu- from one or more Deputy Lieutenant or Deputy Lieutenants afTembled in the feveral Subdivifion ^ing a like Order from Meetings ; which faid Order or Orders (hall be to the faid Receiver or Receivers General of the Sr^dS^t'l'^diS-^" h Land Tax a fufficient Difcharge for the Payment of fuch Allowances, and be allowed in his or Receivers General ' ^ their Account. VIII. Provided always, and be it enai r ^ T • ■' -n i- /• » * • i • • i • i r i countmg tor the Monies Sum required for the whole Year s Charge of the Regiment or Battalion of Militia to which fuch received by them ; Clerk (hall belong, for duly anfwering and paying fuch Sums as he (hall from time to time have re- ceived, and for duly accounting for the fame, and for Performance of the Truft hereby in him re- Eofed ; which faid Bond (hall be lodged in the Hands of the Receiver or Receivers General of the the Bonds to be lodged ,and Tax for the refpeaive County, Riding or Place, who in cafe the faid Regimental or Batta- ""''^i '^^d^'^f ["5,^1^1", lion Clerk (hall not duly perform the Conditions comprifed in the faid Bond, (hall and is hereby re- "him, &c/an Njnp'er-^ quired forthwith to put the faid Bond in Suit in the Name of his Majefty, his Heirs and Succef- formance of the Con- (ors ; the full Cofts and Charges of which Suit (hall be paid by the faid Regimental or Battalion ditions; and they are ia- Clerk, to the faid Receiver or Receivers General of the Land Tax, who (hall likewife be intitled Pitied thereupon to full to and receive to his or their own Ufe, at the Rate of five Pounds per Centum out of all fuch ^o^^f'^^^^^^^'lf^^^^ nies as (hall be by him or them recovered thereon, and (hall account for the Refidue thereof with Mone" recovered 5 the the proper Auditor of his Majefty's Revenue, the faid Receiver or Receivers General of the Land Refidue to be accounted Tax charging himfelf or themfelves therewith upon the next Account of the Land Tax to be by for to the Auditor, him or them pa(red, ^^ O 2 IX, And