The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-08-25 00:00:00, page 6

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insign with a sWord, every serjeant and
corporsid W a sword and halberd, under
the penctlty of twenty shillings-z all the said
time to be levied by a court-martial, and
appropriated to the purchasmg arms and
' Qm'munition for,,the use of suCh as are not
. ibfi to rocure the same.
sisi' " And e it farther ordained, that the
- 'soldiers shall be allowed six mouths after
" icnlifflng to provide themselves with arms,
- And, in the mean time shall bring with
"them such arms as they have, under the
ss_ siyetlplty of fivessshilling, to be inflicted by
=- si'asscourt-martbd; and that all arms of the
" ' (militia shall be exempted from executions
*j*- " dflsslistresses, and all officers and soldiers shall
lside enempted from arrests in civil cases,
;?si "ling their continuance a going to and
si si'l'eturn from musters .
on
W- ' "And be it farther oraamea, tnat If any
i{ib-'e'nsmpted miller or overseer shall presume
.' ""to appear at any master of the militia or
minate-men, or in any master field, on
HadthiY'day on which such master shall be
ss Psissctl pointed, the party so offendiug shall sor
Ef',ss and paysitwenty shiilings, to be asses
Wed upon him by the next court-martial,
'sisssix upon a certificate of the offence to them
'ss'ZYisi made, b the captain or chief- officer pre—
_ sent at ach mutter, or the information,
ma oath, of any nerson whatsoever, and
'ajbvsiled, accounted for, and appropriated,
the same manner as the other hues or
- I red by the court-martial. And that all
si 'zzfissnel and penalties incurred by insants or
;sifflrvants, for breach or ne lect of duty
hit} any particular service by is ordinance
A required ofthem,_ shall be paid by the tpa
pss rent, guardian, or master, of such in ant
{siffsi servant: and is the breach or neglectof
5 servants is not occasioned by their
-si__wasten influence or direction, then the
, - fine: incur-red by them, and so paid by
& " masters, shall be repaid to their mas
si_ si {bathe farther service of such servants
" timel they are bound to serve
' .fctpster 't
sssi'sslctil'e ex red.
\' " be it farther ordained, that is any
fool r, appointed by a court-martial,
,? shall refuse to called the fine: imposed by
si si such court-martial, after having under
}. laid!) the same. he shall sorseit and pay
si (me hundred pounds} and is any collector
refuses, or unreasonably delays, to pay
'_ In fine: b him collected to the recewer
who shall e appointed bya court-wartin],
si;- lctn shctl" sorseit and pay double the amount
If thereof.
) 'psiisi-si- All lb itsarthcr ordained, that the se
" fist-al mllitia officer: to be appointed, be
, ' * fqre th enter on_ the execution of their
sizssfflen, l ]] tak the following oath, to
i be;
admil'listere fore the committee,
l
si' city", or borough of the county, to wit :
!- Bssio shlmp-s-wear, that ] will be
si
faithful and true to the caloryl and domi
. ' him of Virginia, that ] will well and truly
* execnte the office Jcounty-lieutmant of the
! count}! of (or the office oj
si k
. at the case may be) accord
ls, is; to the best, of ny skill and judgment.
sisi' _ So help me 6 0 D.
'ffssw " nd be it farther-ordained, that every
" ty-lieutenant, colonel, licutcnzmt-co
sssi " el, major, and cap'tain, at the time ol
_ holding every court-martial, and before
sisi holding the same, shall take the following
{? oath, siwhlch shall he first adminillered bfY
-ss the next in command to the presiding o -
si sicer then present, and then be byhim ad
sisisi mlnistcffltothc resiostheofficers, to wit:
; A. B. das-wear, that I will do equal
*ct right and justice to all men, according to
QZ-siflle arisnance of the General Com-si'utian by
which ] am appointed to this oj/ice.
. So he!]: me 6 0 1).
And every person nccepting a commissmn
in the milith, who shall neglect or rcsuse
to qualifv himself to act under the. same,
by t [king the oath before-montioned, at
the nen meeting ns'thc committee ns his
county, city, or borough, after receiving
hiecommisiion, ei'ery such person shall
forscit and pay the sum of five pounds.
And be it farther orddined, that the fincs
impnscd by this ordin'ance on ,the chief
ofliccr s or not enlist'mg the men in lxidlbun
?, and-on the commanding-oflicer pre
ent in the' county for not appointing
general musters, shall be to the use of the
county, for providin arms, and shall
and may be rocovere before -a court
martial.
And be it farther ordained, that all offi
cers sailing to attend a court-martial shall
be subject to the same penaltiesi as the
chief oilicer For not appointing general
mullers; provided, if no court-martial is
held immediately as.'er the next general
master, then by the ncxtsuccecding court
martial.
Provided alway:, that nothing in this
ordinance contained shall extend, or be
construed to extend, to the inhabitants of
the ("it as Williamshurg or borough of
'. NorsolK, so as to oblige them to mulier
or serve in the militia out of the said city
or borough; but that such inhabitants
shall be enlisted and trained within the li
nctits of the said city and horough, in the
saide manner as is directed by this ordinance ,
but under a colonel, ?. mujor, and the ne
cessary number of captains and other osii
cers, ' all of whom shall he nominated b
the eommittees osthe said city and borougii
respectively, and commishoned b the
Committee os Safet . And the sai mili-si
tia officers, as- wel as soldiers, shall be
liable to all the penalties before directed
to be inflicted on the officers and soldiers
in the caunties either for neglect of duty
ormishehaviour, in any respect whatsoever,
to be adjud ed by the courts of huslings
both in the aid city and borough, with
out whosc orders and (liiections neither
of the said 'militias shall at any time be
obliged to march out of the said city or
borough.
