REGULAR MILITIA.

No. 16.—PRECEPT to CHIEF CONSTABLES, inclosing Precepts and Notices to Militia Men, enrolled to attend the Annual Exercise.

DORSET, (TO WIT.)—To the Constables of the

of
in the said County.

WE, His MAJESTY'S DEPUTY LIEUTENANTS and JUSTICES of
the PEACE of and for the said County, at our
Meeting for that Purpose assembled, do hereby give you Notice, in
Pursuance of an Order and Appointment made at a General Meeting
held at DORCHESTER, in and for the said County, on

the Day of April Instant, (which Appointment
hath received the Approbation of His Majesty), that the MILITIA of
the said County, commanded by COLONEL BINGHAM, are to be
trained and exercised at the Town of DORCHESTER, in the said
County, for the Space of Twenty-Eight Days, and that such training
and exercise do begin on Monday, the Fifteenth Day of May next,
at Twelve o'Clock of the same Day: You are therefore, on the
Receipt hereof, required to forward the enclosed Notices to the Petty
Constables and Tithingmen within your Jurisdiction, requiring them
to give Notice to all and every the Militia Men who are to be trained
and exercised as aforesaid, that they and every of them do attend at
the Time and Place aforesaid, and which Notices are to be forthwith
served personally, or left at their and each of their usual Places of
Abode. AND that the said Petty Constables and Tithingmen are
also to cause Notice to be affixed on the Door of the Church or
Chapel of each respective Parish or Place, or (if any Place shall have
no Church or Chapel belonging thereto), then on the Church or
Chapel of some Parish next adjoining, according to the Directions of
the Acts of Parliament in that Case made and provided. Herein
fail you not. GIVEN under our Hands this

Day of

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[Crutwell, Printer, Sherborne.]

["REGULAR MILITIA.", "No. 16.—PRECEPT to CHIEF CONSTABLES, inclosing Precepts and Notices to Militia Men, enrolled to attend the Annual Exercise.", "DORSET, (TO WIT.)—To the Constables of the", "of\nin the said County.", "WE, His MAJESTY'S DEPUTY LIEUTENANTS and JUSTICES of\nthe PEACE of and for the said County, at our", "Meeting for that Purpose assembled, do hereby give you Notice, in\nPursuance of an Order and Appointment made at a General Meeting\nheld at DORCHESTER, in and for the said County, on", "the\nDay of April Instant, (which Appointment", "hath received the Approbation of His Majesty), that the MILITIA of\nthe said County, commanded by COLONEL BINGHAM, are to be\ntrained and exercised at the Town of DORCHESTER, in the said\nCounty, for the Space of Twenty-Eight Days, and that such training\nand exercise do begin on Monday, the Fifteenth Day of MAY next,\nat Twelve o'Clock of the same Day: You are therefore, on the\nReceipt hereof, required to forward the enclosed Notices to the Petty\nConstables and Titlingmen within your Jurisdiction, requiring them\nto give Notice to all and every the Militia Men who are to be trained\nand exercised as aforesaid, that they and every of them do attend at\nthe Time and Place aforesaid, and which Notices are to be forthwith\nserved personally, or left at their and each of their usual Places of\nAbode. AND that the said Petty Constables and Titlingmen are\nalso to cause Notice to be affixed on the Door of the Church or\nChapel of each respective Parish or Place, or (if any Place shall have\nno Church or Chapel belonging thereto), then on the Church or\nChapel of some Parish next adjoining, according to the Directions of\nthe Acts of Parliament in that Case made and provided. Herein\nfail you not. GIVEN under our Hands this\nDay of", "Monday, 8th of\nJune, 1788", "Thursday, 4th of\nJuly, 1788", "Friday, 5th of\nAugust, 1788", "Saturday, 6th of\nSeptember, 1788", "Sunday, 7th of\nOctober, 1788", "Monday, 8th of\nNovember, 1788", "enrolled under the name of the said County, and the name of the\nlieutenants and justices of the peace of the said county, and the\nname of the said county, and the name of the said county, and