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WHEREAS ithas been found by experience
that frequent calls of the Militia hath proved
very inconvenient to the good people of this
State, and especially in feed time and harvest, when their
utmo'ft exertion is requisite for the cultivating of their
lands, and gathering in the produce thereof ;
For remedy whereof, and that a body of men may be
railed and equipped for the defence of this State,
Beit enaded, and it is hereby enabled, by the Repre
sentatives ofthe Freemen of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania in General Assembly met, and by the authority
ofthe fame, That each and every company of Militia
within thia State, shall on or before the fifteenth day of
June next, provide or hire one able bodied man, not less
than eighteen, or more than forty-five years of age, to be
formed into a corps fcr the above purpose, which flhall
be known and diflingukhed by the name of the Pennsyl
vania Volunteers.
Provided always, That no deserter from the British
army, or from the army or navy of the United States, or
any waggoner actually engaged for any time in the ser
vice of laid States, shall be inlifted or shall pals mufler in
the said corps, of which requisites and exceptions the
Lieutenant or Sun Lieutenant of the city, county or dif
trifl for which inch Volunteer shall be procured, shall be
judge,'
And that the terms and continuance of innftment may
be fully known and understood, Be it further enacted by
the authority aforefaid, That every person engaged in
said service, shall fignan inliftment in the following terms
viz. " I A. B having engaged to serve as a Penufyl
« vania Volunteer for the company of
« th e battalion of Militia of the coun
<< ty of in the State of Pehufylvania, do
" hereby engage to be true and faithful in toe t id fir rice,
“ until the fifteenth day of January next, unlek sooner
“ difeharged, and to be obedient to the authority of said
“ State, and my superior officers according to the rules
“ and difcipliue of war, and the eflabhlhment of the
“ corps in which lam now entered." Wb':b said inlift
ment signed by two witnesses, shall be transmitted by the
Captainur Commanding Officer of such company, to the
Lieutenant or Sub-Lieutenant within whose jwrifditlion
such company may be within two days next thereafter,
who, within three days after the receipt thereof, shall
transmit a certified copy of such inliftmeut, to the com
manding officer of that part of the said corps raised with
in his jurifdiaion, and shall also transmit therewith an
erder to said officer, to rendezvous his men so inlifted
with all possible expedition at a certain day and place,
that they may pass muster and proceed on service.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That if any taxable person enrolled in any company of
Militia within this State, or any other taxable inhabitant
residing within the limits of said company, shall negteT
or refute to pay into the hands of the commanding officer
of the company, a proportionable there of the sum ne
ceff try to hire and procure such Volunteer, then the Lieu
tenant of said company and two Freeholders chosen for
that purpose by a majority of the fame, shall assess and
levy a proportional part of said sum, on such person or
perlons so refufing, having due regard to the ability of
each person as well officer as private: And the Lieute
nant or Sub Lieutenant of the city and county where such
person or perlons may reside, shall issue his warrant, and
cause the fame to be levied as the Militia fines and penal
ties are levied and colleaed.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That if any company of Militia of this State shall neglect
or refufe to furnilh fuchVoluuteer, the Captain or com
manding officer thereof, shall and he is hereby authoriz
ed and required to hire or furnilh a volunteer as aboye for
such company, and with the assistance of two Freeholders
assess and levy the hire of such Volunteer, with the ex
penceand charges of levying and collecting the fame on
all taxable inhabitants residing within the limits of said
company: And in case the Captain or commanding offi
cer of any such company refufe or neglect so to do; or if
any company Should be without such officer, then the Lieu
tenant or Sub-Lieutenant, where the fame shall happen,
shall with all convenient speed, hire or procure such vo
lunteer, and annex him to his refpedive corps, and shall
charge the whole expence of procuring such volunteer,
on said company ; and shall cause the fame to be levied
and collected, as other fines and penalties are directed to
be, by the Militia Law of this State.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That the President or Vice-President in Council is here
ty authorized and impowered to organize and form the
said Volunteers into one or more regiments cr corps, as
in his diferetion he foall think necessary ; and arm and
equip them with the public arms of this State, and ap
point and commission such and so many officers from each
county, as such establishment may require; which said
An A C T\for the greater Ease of the
Militia, and the more speedy and effed
ual Defence of this State.
