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     XXXVlll. Fines imposed under any Ry-law, and 
     
     dues and liabilities incuircd by any VolunteerMilitia 
     
     man may be sued for in the name ofthe otlicer com- 
     
     manding the company, as a private debt, before one 
     
     or more Justices of the Peace, and the amount may 
     
     be levii-d with costs, by distress; and for want of 
     
     goods and chattels the offender shall be committed to 
     
     Jail for a period of twelve hours for every five shil- 
     
     lings ofthe fine and torfeiture. 
     
    
   
   
    
     THE REGULAR MILI'I‘IA. 
     
     XXIX. The Regular Militia shall consist of 
     
    
   
   
    
     all males from sixteen to forty-live years ofage, not 
     
     exempt by Law, and not returned as effective mem- 
     
     bers of Volunteer Militia by the officers commanding 
     
     companies, in returns forwarded at such times as ap- 
     
     pointed by the Commander-iu-Chief. 
     
    
   
   
    
     XL. All males, of the prescribed age, shall 
     
     be accounted eligible for service in the Regular 
     
     Militia until they shall have proved the contrary to 
     
     the Captain oftheir respective districts. 
     
    
   
   
    
     XLI. Within three months after the passing of 
     
     this Act, Ofiicers commanding Regimental Districts 
     
     shall cause the Captains of Company Districts to 
     
     enrol every man in their respective Districts. The 
     
     Captains ofRegular Militia Companies shall further 
     
     muster their Companies, read to them the provisions 
     
     of this Act, canse each man to take the Oath of 
     
     Allegiance to Her Majesty,and forward authenticated 
     
     copies of their Muster Rolls to the Officer command- 
     
     ing their respective Regiments. 
     
    

    
     XLII. The Officers commanding Regiments shall 
     
     forward authenticated Muster Rolls oftheir Regi- 
     
     ments to the Commander-in-Cbiefat such times as 
     
     he may direct. 
     
    
   
   
    
     XLIII. After the first enrollment ofthe Regular 
     
     Militia under this Act, any Militia man, who shall 
     
     move from the limits of one company district into that 
     
     of another, shall give notice thereofin writing to the 
     
     Captains of both Districts, within one month after 
     
     such removal; and any man neglecting to give due 
     
     notice of such removal shall be liable to a fine of 
     
     two pounds. 
     
    
   
   
    
     XLIV. Every man after such first enrollment, 
     
     liable to be enrolled under this Act in the Regular 
     
     Militia, shall give in his name to the captains com- 
     
     manding their respective companies within one 
     
     month after he becomes so liable, and any man neg- 
     
     lecting to give such notice shall be liable to a fine 
     
     not exceeding two pounds. 
     
    
   
   
    
     XLV. The Commander-in-Chief may make or- 
     
     ders for the disciplining ofthe Regular Militia, pre- 
     
     scribing the number of days for drill, not to exceed 
     
     ten days in the year, and the mode and time of as- 
     
     sembling each Regiment. 
     
    
   
   
    
     XLVI. Nothing herein contained shall prevent 
     
     Officers, non-commissioned Officers, or Members of 
     
     Volunteer Militia from holding Commissions as Offi- 
     
     cers, or appointments as non-commissioned Officers, 
     
     in the Regular Militia; but in case of both classes 
     
     being called out for actual service the Commander- 
     
     in-Chief‘ may decide with which class such persons 
     
     shall be employed. 
     
    
   
   
    
     SEDENTARY MILITIA. 
     
    

    
     XLVII. The Sedentary Militia shall consist of all 
     
     males in the Island ofthe age of forty-five years, and 
     
     under the age of sixty years, not exempted or dis- 
     
     qualified by Law nor enrolled in the active Militia. 
     
    
   
   
    
     XLVIII. The Sedentary Militia shall be carefully 
     
    
   
   
    
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     enrolled, from time to time, in each company l)i\'i~ 
     
     sintt, by the captain thereof, who shall also transmit 
     
     certified Copies of the Roll to the Officer command- 
     
     ing the Regiment at such times as shall be directed 
     
    
   
   
    
     lby the Commander-iii-Chief. 
     
    
   
   
    
     XLLY. All provisions of this Act for enrollment 
     
     of Regular Militia shall also be applicable to Scdcn— 
     
     tary Militia 
     
    

    
     GlCNIflRAI. PROVISIONS. 
     
    

    
     L. The Commander-in-chief may call out the 
     
     Militia, or any part thereof, whenever, in his opin- 
     
     ion, it is advisable so to do, by reason of war, inva~ 
     
     sion, civil Commotion, or ii'nminent danger, or any 
     
     ofthem; and in any such case the Volunteer Force 
     
     shall first take the field, then the Regular Force, and 
     
     lastly the Sedentary Militia. 
     
    
   
   
    
     LI. The Officer commanding any Regiment 
     
     may, upon any sudden emergency of invasion, civil 
     
     commotion or imminent danger, or either, call out 
     
     the whole, or any part ofthe Militia, under his com- 
     
     mand, until the pleasure ofthe Comn'iander-in-Chief 
     
     is made known. 
     
    
   
   
    
     LII. Militia, when called out by competent autho- 
     
     rity for actual service, shall, in addition to the penal- 
     
     ties imposed by this Act, be subject to the Articles 
     
     of \Varrand to the Act ofthe Imperial Parliament,for 
     
     punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and to all other 
     
     Laws applicable to Her Majesty’s troops in this Is- 
     
     land, except that no Militiaman shall be subject to 
     
     any corporal punishment, except death or imprison- 
     
     ment, for any contravention of such Laws, and ex- 
     
     cept also that the Commander-in-Chief may direct 
     
     that any provisions of the said Laws shall not apply 
     
     to the Militia. 
     
    

    
     LIII. The Militia shall not be compelled to leave 
     
     this Island, but the Commander-in-Chiefmay accept 
     
     the voluntary service of any ofthe Militia for service 
     
     beyond this Island. 
     
    
   
   
    
     LIV. All duties of' Militia when called out for ac- 
     
     tual service, or for training, shall,(except in cases of 
     
     emergency), be regulated by Roster. 
     
    

    
     LV. All duties, parades, drills, target practices, 
     
     &c., shall, so far as local circumstances will permit, 
     
     be conducted in conformity with Her Majesty’s re- 
     
    
   
   
    
     gulations and Field Exercises for the army. 
     
    
   
   
    
     LVI. Every man shall receive at least two days 
     
     notice of the masters and training at which he shall - 
     
     be required to attend under the authority ofthis Act, 
     
     such notice to be given to him in person by any com: 
     
     missioned or non-commissioned Officer or private, 
     
     having the written orders of his captain;or if he can- 
     
     not be found, to be left at his abode; but in the latter 
     
     case, if the man shall not receive the notice he may 
     
     prove his ignorance. . 
     
    

    
     LVII. The commanding Officer at any muster may 
     
     name another day for re-assembling, and his orders 
     
     thus given shall be a notice to every man who shall 
     
     have been notified ofthe first day of meeting. 
     
    
   
   
    
     LVIII. When called out for actual service, or for 
     
     training for more than ten days in each year, the 
     
     Militia shall receive such pay from the Government 
     
     and allowances as are paid or allowed to the corres- 
     
     ponding Ranks of Her Majesty’s service. 
     
    

    
     LIX. Ifany Yolunteer or Militiaman be wounded 
     
     or disabled when on actual service, he shall be pro- 
     
     vided for at the expense of the colony during his 
     
     disability. 
     
    

    
     LX. In case of the loss of' any officer or man