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he returned as effective or claim any exemption XII. Any man claiming exemption from

as an effective.

VIII. No Volunteer Company, under the strength of forty members, exclusive of officers and non-commissioned Officers, shall be entitled to any pl‘l\ ileges or exemptions, nor shall more than eighty men, inclusive of officers and non-

Commissirmed officers, be entitled to any privi- _

leges or exemptions in any one Company, and no Volunteer Drill or 'l‘raining shall count unless diaries of the particulars of' the same, in the form prescribed by the Connnamler—in-Chief, be returned by the Officer commanding the Company to the office of the Inspecting Field Officer.

IX. Any Volunteer in possession of arms, accoutreincnts or clothing, the property of Go- vernment, who shall absent himself from the inspection parade of the Inspecting Field Officer, or other Officer appointed for this duty, shall incur a fine of not less than ten shillings, and not exceeding two pounds, besides being liable for the full cost of such arms, accoutrements and clothing, unless he shall satisfactorily account for the same to the Inspecting Officer; and the Officer commanding the Company neglecting to give due notice of such inspection, shall incur a penalty of not more than ten shillings.

X. No member of a Volunteer Militia Com- pany enrolled under this or the said herein re- cited Act, shall be permitted to retire from his Company, without giving three months notice of his intention to the Officer commanding the Company to which he belongs; and the Officer commanding such Volunteer Company shall notify the same to the Inspecting Field Officer, giving the place of abode of' the person thus ceasing to be a Volunteer.

XI. The oath of allegiance to Her Majesty may be administered by any officer or acting officer, duly authorized by the Commander-in— Chief, at such time or times after the passing of this Act as the Commander-iu-Chief shall see fit to direct. Officers commanding Regimental Districts shall cause the Captains of Country Districts to enrol every man in their respective districts. The Captains of Regular Militia shall furthepmuster their Companies, read togthem the provisions of this and the said recited Act, cause each man to take the oath of alle- giance, and forward authenticated copies of their muster rolls to the Officer commanding their respective regiments.

training on account of sickness shall forward to the Officer commanding the company to which he belongs a certificate to that effect, signed by the Surgeon, or in his absence the Assistant Surgeon of the Regiment to which he belongs, or in their absence, by some duly qualified Sur- goon or practising Physician, Justice of the Peace,or Clergyman in this Island, on or before. the dav of training which he shall have been. notified to attend.

XIII. Temporary absentees on account of transient absence, sickness or any other cause, shall be liable to make up for such absence from raining or duty within the year, in such way and manner, and at such time or times as their superior officers, under the direction of the Commander-in-Chicf, shall limit and direct.

XIV. Every m in liable to exemption from training in the regular Militia on account of ins firmity, sickness, becoming over age, or being regularly enrolled in aVolunteer Company, shall give due notice thereof to the Officer command- ing the Company District in which he resides, on or within two days of the day appointed for training or drill; and any man neglecting to give such notice, and being in consequence of such neglect sued for absence from muster or training,shall be subject to the full costs attend-~ ing such summons.

XV. Persons permanently disabled by ac- cident, deformity, or confined chronic disorder, shall be entitled to standing certificates of ex- emption, issued by the Surgeon of the Regiment, or some practising Surgeon or Physician in this Island, who shall certify the nature and extent of such sickness or infirmity; any officer refusing or neglecting to obey any order given to him by superior authority, concerning musters, train- ing, parades, or the making up of returns, shall be subject to a fine of not less than ten shillings and not exceeding two pounds, in addition to any measure which the Conunander-in-Chief may think fit to take in virtue of the powers conferred by the fourteenth clause of the said recited Act.

XVI. All duties, parades, drills, target practices, and so forth, shall, so far as local circumstances will permit, be conducted in con- formity with HerMajesty’s regulations and field exercises for the Army and the usage of the Service.