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January 1797

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Man, or any Mares or Geldings, for the Purpose aforesaid, and who shall
duly conform to the Regulations of this Act, shall be entitled to receive
the full Allowance so settled; and the Deputy Lieutenants within their
respective Divisions shall demand from the Receiver General of the
County, Riding, or Place, all such Sums of Money as shall become due
in respect of the Men, and also the Mares and Geldings, provided within
such Division, for the Use of the Persons providing the same respectively,
to be paid to them at such Times as shall be fixed and settled by the said
General Meetings of Lieutenancy; which Sums such Receivers General
are hereby required, from Time to Time, during the Continuance of this
Act, until the Men enrolled by virtue of this Act shall be called out and em
bodied by virtue of the Powers hereby given to His Majesty, on Demand,
to pay, on the Production of the Certificate of the Conformity to the
Regulations of this Act, signed by the Officer or Officers of Muster
appointed by virtue of this Act, taking a proper Receipt or Receipts
for the same, out of the Monies in his Hands of the Sums raised by virtue
of this Act; and if he shall not have sufficient of the said Money, then
to pay the same out of the Duties before-mentioned, or any other Duties
under the Management of the Commissioners for the Affairs of Taxes;
and all such Payments shall be allowed to such Receivers General in their
Accounts.

And be it further enacted, That the Clerk of the General Meetings
of Lieutenancy in any County, Riding, or Place, shall, and he is hereby
required to transmit a true Account of the Allowances to be made to the
several Persons before-mentioned, on account of their providing and Man
or Men, or any Mare or Gelding, or any Mares or Geldings, for the said
Service, to the Commissioners of the Land Tax for the same County,
Riding, or Place, within their respective Divisions; which Accounts
shall contain the Names and Places of Residence of all such Persons who
are charged to the said Duties in respect of any Horses, Mares, or Geld
ings, together with the Number thereof kept by them respectively within
those Divisions, and also the Names and Places of Residence of Per
sons exempted from the Provisions of this Act; and shall also, from
Time to Time, transmit an Account of all Fines imposed on any Person
or Persons by virtue of this Act; and the said Commissioners shall cause
the said Fines to be inserted in the Assessments for the then Current
Year, and the Persons so fined to be respectively charged therewith;
and shall also cause all the Persons, within their Divisions liable to pro
vide Men, and Mares or Geldings, as aforesaid, for the said Service, to
be assessed in Proportion to the Number of Horses, Mares, and Geldings
by them respectively kept, and charged to the said Duties, towards Pay
ment of the Allowances to be made to the several Persons before-men-
tioned, for providing such Men and Horses for sycg Service, which
Assessments

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Assessments shall be added to the Assessments of the said Duties upon
Horses, and shall include all Allowances to be made from the passing of
this Act until and upon the Fifth Day of April One thousand seven hun
dred and ninety-seven, and afterwards for One whole Year from the Fifth
Day of April yearly during the Continuance of this Act, until the Men
enrolled by virtue of this Act shall be drawn out and embodied; and the
same shall be paid on the usual Quarterly Days of Payment during such
Time as the Men enrolled by virtue of this Act shall continue to be mustered
in pursuance of this Act, or until they shall be drawn out and embodied;
and if any Sum inserted in such Assessment shall not have become pay
able at the Expiration of this Act, or when the Men enrolled by vir
tue of this Act shall be drawn out and embodied, such Sum shall be
struck out of such Assessment by the said respective Commissioners.

And be it further enacted, That all Monies raised by Assessment
by virtue of this Act, and paid into the Hands of the Receiver Ge
neral of the County, Riding, or Place, shall be applied, in the First
Place, to reimburse such Receiver General the Monies paid by him out
of the Produce of the said Duties upon Horses, or any other Duties herein
mentioned, and in the next Place towards paying the Allowances di
rected to be made to Persons providing the Military Force to be raised by
virtue of this Act in the Manner herein directed, and afterwards towards
reimbursing the Monies directed to be advanced by the Commissioners of
the Treasury towards the Expences of executing this Act; and if any
Monies shall remain, the same shall be applied towards providing Men,
and Mares or Geldings, for the Service required by this Act, in any Case
where Default shall be made in providing the same according to the Di
rections herein-before contained; and any Surplus remaining when the
Men shall be drawn out and embodied, and not wanted for any of the
Purposes aforesaid, shall be paid to the Colonels or Commanding Officers
of the respective Regiments or Troops, and be applied as Part of the Re
gimental Stock.

And be it further enacted, That if at any Time before the Men
shall be called out and embodied, according to the Directions of this
Act, it shall appear, to any Two or more Deputy Lieutenants or Justices
assembled at any Sub-division Meeting, that any Person appointed or chosen
by Ballot to provide for the said Military Service, and tendering himself to
serve, or any Person tendered as a Substitute for the said Service, or if
it shall appear to the Officer or Officers appointed to muster the Men
to be raised by virtue of this Act, that any Person, although sworn
and enrolled, is unfit for Military Service, or that after Enrolment such
Person is become unfit for Military Service, it shall be lawful for the said
Deputy Lieutenants, and Justices, or any Two of them, assembled at such
Sub-division Meeting, to refuse such Man to be enrolled, and for the
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