The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1810-04-17

The State House, the ots OF Apfll, 1910, tie
following Resolutions acre passed unani-
nonsiy ttt ssfsr t
fs, Ressived, That the Charter Of shis
Company be published in the RAods-Isiand
Rets6acan, In order that those young men,
who may have desire of joining a Military
Company. may bc'fully acquainted with the
ground on which this Company stands.
M trh CHARTER.
the preservation Of this State
IN Time Of war, depends, under the Supreme
Dipt ser OF events, upon the military skill
and Discipline OF the inhababi,ants and a
number of the inhabitants Of .Nswhort, znomas-
~. .SfaH, and others, have freely offered them
selves to begin, and with such others as shall
be added TO them, to form Military Compa-
ny, and by their humble petition, have prayed
this Assembly to grant them a Charter, with
such privileges, and immunities, and under
such restrictions and limitations, Is the As
sembly shalt think proper.
WHEREFORE, this Assembly, for the
reasons and considerations aforesaid, and in
order to give all due encouragement TO SO
laudable s useful design,have ordained,con-
stitted, land grantcd,and DOLBY these presents,or
dain,conslitute, and grant,that they,the said Pc
siioners saforename,l,togcthcr with such others
as shall be hereafter added TO them. mot ex-
cecding the number Of one hundred, exclu-
sive Of oiiicers) Be, aid they are hereby de-
clared TO be, an IxpEPESDENr MILITARY
coMPAsY, by the name Of The .vEJYPORT
by that name shall have perpetual succession;
and shall have and enjoy all the rights, privi-
ieges, and powers in this grant, hereafter
mentioned.
is,. 1t is granted unto said Company, that
they, or the greater nu,nscr Of them, shall,
and may, snce in every year, that is to say, on
the last zsesdcy in April, meet and assemble
themselves together, in some convenient
placeby them appointed, then and there to
choose their own officers, viz. one Captain,
two l.ieu,enants, ono Ensign, and all other
officers necessary for training, disciplining,
and we'll ordering of the said Company, at
which election, no officer shall be chosen,
but by the greater number Of voters then
present the Captain, Lieutenants, and En-
sign, to be approved by the Govcrnour, for
the time being, and shall be commissioned Ia
the same manref, that other military officers
in this State, are.
Z "a. That the said Company, shall be oblir-
ed to meet for exercising, vt least four times
In every year, upon penalty Of paying to, and
for the use of sand Company, the following
fines, viz. the Captain for every days neg-
lect,,ten dofiars the Lieutenants and En-
sign, each fve dollars /; the Clerk, Sergeants,
and Corporals, each tAree doilors and pri-
vafe, tsvo doAars 10 be levied by warrant
Of riistrsss, from the Cxptixn,.sr suprsiour
officer Of said Company, foEthe time being,
directed 70 the Clerk. And shall have lbcr-
ty to meet and exercise themselves upon such
other dsyss as often AZ they shall think ncccs-
sary, and not to be subject to the orders and
directions Of the colonel or other officers Of
the rcgiment In whose district they live.
Cd, That the said Company, or the great
cr number of them, shall have power to
make such rules and orders, amongst them
selves, as they shall think necessary to pro-
mote the end Of the establishment ard lay
such fines and iorGeiiurcs upon any Of their
own Company, for the breach OF any such
rules and orders, as they shall think proper,
80 rs The same exceed no: the sum Of three
dollars, for any one offence and also shall
have full power to icvyythe said fines and for.
feitures, which they shalt impose, .6yx war
rant of distress from the Captain or superb
our officer Of said Company, for the time be- |.
ing, directed to the Clerk.
4th. That all those who shall be, duly in.
listed into this Company, so long as they con-
tjnue therein, shall be exempted from bear
ing arms, or dong military duty, (watching
and warding excepted) in the several COM
panics or train-bands, in whose district they
respectively live, except such as, At the time,
be officers in any Of the said companies.
5th. That the commissioned officers Of
said Company, from time to time, shall be Of
the court martial, and council OF war, in the
regiments in whose districts they live.
9th. That if any officer or officers Of said
Company shall be disappro,ed Of by the Gov.
ernour, or shall remove out OF the said town
Of Nesshorf, or shall be taken away by death,
that then, or in either Of those cases, the
Captain of said Company, or superiour off,