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officers, non-commissioned officers and privates fhallre
ceive the fame pay and rations as the troops for the time
aforefaid shall receive in the Federal army. - ~
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid.
That the several Captains or commanding officers of the
companies ofMilitia shall notify their refpeaive companies
to meet on or before the fifteenth day c,f June next, to car
ry the said Aft as far as it con crus them into execution ;
and every person neglecting or reiufing, dial! be liable to
the fame fines and penalties as iv directed for non atten
dance on muster days, by the Militia Law of this State.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid,
That if any person so engaging as a Volunteer, and being
required by the Lieutenant or Sub-Lieutenant of the city
or of any county of this State, to march to the place of
rendezvous, shall negled or refufe so to do, or shall with
draw himfelf cr defect from the said service, or fell or em
bezzle the arms or accoutrements, cr any part of them
provided for him as aforefaid, such Volunteer shall be fub
jeQ to such pundhincuts as are inflided fcr the lik? offen
ces in the Fee Jeral army ; the triT to be had as is directed
by the Militia Law of this State.,
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That if any Lieutenant cr Sub-Lieutenant of the city or
any county of this State, shall neglect or refufe to do the
duties of him or them herein required, they shall be fined
for every such offence at the diferetion ofthe P^efident or
Vice President in Council: And if any Captain or Lieu
tenant or commanding officer of any company, or any
person appointed to assess sr collect the charge of hire of
any ofthe said Volunteers, neglect or refufe to do the du
ties required of them according to the directions of this
AH, they shall be fined by the Lieutenant of Sub Lieute
nant of the city or county where the offence foil hap
pen, as Collectors of tee Public State Tax are or may
be, on negleCt or refufal to do the duties of them required#
And be it further enaded by the authority aforefaid.
That the President or Vicc-Prefirient in Council is hereby
authorifed to issue such orders to the Commissioners of
Purchase, cr other person in an, county of this State, as
may be nectiLry for the proper fubfiftance of said troops
while continued in service.
And be it further enided by the authority aforefaid,
That all persons engaged in this corps of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, fh>ll be exempted from being charged witii
or paying any State or other tax levied during the time
of their service as above.
Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall
be construed or underflood to prevent the reduction or
difeharge of the said Volunteers, by 'he President, or Vice-
President in Council, at any time before the expiration of
the term of inliftmeot.
WHEREAS since the third reading of this Aft,
frefli information of the increasing dangers and distresses
which the inhabitants of the frontier counties are exposed
to from the incursions of the Indians, has been laid before
this Assembly, from which there is reason to conclude
that one man to be railed from each company of Militia,
as provided for in the former part of this Act, will not be
fufficient to answer the good purposes expected therefrom,
Tnerefore,
Be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid, That
one other volunteer be hired by each company of Mili
tia within this State, in addition to the one already direc
ted to be raised, at the time and place, and in the man
ner as is herein before directed ; and that all and ever, part
of this Aft th 11 be confirued to extend to the said addin
onal Volunteers, as fully as if this ACt had above directed
that each and every company oi the Militia within this
State should provide or hire two able-bodied men.
JOHN BAYAR D, Speaker.
Enacted into a Law, at Philadelphia,
on Friday the twenty-sixth day of
May, Anno Domini, One thousand
seven hundred and eighty.
THOMAS PAINE,
Clerk of the General Assembly.
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For Loan-Office Certificates,
A PLANTATION about 70 miles from the ci
ty, in Berks county, containing 200 acres of land,
34 acres cleared, seventeen acres of meadow watered,
part of it is already made, a good garden, good log
houfe, with three rooms on a floor, a new barn, stabling
for horses and cattle, and several other out-buildings.
The place is well watered and timbered 1 The situation
pleasant and wholesome; a meeting, a grist-mill, saw
mill, and limestone in the circumference of four miles.
For particulars enquire of the Printer.
Strayed, fifteen days ago, a little brown C 0 W, part
of her hind foot, tail and belly white. She is poor and
young. Whoever secures said Cow, lh#li have a reward
of S xty Dollars, by applying ^s above.'
