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January 1797

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during the Continuance of this Act; the Execution of which Enrolment
shall be in the Manner directed by this Act.

And be it further enacted, That every Person who is or shall be
charged to the said Duties, in Manner aforesaid, for Ten Horses, Mares,
or Geldings, shall provide for His Majesty's Service in Manner herein
directed, One Mare or Gelding fit for Military Duty, for or in respect
of such Ten Horses, Mares, or Geldings, by him or her kept and charged
as aforesaid; and in like Manner One other such Mare or Gelding for or
in respect of every Ten Horses, Mares, or Geldings, by him or her kept
in Addition to those before enumerated and charged as aforesaid; and
shall also provide One able and sufficient Horseman, cloathed in the
Manner directed by this Act, in respect of every such Mare or Gelding
by him or her to be provided for the Purposes of this Act.

And be it further enacted, That the several Persons herein-before
described, who are or shall be charged to the said Duties in Manner afore
said, for any greater Number of Horses, Mares, or Geldings, than shall
have been comprized in any Enumeration made in pursuance of the Pro
visions of this Act before-mentioned (such greater Number of Horses,
Mares, or Geldings, not amounting to Ten additional Horses, Mares, or
Gelding), and also all other Persons in that Part of Great Britain, as afore
said, who are or shall be respectively charged to the said Duties in Manner
aforesaid, for any Number less than Ten Horses, Mares, or Geldings in
the Whole, shall be classed together in Manner herein-after directed, and
shall provide One Mare or Gelding fit for Military Duty, for and in re
spect of every Class consisting of Ten Horses, Mares, or Geldings, by
them respectively kept and charged as aforesaid; and shall also provide
One able and sufficient Horseman, cloathed as aforesaid, in respect of every
Mare or Gelding by them respectively to be provided for the Purposes of
this Act.

And be it further enacted, That His Majesty's Lieutenants and
Deputy Lieutenants, constituted and appointed in the several Counties,
Ridings, and Places, in that Part of Great Britain aforesaid, and the
Justices of the Peace of the same Counties, Ridings, and Places, and
such other Persons as are authorized to carry into Execution the Militia
Laws within their respective Jurisdictions, shall, at their respective Gene
ral and Subdivision Meetings, carry this Act into Execution, in all Mat
ters herein directed to be done; which General and Subdivision Meetings
shall be holden for the Purposes of this Act, by the like Persons, and in
like Manner, as such Meetings are directed to be holden by the Laws re
lating to the Militia; And the Jurisdiction of such Meetings assembled
for the Purposes of executing this Act, shall extend to all Places within
their

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their respective Counties, Ridings, or Subdivisions, in the Manner directed
and established by the said Militia Laws, and also to all Extra-parochial
Places whatever, within the Limits of their respective Counties, Ridings,
or Places.

And be it further enacted, That the First General Meeting of
Lieutenancy, in every County, Riding, or Place, within that Part of
Great Britain as aforesaid, to be holden for the Purposes of this Act, shall
be holden on a Day, not later than Fourteen Days after the passing of this
Act; and may be held in pursuance of previous Adjournment, or by
Summons, in the Manner directed by any Law now in Force relating to
the Militia Forces, and shall be held from Time to Time, by Adjourn
ment, within Seven Days from the preceding Meeting, until the full
Complement of Men shall be enrolled by virtue of this Act, and after
wards as Occasion shall require.

And be it further enacted, That the Subdivision Meetings of Lieu
tenancy shall be appointed by the First General Meeting to be holden for
the Purposes of this Act; and shall be holden on a Day not later than
Seven Days after the First General Meeting aforesaid; which Meetings
may be adjourned from Time to Time, in the Manner directed by the
Laws relating to the said Militia Forces; and shall be holden from Time
to Time, as often as the General Meetings of Lieutenancy shall direct, or
oftener if Occasion shall require.

And be it further enacted, That the Commissioners of the Treasury
for the Time being, are hereby authorized and required to issue, and
cause to be advanced, all such Sums of Money as shall appear to them to
be necessary for the Purposes of this Act, and to prevent Delay in the
Execution thereof, to such Persons, and in such Manner, as to them shall
seem expedient (to be replaced in the Manner herein mentioned); and
which Sums so to be advanced, shall be employed in defraying the ne
cessary Expences in and about the Execution of this Act, in such Parti
culars as the said Commissioners of the Treasury shall order and direct.

And be it further enacted, That the Commissioners of His Ma
jesty's Treasury for the Time being, shall cause to be prepared a true
Schedule of the Number of Horses, Mares, or Geldings, which have
been, or shall be charged to the said several Duties, by the last Assessment
which shall have been made at any Time after the Fifth Day of April One
thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, and of the Names of the several
Persons respectively keeping the same, and the Number kept by each
Person; describing therein their respective Places of Residence, and dis
tinguishing each Division wherein they were so respectively charged; and
the said Commissioners of the Treasury shall cause the same to be laid
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