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AT the General Session of the Peace of our
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Lord the King, holden in and for the
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on the Day of in the
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GEORGE the Third of Great Britain, Etc
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The Following Letter from the Secretary at War being laid before the Court and read
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Vizt.
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4th. April 1796
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I have duly considered the Papers which you did me the honour
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of Transmitting in your letter of the 1st instant; and I am to acquaint you
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that it has been the rule of this department, to avoid as much as possible all
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interference respecting the interior and municipal Provisions of the Militia Laws
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I agree in Opinion with the Magistrates of the
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that Notice
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ought to be given by the Commanding Officers, To the Treasurers of the Respective
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Counties, of all casualties occurring in the Embodied Militia by Death Desert
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or Discharge, and By Promotion from the Ranks; in order to prevent relief
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being continued to the Families of the Men, after the right thereto has actually
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cedsed: but it appears to me, that a Regulation for that purpose which in its
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operation is to superside the orders of the Justices of the Peace given in
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Conformity to the Existing Laws, can only with propriety be made by the
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I have the honour to be
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Sir
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Your most obedient
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Humble Servant
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W Windham
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Resolved that the Treasurer be directed to assist the
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in Forming
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a Letter to the several subdivision Meetings of the Deputy Lieutenants for the
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