Assertion: militia's officer | /r/HasProperty | invested with authority
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text: Be it also further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be in each of said regiments appointed by the General Assembly, a Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, and Major, who shall be commissioned by the Governour for the time being; which colonel or chief officer of each regiment shall be invested with the same power and authority in his regiment, and shall be obliged to the same duties, and liable to the same penalties, as by the laws of this Colony the majors in the several counties have heretofore been in their respective counties.