And be it farther omit-"ned, that the
commanding-ofllcer ol the militia ofevery
county, of sihe citv of Williamlburg, and
borough of Norsulk, shallsinppoint so m-ctny
patrollers, ashe ma think ht, under pro
per ca tains, who hall r<ceive a reason
able a lowance for their trouble, at the
laying of every county levy.
And be it farther ordained, that all Qna
kers, and the people called Menonists,
shall be exempted from servin in the
militia, agreeable to the severzsi acts of
the General Assembl of this colony made
sorssttheir relief and mdulgence in this res
pec . '
And be it farther ordained, that if the
officers and militia should at any time be
called out into actual service, they shall be
under the same rules and n'egwtlations, be
subject to the same penalties, and shall re
ceive the same pav, as are appointed,
prescribed, and allowed, to anchor the
regulars and their officers. -
And be it . farther ordained, that the
court-martial of every eoumy, city, and
borough, in this colony, shall as,]wziut
some person, not being a member of such
court, to receive all the militia llt't's in
slicted by this ordinance; who, betorc he
enters into the execution ufhis office, ib.-.ll
shall give bond, with sufficient security,
payahle to the membersnl the silll (sin.-t .
sitting-at the time the sansite shall he et ts. rss-zl
into and taken, and their suant-zzzs,
with condition for the due paynu-nt n: ;;11
monies that shall come to his h :nsslsi- h-ss
virtue of his skill office, \'\'lll("l1ldct:11-sil g'._ct._1]
not l)('C()'11C vuizl on the first l'ecmsi- si, , ,
may be prnsccuutl and put in ll.i*'
time to time, hv and utthccni'. w '.
ges in the, l\\\' of any tmrtv or nsiy-rss \
juretl, un'il the whole penalty 'sss -
nlCllllOlll'd shall he ru meied Av-'
l'("C( ivt-r here-sister so he ;ttipointed '
or (ll'lLlY to account \\ in I! the (" cturt-n!
or to apply the money by him recsiiiet.
he shall he directed, after dcducting at the
rate of five per cent, which he shall be
allowed for his trouble by the court-mur
tial, that them upon motion or complaint '_
m' to the county court, or court of '
hushngl us the city of Williamiburg -
or borough of Norlssolk, respectively, by
any officer or soldier of the militia against
such receiver, such court- shall give jud >ct-'
ment and award execution ;: gainst him and
sccurities, his cxccuiors, or adminilirators,
. I'
let the same, and cause the money to be
appropraitcd to the uses directed by thiz or
dinance, in such manner as the court-mar—
tial shall appoinc; provided, that such
receives, and his sccuritics, their executors,
or administrators, have ten days previous
notice'os such motion.
And" be it fizrthcsir ordained, that this
ordinance shall, by commend of each
colonel, be publickly read at the head of
his regiment, as soon as the lame. is em
bodied and formed, and once in six months
thereafter, under the penalty of one hun
dred pounds, to be paid by such colonel
for every neglect ; and the same shall also
be publickly read at every meetingssof &
battalion of the minute-men in each dis
trict, and at every general master, by the ss
order of the colonel, county-lieutenansst,
or chief ollicer then present, under the '
penalty of" one hundred pounds, to be
paid by any such oflicer'sor every neglect.
And whereas it is declared bx this ordi—
nance, that four hundred and twc nty five
men, under proper officers, shall be {iati- :
oned at the several sorts upon the h-ontiers ,
of, this colony, ]! i: hereby ordained, that ;
as soon as the treaty of eace shall be con
cluded with the leveralltribes of lndians
borderin on the weltem parts of this co
lony, it shall be in the power of the Com
mittee of Saset , if the Convention is ma
sitting, to dishand the whole, or such
part thereof as to them shall seem most
expedient and consistent with the good of si
this colony.
Auous'r 21, 1775.
Read a third time, passed unanimoufly,
and published by order of the Convention.
no. c. Nxcnousis, president.
(A coPy) -
Yohn Tazcwcll, clerk of the Convention.
w 1 L L 1 A M_s B UR G, Augustzyss
AST suturclay, about : o'clock, the
bon. PEYTON RANDoLPn, esq: with
his lady, arrived at his house in this city,
from Richmond, the gentlemen of the
Convention haiing recommended it to
him to retire for the present from the
satigne of business, on account'olsssi his be
ing mu-ssh indisposed, and as the time of
his departure for the General Continental
Congress was nearly approaching. He
was escorted into town by :: troop of the
W'illiamshurg voluntetsirs, and received
at the college by all the voluuteer compa
nirs now here under urms,4who, as well
as ;: gie-at number of the inhabitants, at
tended him to his own door, where they
}_"'u'c lssi-n three chcers, williing him and-.
his lex-ly .ui msiinterruptcd enjoyment of,
every li;lss=city. " ' \
\-*\ e lnve the pleasure to insorm the
r-z'dhssu, that his Hc-nour is grea'ly re
, ...crz-l since his return home, and in—
tz-nlx' sittifzpj out next sond-ay morning
lul' {'liil Hi- l}>'.zi.i.
l'ctsss-zzrk'r (lucre: Nicnouls, esh',
va.-:s un zuimoully electecl P.*:ii:len:os1hc
('w'w-si-n'siiw !, . uring the illtlilssj'lolixissi'l or
;Jss'P- '('P (n'sitlic llUZi- Pi-LYTUI; liAsiDuLPH,
*" tss'. i-z'ct' si'. lsi'l , in contention, the
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'ct - ->!si lsi- :\ , xix. [V.-I
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