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 628 C. 20. Anno feciindo Georgii III. A. D. 1761, or chofen in like manner Private Militia Men are by tiiis A(3: direfted to he provided or chofen: And all the additional Men as is direfted in other {q provided or chofen, or their Subftitutes (to be appointed as Subftitiitcs are required to be by this Numb'er^rettkdXiii be ^^^ ^"^ Voluntiers, fhall take the Oath by this Act required to be taken, and /hall refpcaivcly be lefs than is appcinted by mrolled,^ or fign their Confent to ferve in the Militia, ui the (zme Manner as is directed, and Ihall theAcV, ' be fubject, In cafe of Refufal, to the fame Penalties as are in like Cafes inflitSted bythis AtSl: And where the Number of Private Militia Men fo fixed and fettled as aforefaid, {hall be' refpeclive'iy leis than the Numberof Private Militia Men who fhall be, by virtue of this Acl, appointed to ferve for tht: Supernumeiaries any County, Riding or Place, then, and in fuch Cafe, his Majefty's Lieutenant together with any ftiall bediicharged by ^^q qj. j^^qj-^ Deputy Lieutenants, and on the Death or Removal, or in the Abfence of his Majefty's Lieutenant, any three or more Deputy Lieutenants, fhall, at a General Meeting to be held for that Purpofe, difcharge by Lot proportionably out of each refpective Hundred, Rape, Lath, Wapentake,, or other Divifion, fo many Private Militia Men as fhall exceed the Number fo fixed and fettled as aforefaid. Wticre the Numbers to LXXV. And be it enafled. That in cafe it fhall at any Time appear to his Majefh-'s Lieutenant be railed (haJl appear at ^j^j ^^^^ ^^ j^^j.^ Deputy Lieutenants, or on the Death or Removal, or in the Abfence of his a Geneial Meetins to t r • n > t ■ ^ - ^ >.i- ta ^ t • «. ^ c /-> t.- i- rCI have been unequally or Majefty s Lieutenant, _ to any three or more Deputy Lieutenants of any County, Riding or Place, erroneouHy cpportloned at their General Meeting, that the Diflribution by them made of the whole Number of Militia Men tiie f.nme is become un-' Majcfly's fald Lieutenant and any two or more Deputy Lieutenants, or on the Death or Removal, or equal, &c. the Ld. Lieu- in the Abfencc of his Majefty's Lieutenant, for any three or more Deputy Lieutenants to make a tenant and Deputies m.-y new and more equal Diflribution of fuch Number as aforefaid among the faid feveral Hundreds, TiH Di"^ib^'"'^ ^°'^ Rapes, Lathes, Wapentakes, or other Divlfions, according to the Method prefcribed by this Ad for anrraiie^and"di°"charse "^^king the original Dlftrlbution, and to caufe fuch additional Number of A-len to be provided or Men ctnrormabie there- chofen, or fuch Number to be difcharged out of thofe before provided or chofen for each refpective to- Hundred, Rape, Lath, Wapentake, or other Divifion, as fliall become necefiary in confequence of fuch new Dlftrlbution, in like manner as is by this Ad prefcribed to be done, where the fame fliall become necefTary in confequence of the Accounts tranfmitted from his Majefty's Privy Council. SeijeantandMiiitiaMan LXXVL And be It enaded. That no Serjeant or Private Man fervlng in the Militia fhall, during exempted trom Statute- the Time of fuch Service, be liable to do perfonally any Highway Duty, commonly called Statute- v.crliand Parifh Orhces;, , . , ' -p. aT/t- n ■ n rrr ii-ii r • ri- and from beine obliged ^"''^> or be appointed to lervc as a reaceUjncer or rariln Ufhcer, or be liable to ferve m any of his Toi'crve in his Maic-fty's Majefty's Land or Sea Forces, unlefs he fhall confent thereto. j.and or Sea Forces. LXXVH. And be It enaded. That in cafe any Private Man fervlng In the Militia, fhall on the Militii Man falling fick March, or at the Place where he fhall be called out to Annual Exercife, be dlfabled by Sicknefs, it on a March, or at the (^.([ .^^^ ^f^^y i^e lawful for any one Juftice of the Peace of the County, or any Mayor or Chief Ma-. as DV c the Place; and the Ex- the Parifh where fuch Militia Man fhall then receive fuch Relief, Which fhall be allowed in theij: renceistobereimburfed Accounts, upon producing the above Order. by his proper Pariih. j r i o ^''^"'^"h'liatil^oTrve LXXVIIL And be it enaded, That no Perfon having ferved perfonally or by Suhftltute three again^but^inRotation?* Years in the Militia, fliall be obliged to ferve again, until by Rotation it comes to his Turn. The fame Liberty is LXXIX. And be it enaded, That every Man having ferved in the Militia when drawn out and r^n^'^mrrrkd arfdYm" embodied, being a married Man, may fet .> and exercife any fuch Trade as he is apt and able for, bcd^e^d!^"f!t up Trades '" any Town or Place within the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, without any Let, Suit, or wi'hin'creat Britain or Moleftatlon of any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, for or by reafon of the ufing (uch Trade, as Ireland, freely, and with the fame Provifions, and under the fame Regulations, and with the like Exception in refped to the two Univerfitles of that Part of Great Britain called Ejiz^and, as any Mariner or Sol- by Aft 22 Geo. i. dier may do by an Ad pafled in the tvventy-fecond Year of his late Majefty's Reign, intituled. An 4':. is granted to Ma- jj^i to enable Jud) Officers, Mariners and Soldiers as have been in his Majejiy's Service fence his Accejfion to r.ncrs or Soldiers. the Throne, to exercifeTradcT. Miltia Man, if unem- LXXX. And be It cnadcd. That no Private Militia Man fhall be intltlcd to his Clothes for his bodied, isnctintitled to own Ufe, until he fhall have ferved for the Space of three Years, if the Regiment or Battalion in l.is Clothes, till he has ^vhlch he fcrvcs fhall be unembodied ; but if fuch Regiment or Battalion in which he ferves fhall be ImbodiLytheVare'to'be^^^" ^"^^ ^"<^ embodied, the Clothcs fliall, at the End of one Year, be applied in fuch Manner as appiiid to' his vk at the the Colonel or Commanding Officer of his Regiment or Battalion fhall judge bcft for the Ufe of fuch End of I Year. Militia Man. Overecrs are to pay oit LXXXL And be it cnaded, That if any Militia Man who fhall have been accepted and inrolled cffhePocrR.ucs, byOr- as a Subftitute, hlied Man Or Voluntier, before the twcnty-lecond Day oi May one thoufand feven ^Z °y!] 'Aliowlw^to^the li'J"<l''ed and fixty, or if any A^ilitia Man who fliall have been chofen by Lot, whether before or after riftrc(LdFami?iMof°iu;h ^^^ twenty- fecond Day of May one thoufand kv<ii hundred and fixty, ihall, when embodied, and Men embodied and called called out into adual Servicc, and ordered to march, leave a Family un ible to fiipport themfelves, the oi't, as <hall have been Overfecr or Ovcrfciers of the Poor of the Parifli, "Fythin^ or Townfliip, where the Family of fuch ^^"Z^" w'°'' '"u°j Militia Man ftiuJl dwell, fhall, by Order of fomc one Juiticc of the Peace, out of the Rates for the fuih Subftitulej, hired j j j, j Relief 3