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New Pennsylvania Militia Law.
.[Continued from our
Section X jind It it further mailed
by the authority aforefaid, That each of
The f id infpeftors shall on or before the
firft Monday in May next, and some time
between the firlt day and lad day of
March, in every succeeding year, ifTue
liis warrant, ditefted to the captain or
commanding officer for the time being
of each company of thefeveral battalion's,
or some other fit person in his brigade,
commanding him in the name of the
Commonwealth, to deliver to him, the
said it.fpeftor, within t n days from and
after the date of the said warrant, (on
oath or affirmation, which the faid-in.
fpeftorsaie hereby empowered to admi
nilter) a true and exact lilt of the names,
ana surnames of each and every free able
bodied white male citizen, of this or any
other of the United States, residing with
in the bounds of his company, between
the age of eighteen and forty live years,
not being such as are above declared ex
cepted from Militia duty, and lay fujh
lifts, within three days after he /hall havt
received the fame, before the brigadier
general of his brigade, who (hall there
upon divide his said brigade into regi
mental battalions and companies, in man
tier herein before directed, to each o
which he shall appoint proper diftrifts o:
local fub-divifioni, paying due regard t<
the conveniency of the inhabitants, anc
taking care that cach person be annexed t(
the numerical clafis to which he formtrh
belonged
Section XI. yind le it farther enattei
by the authority aforefaid, That the elec
tions of such officers as are by this ad(
declared to be elective, shall be made as
f llows : The several brigade infpeftori
shall, on or before the si ll Tuesday ol
June next, give notice, by ad-vertif ments
at c : ght or more of the tnoft public places
of each regiment bounds or diftrift, ap.
pointing a certain dav for cach diflrift,
nt less than ten days after the said notice,
ami requiring all the citizens enrolled in
the said regiment, and residing within the
bound*. thereof, except as is herein before
excepted, to meet at a certain place, as
■near the centre of the said diftrift as may
be, and then and there, between the hours
of ten in the morning, and fix in the after
Tl >n of the said day to elect by ballot, one
JL < utmant Colonel : and tie enrolled in
habitants of each battalion bounds refpec
tivel), shall elect by ballot as aforefaid,
or the fame, or some other day, and at
such place or places aB shall be mofl con
venient, but with the lead possible delay
one Major : a d the enrolled inhabitants
of each company bounds refpeftively,
shall elect by ballot as aforefaid, on the
fame or some other day, and at such place
or places at shall be noil convenient, but
with the least possible delay one Captain,
one Lieute lar.t, ind one Ensign ; previ
ous to which said elect-ion or elections
rclpiftivily, the said enrolled inhabitants,
fliall elect two refpeftable citizens, ro pre
side as judges thereof, who shall certify
to the ii fpeftor, the names of the persons
so elected; and cach Captain shall ap
point a suitable person for a clerk in hit
company, and the said I ifpeftor shall at
tend and fu,permt«nd each and every of
the said battal on elections, and after the
officers are elected, shall give notice there,
of to the brigadier, who shall cause th (
Lieutenant Colonels of his brigade to as.
femble together as soon as may be, to cafl
lots for rank of the regiments, and the
said Lieutenant Colonels (hail afterwards
call together the Majors and C ptains of
their refpefti-e regiments to cafl lots in
like manner for their refpeftive ranks,
and the ranks of the Lieutenant and En-
Sgns shall be determined by the ranks of
the Captains refp ftivcly, and the said
Inlpeftois ftalJ, as soon as may be, after
the officers fhaU have been elected, and
tl eir ranks ascertained, transmit proper
certificates to the Governor, of the names
of the pfrfons so as aforefaid elected, and
their ranks, in order that commissions may
b- granted to them, atcording to the said
certificates ; and elections for officers in
the Light Horse, shall be made in like
wanner as elections for officer* in the in
fantry and artillery ; and in every cafe
ofbitore vacancy, whether by death, re
flation orabfence, herein after provi
ded, the Brigadier in whose brigade such
vacancy or vacancies shall happen, shall
immediately tipon receiving notice there-
of, cause one or mors rcgimtr.t, battalion
or company ele&ions, to be held in man
ner and form aforef.iid, in order to fup
piy the fame, and (hall, when there (hall be
occasion, cause the ranks to be ascertained
and make return to the Governor, in man
ner herein before provided ; and wiiene
verany vacancy or vacancies (hall happen
as aforefaid, in any regiment, Battallion,
or Company, the commanding officer of
(uch Regiment, Battalion, t)i Company,
for the time being, (hall give im'.ediate
notice thereof to the Infpeftor of his b i
gade, that the fame may be filled up with
out less of time : and if any regiment,
battalion, troop, or company, being duly
noticed and required, as aforefaid, {hall
neglect, or refufe to e!c& their officers as
afarefaid, then it (hall and may be lawful
for the infpeftor of the brigade, to which
uich regimmt, battalion, troop, or com
pany fliall belong, to nominate* with the
approbation of tire Brigadier General,
one luiiable person to the Governor, in
the ro im of each officer so neglected to
be cho r en : and the said Governor appro
ving thereof, frail commission the said
pe son, which (halite as effectual, to all
intents and purposes, as if the laid officers
had been cle&ed as before dire&ed ; and
the said infpeftor (hall, a3 soon as r.iav be
acquaint the p : ties so ncglettin-v or re
fufing, with the appointments that (hall
have been made as aforefaid!.