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ADVERTISER,
A few Reams of small
Cannon Cartridge Paper,
TO BE S o l'd BY
JO H N.. D U N. L A P,
Just Published and to be Sold, by
FRANCIS BAILEY,
In Market street, Philadelphia,
A TABLE of FRENCH VERBS, auxili
' aries, regulars, and irregulars, conjugated through
out ail their tenses and moods, and shewing how to form
their simple tenses from their infinitive mood, and how
to find their infinitive mood from their terminations ;
Together with remarks on ,ar iculars irregularities,
inferitud to the American Philosophical Society, by Mr.
Carre.
- This table if particularly calculat'd for the use of the
Colleges, $ Look and Academies where the French lan
guage is taught, and it is not only fit for beginners, but
even for perfohs who have already acquired a conGdsrg
bie knowledge of the French tongue ; the numheHeG ir
regularities of th^ French verbs being leld m well known,
even by the natives, this table thews them all in a mt it
(lifting manner, and one may at a single glance find
out ary irregularity of any particular verto.
Philadelphia, Mav 25,
NOTICE is hereby given that on Wed
nesday the 7th of June next, at two o'clock in the
afternoon at the Continental yaid, the corner of Chef
nut and Seventh Greets, will beSOLD at PUBLIC
SALE, for path only, SIX MARES, fume with
Cohs and so me hot foaled. L<kewife Several worn down
Horles by order of the Q M. G.
JACOB HILTZHEIMER.
Nicholas Brooks,
Has for S AL E,
At his Picture and Jewellery Shop, in Second
freet. the fourth door above Black-horse Alley, the
following MEDICINES, viz.
JESUITS BARK of the very firft quality,
Jalop, Ipecac tiana, Glauber and Epfem Salt, Flour
qfSulphur, Manna, Sago, SBlop, Sena, Opium, Tay
tar-Emaiic, Roman Vitriol, best Sw+et Oil, belt Toota
Powder, Hungarian Balsamic Oil, or the Cripple Curing
Oil, Anderson's or Scoth Pills, Bateman's Droops, Bri
tiih Oil, Hooper's Female P@B, Turlington's Ba. Lin
of Life, Kyfer's famous Pills, bring the fafeft and sue
rest cure for a certain disease ; Dr. Ryan's incompara
ble Worm destroying [Sugar Plumes, with lull d Acti
ons for their ule.,
Likewise the celebrated Harlem Oil, with fu ! l dirfai
oro for taking it --There is nothing exceeds this mede
cin in the gravel and stone, bruises, pains in the rains,
thickness of blood, all black and blue foots, all kinds
of fevers and indilpofi ions of the stomach, liver, lights,
or lungs, asthma, shortness of breath, cough, inward
or outward lores, restoring to the face a frefh and win le
fome coiour ; it likewise cures the feurvy, the drepfy,
breaking out in the face, megrims, giddiness and head -
akes; kkewife a great strengthener of the fight. Many
other fine cures have been performed by this famous
medicine, as will appear in the dire&ion given with each
bottle.
Likewise may be had Pictures, Maps, Jewellery,
Silk and Thread Stockings. Likewise Black-Bill,
which, wh-n laid on (hoes or hoots, appears of a fin#
japan'd black, and will not foil the whitest (lockings,
and is a great prefervator of the leather.
ALL perfens indebted to the eft^te of Capt. Patrick.
4 Barry, deceased, are requeued to make immedi
ate payment, and all those that have any demands againit
the said estate, are desired to brin^ in their accounts pro
perly attested.
JOHN BAR R Y, Administrator.
May 24.
T O BE SO L D, "
An ELEGANT SPINNET,
Enquire at Mrs. O WINGS, Corner
of Dock and Walnut-streets.
A Gentleman who has for many yea's devoted his
time to the study of the Hillcry of North America,
would be much obliged to any person having in his pc G
hffion, a printed Journal of the Rev Jenkins Jones,
Mifficn among the Indians, to favour him with the pe
rusal, by leaving the Book with the Printer, of which
great care will be ukin, and it will be returned (peedi-
Fy with thanks.
TH E
JUNE 6, 1780.