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January 1797

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pany, where such Mare or Gelding had or then served, to be directed
to the Deputy Lieutenants of the Sub-division where such Mare or Gelding
was provided, which the said Commanding Officer is hereby empowered
and required to grant, and which Allowance shall not in any Case exceed
the Sum of Twenty-five Pounds, and which shall be paid by the Receiver
General of the County, Riding, or Place, out of any Monies in his Hands
arising by virtue of this Act, or of the said Duties on Horses, or of
any other Duties under the Management of the said Commissioners of Taxes,
in the Manner herein directed in respect to other Payments to be made by
such Receivers General.

And be it further enacted, That from the Day appointed by His
Majesty's Warranty for drawing out the Men, enrolled by virtue of
this Act, into actual Service, all the Rules, Regulations, Pains, Penal
ties, and Forfeitures, established by an Act of the last Session of Parlia
ment, for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of
the Army and its Quarters, or which shall be established by any Act to be
passed in this or any future Session of Parliament for the like Purpose, dur
ing the Continuance of this Act, shall extend and be applied, and be con
strued to extend and be applied, to the Men enrolled by virtue of this Act,
as fully and amply as to any other of His Majesty's Forces.

Provided always, and be it further enacted, That any Person
enrolled by virtue of this Act may, at any Time before he shall be or
dered to be drawn out and embodied, enlist himself in any Regiment of
His Majesty's Regular Forces; But that no such Enlistment shall be valid
without the Consent of the Deputy Lieutenants of the Sub-division where
such Person shall be enrolled, or any Two of them, in Writing under
their Hands and Seals; in which Case another Person shall be provided
in the Room of the Person so enlisted, according to the Directions of this
Act.

And be it further enacted, That the respective Clerks of the Ge
neral Meetings of Lieutenancy, the Clerks of the respective Sub-divisions
of Lieutenancy, of the Commissioners of the Land Tax, Constables, and
other Officers who are hereby respectively required to execute this Act, in
any of the Particulars herein mentioned, and who shall respectively execute
the same to the Satisfaction of the Deputy Lieutenants assembled at their
respective Sub-division Meetings, shall have and receive such Rewards,
and no other, for their Care and Trouble in and about the executing of this
Act, and for their respective Expences and Charges in the same, as the
said Deputy Lieutenants shall judge the said Clerks, Officers, and other
Persons, to have deserved; and the said Deputy Lieutenants shall, after
Allowance thereof, direct the same to be paid by the Receiver General of
the County, Riding, or Place, out of any Money in his Hands of the
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Assessments levied by virtue of this Act, whether the same shall have been
levied as Fines, or for the Expences in providing a Military Force; and
if such Receiver General shall not have sufficient Money in his Hands of
the said Assessments to pay the same, then such Receiver General may
pay the same out of any Monies in his Hands of the said Duties on Horses,
or any other Duties under the Management of the Commissioners for the
Affairs of Taxes: Provided always, that all Monies of the said Duties
under the Management of the said Commissioners, which any Receiver
General shall pay in pursuance of this Act, shall be reimbursed to him
by and out of the First Monies that shall come to his Hands of the As
sessments levied by virtue of this Act.

And be it further enacted , That it shall be lawful for the Lieute
nant and Deputy Lieutenants, at any General or Sub-division Meeting
of Lieutenancy, or any Two or more of them respectively present at such
Meetings, from Time to Time, to issue their Order or Warrant, under
their Hands and Seals, requiring the Attendance of the High Constable ,
Tythingman, Headborough , or other Officer of the Peace , at such Time
and Place as in such Order or Warrant shall be expressed; and if any such
Officer shall refuse or neglect to appear according to such Warrant, or shall
refuse or neglect to comply with such Orders and Directions as he or they
respectively shall, from Time to Time, receive from the said Lieutenant
and Deputy Lieutenants respectively, they, or any Two or more of them,
are hereby empowered and required, at their Discretion, to fine such Person
or Persons in any Sum, not exceeding Twenty Pounds not less then
Forty Shillings, to be applied towards defraying any Expences incurred
in the Execution of this Act; and in case of Nonpayment within Thir
teen Days, to commit the Person so offending to the Common Gaol,
there to be kept for the Space of One Month without Bail or Mainprize.

And be it further enacted, That the Provisions of an Act, passed
in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King
George the Second, intituled, An Act for the rendering Justices of the Peace
more safe in the Execution of their Office, and for indemnifying Constables and
others acting in Obedience to their Warrants, shall extend to all His Ma
jesty's Lieutenants, and to all Deputy Lieutenants acting in the Execu
tion of this Act, in like Manner, and as fully and effectually, as the
same extend to Justices of the Peace acting in the Execution of their
Office.

And be it further enacted, That the Acceptance of a Commission
in any Regiment, Battalion, or Troop, raised by virtue of this. Act,
shall not vacate the Seat of any Member returned to serve in Parliament;
and that no Person being an Officer of any such Regiment, Battalion, or
Troop, shall be compelled to serve the Office of Sheriff.
Provided




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