A. D. 1763. Anno quarto Georgii III. C. 17. 163 CAP. XVII. An A<5t to explain and amend an Aft, patted in the fecond Year of the Reign of his For firmer Laws rtf r .>„ prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act to explain, amend, and reduce into one Aft of Par- J ^ J< -" a ^ *■ c - s- •liament, the fever al Laws now in being, relating to the raifing and training the Militia 25 fj. %:jiat. ;, c , s. within that Part of Great Britain called England. 1 3 %' a^L I > I Geo. i.Jlat. 2. c. 14. 9 Geo- I. c. 8. 30 Gra. 2. c. 25. 31 Geo. 2. f. 26. 32 Geo. 2. c. 20. 33 Geo. 2. r. 2, 22 £f 24, a»J 2 Geo. 3, r. 20, ' TX/HEREAS the Laws now in force, for the raifing and training the Militia, within that Preamble. ' W Part of Great Britain called England, are in 'fome Refpects defective : And whereas fre- ' cjuent Delays, and many Difficulties have occurred in the Execution of the Acts now in force ' for raifing and training the Militia, from the Manner in which the whole Execution of the Acts ' is made to depend in all Counties, Ridings, and Places, where the Militia has been or fhall be ' raifed, upon holding a General Meeting, on either the laft Tncfday in Qilobcr, or the laft Tuefday
- in May, in each Year; and Doubts have arifen, whether, in fuch Cafe, any fubfequent General
. * Meetings can now be called for the Purpofes of the faid Acts, unlefs there fhall have been a pre- ' vious general Meeting on one of the Days before fpecified ;' May it therefore pleafe your Ma- jefty, that it may be enacted ; and be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament afiembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That it fhall and may be lawful for his Mi^^f ^ h "f/K., Majefty's Lieutenant of every County, Riding, and Place, where the Militia has been or fhall be be raifed GeneralMeit- raifed, together with any two or more Deputy Lieutenants, and on the Death or Removal, or in ings may be fummoned the Abfence of his Majefty's Lieutenant, any three or more Deputy Lieutenants, whenever and as in the feme manner as often as they fhall find necefiary, to fummon, or caufe to be fummoned, a general Meeting, ac- m Countles where rhe cording to the Directions of the KSt pafied in the fecond Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, J^' 1 '" 1 " 5 ^"T'" r r ■ ii/r • -A' 1 • . , n/r-'i- ■"' 1 1 t j l • 1 "i 'ed, and mall have the tor fummoning general Meetings in Counties where the Militia has not been railed ; which general f ame p ower as Meetings Meetings herein directed, fhall have the fame Powers as if fuch general Meetings had been held on held on the lad Tuefday the laft Tuefday in May, or on the laft Tuefday in OSiober, in each Year, in purfuance of the faid i'nMay^ortheMTutf- J^Q. day in October. ' II. And whereas the raifing the Militia has, in fome Counties, been delayed by the Vacancy of
- Lord Lieutenants in particular Counties, and it is efTential to the Good of the Service, and the
' Eftablifhment of a Militia, which, to be effectual, fhould be general, that fuch local Difficulties ' fhou-ld be removed for the future;' Be it therefore enabled, and it is hereby enacted, That in every In every County, &c. . County, Riding, and Place, where the Office of Lord Lieutenant is, or fhall be vacant,, it fhall and ; v . hc,e the office of tori may be lawful for his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, to appoint three Perfons out of the Deputy mSX "'JlKtafc Lieutenants of any fuch County, Riding, or Place, to execute the Office of Lord Lieutenant of Deputy Lieutenants, to fuch County, Riding, or Place, fo far as the fame relates to the executing the feveral Powers and execute that Office, f» Authorities vefted in Lieutenants, in and by the feveral Acts of Parliament for the raifing and train- far as relates to the Afls ing the Militia, during; fuch Vacancy. for raffing and training p '- - - r-> the Militia. De- ibfti- by Perfons chofen by Ballot;' Be it enacted, That n t o Volunteer or Subftf- .no fuch Volunteer or Subftitute fhall be admitted and fworn to ferve in the Militia who fhall not be tute to be admitted and five Feet four Inches in Height, and able and fit for Service. fworn who AaU not be ' IV. And whereas it is become necefiary to prevent theMilitiaMen of one County from inrolling ^1 lour ' thernfelves in the Militia of another;' Be it therefore enacted, That if any Perfon, after being in- rolled in the Militia of one County, Riding, or Place, fhall, during fuch Service, engage and be A Perfon being invollci inrolled to ferve in the Militia of any other County, Riding, or Place, he fhall, upon Conviction to ferve in the Militia of thereof before any one Juftice of the Peace of the 'County in which he fhall laft enter into the faid ^ a e , 1 C e ° n un a t J e ' ^"dVe i°- Militia, forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding the Sum of ten Pounds ; and in cafe fu,cb Perfon 10 3Ied to ferve in- the fhall not immediately pay fuch Penalty, fuch Juftice of the Peace fhall, by Warrant under his Hand MilitiaofanotherCoun- and Seal, commit fuch Perfon to the common Gaol of the County, Riding, or Place, where he tyi forfeits 10I. if not fhall have been fo convicted, there to remain without Bail or Mainprize, for any Time not exceed- ^^f t ted' for^n. ' Time ing three Months, or unlefs he fhall fooner pay the Penalty aforefaid. ' n°o?etteedingh"4 ' V. And whereas the Provifions in the faid Act, pafied in the fecond Year of the Reign of his Months. prefent Majefty, for reimburfing Officers of Parifhes the Monies by them expended for the Relief ' of Militia Men, who on their March, or at the Place where they fhall be called out to annual Ex- ' ercife, fhall, by Sicknefsor otherwife, want fuch Relief, have been found infufficient for the Pur-
- ■ pofes thereby intended ;' Be it therefore enacted, That in cafe any Man ferving in the Militia fhall, A Mi,;tlD ^ Un t on ,Ke
©n the March, or at the Place where he fhall be called out to annual Exercife, be ^i fabled by ^ € 'J c l ".j-^j „? Sicknefs or otherwife, it fhall and may be lawful for any one Juftice of the Peace of the County, sicknefs or'otherwife. to Riding, or Place, or any Mayor or chief Magiftrate of any City, Town, or Place, where fuch be relieved by ;he Offi- .Man fhall then be, by Warrant under his Hand and Seal, to order him fuch Relief as he fhall think cers of the 1'a.iih where reasonable ; and the Officers of the Parifb, Tything, or Place, where fuch Militia Man fhall be fo ri^Oflie^to be™ira*" relieved, fhall, upon producing an Account of the Expences occaiioned thereby, allowed under the barfed -tbe^MiKeT'oc^ .Hand of a Juftice of the Peace, to the Treafurer of the County, Riding, or Place, for which fuch cafioned thereby, but of Y 2 Militia the Count; Stock, upon
