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January 1797

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Officer or Officers appointed to muster the said Men, at such Muster to
discharge such Man from Service; and the Deputy Lieutenants and Jus
tices assembled at any Meeting within the same Sub-division shall and they
are hereby required to amend the List and Enrolment, as the Case may
require, and to cause another Appointment to be made upon the Person
before appointed to the same Service, or another Ballot to be taken from
the same Class, according to the Circumstances of the Case, and as if no
former Appointment had been made or Ballot been had.

And be it further enacted, That all Fines, Penalties, and Forfeit
ures, to be imposed by virtue of this Act, for any Breach of the Regu
lations thereof, which are hereby directed to be added to the respective
Assessments of the said Duties on Horses, (except such Fines as shall be
imposed at a Muster had under this Act in Manner before directed), shall
be ordered, adjudged, and imposed, at the respective Sub-division Meet-
ings of the County, Riding, or Place, where such Offences shall be com
mitted, by the Deputy Lieutenants and Justices there attending, or any
Two or more of them, who are hereby empowered finally to determine
the same; and all such Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures, which are
hereby directed to be added to the respective Assessments of the said Du
ties on Horses, shall, as soon after Adjudication thereof as may be con
venient, be certified by the Deputy Lieutenants and others hereby em
powered to adjudge the same, under the Hands and Seals of any Two or
more of them respectively, to the Commissioners of the Land Tax of the
Division where the Person against whom the same is directed to be levied
is charged to the said Duties on Horses; and such Commissioners shall,
on Receipt of any such Certificate, cause the Fine or Fines contained
therein, to be added to the then last Assessment of such Person for the said
Duties on Horses, and to be levied in the Manner, and under the like
Powers, as the Duties on Horses may be levied by any Law now in
Force.

And be it further enacted, That all Lists of Persons appointed or
chosen by Ballot to provide Men for the said Service, and of the Classes
composing the same, shall be carefully transcribed into a Book to be pre
pared by Order of every Sub-division Meeting of Lieutenancy, and kept
by the Clerk of such Meetings; and that all Orders, Regulations, and
Proceedings of such Meetings; and also of the General Meetings of
Lieutenancy, made in pursuance of this Act, shall also be carefully tran
scribed into a Book or Books to be prepared by Order of such Meetings
respectively, and kept by the respective Clerks thereof; which Books
shall be open to the Inspection of any Person assessed to the said Duties
on Horses, within the same County, Riding, or Shire, at all seasonable
Times, paying Sixpence, and no more, for each Inspection; and that no
Order, Adjudication, or Proceeding whatever, of any General Meeting,
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or Sub-division Meeting of Lieutenancy, holden in pursuance of this Act,
shall be subject to Appeal, nor to be removed by Certiorari, or other Writ
or Process, into any Court whatsoever.

And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for His Majesty
to cause the Men enrolled by virtue of this Act, to be drawn out and em
bodied at such Times, and in such Manner, and under the like Regulations
and Restrictions, as the Augmentation to the Militia Forces to be raised by
virtue of any Act to be passed in this Session of Parliament, may be drawn
out and embodied; and it shall be lawful for His Majesty to form the
Men enrolled for any County, Riding, or Place, when so drawn out and
embodied, into a Regiment, or into Battalions or Troops, as shall seem most
expedient; and for the Lieutenant, or General Meeting of Lieutenancy, in
such County, Riding, or Place, to be holden as herein is directed, with the
Approbation of His Majesty, at any Time after the passing of this Act,
to appoint Officers and Non-commissioned Officers to the Command of
such Regiment, Battalions, or Troops, under the like Rules and Regu
lation as are established with respect to the Cavalry of His Majesty's
Forces, such Officers being respectively qualified in the Manner required
by the Laws relating to the Militia; and in case when the Men so en
rolled shall be embodied, a sufficient Number of Officers so qualified
shall not have been appointed, or Troops, it shall be lawful for the Lieu
tenant, or General Meeting of Lieutenancy aforesaid, with the Approbation
of His Majesty, to appoint for that Service such a Number of the Officers
in the Army, whether on Full or on Half Pay, or of Persons who have had
Commissions in any of His Majesty's Forces, or in the Militia, and have
retired therefrom, although not duly qualified as aforesaid.

Provided always, and be it further enacted, That neither the Whole
or any Part of the Men enrolled by virtue of this Act, shall on any
Account be carried or ordered to go out of Great Britain.

And be it further enacted, That from the Dare of His Majesty's
Warrant for drawing out and embodying the Forces to be raised by
virtue of this Act, the Officers and Private Men shall be entitled to the
same Pay as the Officers and Private Men of His Majesty's other Regi
ments of Cavalry receive, and no other; and if any Non-commissioned
Officer or Private Man of any such Regiment, Battalion, or Troop, shall be
maimed or wounder in actual Service, he shall be equally entitled to the
Benefit of Chelsea Hospital with any Non-commissioned Officer or Priavte
Man belonging to any of His Majesty's other Forces; and if any Mare or
Gelding shall die or be maimed or wounded in actual Service, the Pro
prietor thereof shall have a reasonable Allowance for the same, by the Cer
tificate of the Commanding Officer of the Regiment, Battalion, or Com
Fpany,




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