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Officer or Officers appointed to muster the said Men, at such Muster to
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discharge such Man from Service; and the Deputy Lieutenants and Jus
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tices assembled at any Meeting within the same Sub-division shall and they
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are hereby required to amend the List and Enrolment, as the Case may
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require, and to cause another Appointment to be made upon the Person
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before appointed to the same Service, or another Ballot to be taken from
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the same Class, according to the Circumstances of the Case, and as if no
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former Appointment had been made or Ballot been had.
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And be it further enacted, That all Fines, Penalties, and Forfeit
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ures, to be imposed by virtue of this Act, for any Breach of the Regu
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lations thereof, which are hereby directed to be added to the respective
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Assessments of the said Duties on Horses, (except such Fines as shall be
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imposed at a Muster had under this Act in Manner before directed), shall
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be ordered, adjudged, and imposed, at the respective Sub-division Meet-
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ings of the County, Riding, or Place, where such Offences shall be com
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mitted, by the Deputy Lieutenants and Justices there attending, or any
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Two or more of them, who are hereby empowered finally to determine
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the same; and all such Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures, which are
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hereby directed to be added to the respective Assessments of the said Du
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ties on Horses, shall, as soon after Adjudication thereof as may be con
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venient, be certified by the Deputy Lieutenants and others hereby em
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powered to adjudge the same, under the Hands and Seals of any Two or
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more of them respectively, to the Commissioners of the Land Tax of
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where the Person against whom the same is directed to be levied
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is charged to the said Duties on Horses; and such Commissioners shall,
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on Receipt of any such Certificate, cause the Fine or Fines contained
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therein, to be added to the then last Assessment of such Person for the said
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Duties on Horses, and to be levied in the Manner, and under the like
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Powers, as the Duties on Horses may be levied by any Law now in
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And be it further enacted, That all Lists of Persons appointed or
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chosen by Ballot to provide Men for the said Service, and of the Classes
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composing the same, shall be carefully transcribed into a Book to be pre
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pared by Order of every Sub-division Meeting of Lieutenancy, and kept
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by the Clerk of such Meetings; and that all Orders, Regulations, and
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Proceedings of such Meetings; and also of the General Meetings of
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Lieutenancy, made in pursuance of this Act, shall also be carefully tran
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scribed into a Book or Books to be prepared by Order of such Meetings
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respectively, and kept by the respective Clerks thereof; which Books
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shall be open to the Inspection of any Person assessed to the said Duties
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on Horses, within the same County, Riding, or Shire, at all seasonable
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Times, paying Sixpence, and no more, for each Inspection; and that no
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Order, Adjudication, or Proceeding whatever, of any General Meeting,
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9or
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or Sub-division Meeting of Lieutenancy, holden in pursuance of this Act,
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shall be subject to Appeal, nor to be removed by Certiorari, or other Writ
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or Process, into any Court whatsoever.
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And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for His Majesty
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to cause the Men enrolled by virtue of this Act, to be drawn out and em
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bodied at such Times, and in such Manner, and under the like Regulations
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and Restrictions, as the Augmentation to the Militia Forces to be raised by
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virtue of any Act to be passed in this Session of Parliament, may be drawn
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out and embodied; and it shall be lawful for His Majesty to form the
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Men enrolled for any County, Riding, or Place, when so drawn out and
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embodied, into a Regiment, or into Battalions or Troops, as shall seem most
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expedient; and for the Lieutenant, or General Meeting of Lieutenancy, in
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such County, Riding, or Place, to be holden as herein is directed, with the
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Approbation of His Majesty, at any Time after the passing of this Act,
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to appoint Officers and Non-commissioned Officers to the Command of
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such Regiment, Battalions, or Troops, under the like Rules and Regu
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lation as are established with respect to the Cavalry of His Majesty's
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Forces, such Officers being respectively qualified in the Manner required
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by the Laws relating to the Militia; and in case when the Men so en
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rolled shall be embodied, a sufficient Number of Officers so qualified
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shall not have been appointed, or Troops, it shall be lawful for the Lieu
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tenant, or General Meeting of Lieutenancy aforesaid, with the Approbation
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of His Majesty, to appoint for that Service such a Number of the Officers
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in the Army, whether on Full or on Half Pay, or of Persons who have had
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Commissions in any of His Majesty's Forces, or in the Militia, and have
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retired therefrom, although not duly qualified as aforesaid.
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Provided always, and be it further enacted, That neither the Whole
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or any Part of the Men enrolled by virtue of this Act, shall on any
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Account be carried or ordered to go out of Great Britain.
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And be it further enacted, That from the Dare of His Majesty's
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Warrant for drawing out and embodying the Forces to be raised by
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virtue of this Act, the Officers and Private Men shall be entitled to the
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same Pay as the Officers and Private Men of His Majesty's other Regi
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ments of Cavalry receive, and no other; and if any Non-commissioned
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Officer or Private Man of any such Regiment, Battalion, or Troop, shall be
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maimed or wounder in actual Service, he shall be equally entitled to the
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Benefit of
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with any Non-commissioned Officer or Priavte
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Man belonging to any of His Majesty's other Forces; and if any Mare or
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Gelding shall die or be maimed or wounded in actual Service, the Pro
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prietor thereof shall have a reasonable Allowance for the same, by the Cer
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tificate of the Commanding Officer of the Regiment, Battalion, or Com
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