Section XII. jind so it further encßed
h de authority afo'rfaid, That if any
commissioned officer (liall remove out cf
the bounds of his proper division* brigade,
battallion or company, except uithin the
city of Philadelphia (as the cafc may be)
or fliall he absent therefrom (otherwise
than oVj militia duty,) for more than fix
months, his office (hall be therelry vacated;
and if a light lwrfeman fliall remove or be
absent in like manner from the bounds of
his troop, or be appoimed or tlt<fted a
commissioned officer in any other part of
the militia, his place in the said light-horse
(hall hkewife be vacated.
fciedlion XIII. slnrt be it further enoOed
h the authority aforefaid, That every mi
litia man migrating or removing out of tl.e
bounds of one battalion or company to an
other, fh, 11 apply to the commanding of
ficer of tie company to which he diu
helong, who fli -11, give trim a discharge,
certify the class to which lie belongs, and
whether he has served his tour cf duty or
not, and the time snd date of (aid feivice
which certificate, the said militia wan
fnall produce to the captain or commanding
officer of the company in whose bounds
lie next fett!e», within ten days after his
s ettlement, :nd the said captain or com
manding officer is hereby required to en
roll him in the class fp«cifieil in the said
certificate.
Section XIV. /trd be it JartLer cnaSed
by the authority aferefai-d, Tliat the whole
of the Militia of this state (hall be fubjeft
to be mustered and exercised in regiments
& in companies, by their r. fpeftive officers
in the Autumn or Fall season qf every year
on the days h. rein after dated, to wit, in
regiments as follow, the firll regiments
of each and every brigade in the Com.
monwealth fliall be exercised on the third
Monday in the month of O&ober, th e
second regiments on the Tuesday follow.
ing, the third regiments on the Wedncf
nefday following, and so on, according tc
their numerical rank, on every day in the
week, (Saturdays and Sundays excepted)
until the whole number of regiments fha j
have mustered and exercised in the afore
faid manner, and the several regiments
fliall meet and cxercife in companies on
the firft Monday in the month of Octo
ber, and the Militia fliallbe, and is hereby
indemnified and excufeJ (rom muflering
and exercising cn any other days than
those enumerated in this act.
Se£tion XV. Sir.d he it fur/her enaEed
ly the authority afnrcfatd, That if any com
miffioued officer (hall, withotit a lawful ex
cufe, negle& or lefuie to attend on any of
the daysherem before appointed forexercif
if a field officer he (hall forfeit & pay thefum
of four dollars,& every other commissioned
officer fliall fotfeit and p >y the sum of two
dollars,& every non-commissioned offictror
private, so neglecting orrtfufing to attend,
(hall forfeit and pay the sum of one dollai
for every such negleCt or tefufal, except
such cemmiffiened officer, non commif
fioned officer and pr.vates w-ho (hall be
summoned, and actually attending on any
of the days of exercise aforefaid, ap a juro
or witness, in any comt within this Com
monwealth.: and the. fame fines, (liali
he refpeftively paid by every officer, t*>n-
eomm (Honed officer or prvtc, v.-!;o fliall
'eave the parade on a day of e::ercif--, be,
fore the regiment or c impEny is difchargec"
withoi t leave si ft had and obtained oi
the officer cotnii anding.
Sedtion XVI /ind be it further enaaer
by the authority iifor£jaid t In order to afcei -
uin those persons who by their abfenct
on the day- of cxerc.fe, (hall h3vc incar.
red the fines above mention d, a fergean:
or the < lerk of the company fhail, on everj
such day, in the pre encc of the Captair
or commanding officer of the company
at the end of one hour after the time ap
pointed lor the meeting of tlie Company
or regiment, and aifo afier the exe'cife i
over, and before the men are
call over a mi: Iter roll of the -Company
noting these who are cbfent, and a re
turn fliall be made, cn the fame cr follow
ing clay offuch abfemees which fhali b<
signed by t!>c Sergeant or Clerk, a,nd b\
the Captain or the commanding office!
if the toip'pany, and shall, within ten day:
:hereafter, if a regimental meeting, or ii
i company meeting, within ten days as ei
:ke next regimental meeting, be returnee
oy the said Captain or commanding offi
cer of the company, upon his oath cr as
firmation, to the Infpettor of the brigade
under the penalty of fifty dollars far eve
ry time he fliall refnfe or negledt tc
make such return, and if any of the fjic
nbfentees fliall have been unable to attend,
from, fickncfd or unavoidable neceffirv
and fliall ivithin the space of eight dayi
nest after the day of cxercife, itate hi:
cafe, by himfelf or his friend to the fait 1
captain or •commanding officer of the
company, and fjtisfjr him of the truth
thereof, then tlrefaidcaotain or command
mg office of rhe company, shall mentior
n his said return, the particular reasons
if excuse which each absentee shall hav;
Tiade appear to his fatisfa&ion, and the
nfpeftor, on fight of the said return, fha'i
idmit every such excuse «.s fha 1 appeal
o him reasonable, without favour 01
partiality, a :d remit the fines accordingly
>ut tio ei.cule flull be received at any olhi i
ime, or in any other manner thanisabovt
jrefcribed.
CTo be continued'}
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