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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.