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     XVII. Every man shall receive at least four 
     
     days notice of the musters and training at which 
     
     he shall be required to attend, under the au- 
     
     thority of this Act; such notice to be given to 
     
     him in person by any Commissioned or Non- 
     
     commissioned Oflicer,or under the written orders 
     
     of the Captain of the Company by any person 
     
     whomsoever, or by being left at his abode; but 
     
     in the latter case, if the man shall not receive 
     
     the notice he may prove his ignorance. 
     
    
   
   
    
     XVIII. 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 duly notified 
     
     .of the first day of meeting, whether he be pre- 
     
     sent or not at such muster. 
     
    
   
   
    
     XIX. Persons having charge of any Govern- 
     
     ment property shall be responsible for the same 
     
     .in full value as for ordinary debts; and Officers 
     
     commanding Companies shall be legally liable 
     
     in full for the safety and condition of all arms, 
     
     as well as other public property given over to 
     
     their charge; and should any man’s arms or ac- 
     
     coutrements be in a dirty or unserviceable con- 
     
     dition, he shall be answerable in full for clean- 
     
     ing, repairs, and all expenses of the same. 
     
    
   
   
    
     XX. Any militia man refusing or neglecting 
     
     to give any notice or information necessary for 
     
     correcting or making the roll of any Company, 
     
     when demanded by the Officer commanding, 
     
     or under his authority, at any seasonable hour 
     
     and place, shall incur a penalty of not less than 
     
     five shillings, and not exceeding two pounds. 
     
    
   
   
    
     XXI. Any militia officer, non-commissioned 
     
     officer or man, not exempted by this Act, who 
     
     neglects or refuses to attend muster or training 
     
     at the place and hour appointed therefor, or 
     
     who refuses or neglects to obey any lawful 
     
     order at or concerning such muster or train- 
     
     ing, shall thereby incur a penalty of not less 
     
     than five shillings, and not exceeding two 
     
     pounds for each offence; and in case of training, 
     
     absence for each day shall be a separate offence, 
     
     and the fine for absence from training for the 
     
     first day shall not be less than five shillings, 
     
     «and for the second and every subsequent day 
     
     within the year shall not be less than ten 
     
     shillings, and shall not exceed two pounds. 
     
    
   
   
    
     XXII. If any person shall misbehave or in- 
     
     terrupt the proceedings in any way, at any 
     
     meeting for militia purposes or duty, the Com- 
     
     mending Officer by verbal order,without issuing 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     any warrant, may place him in confinement 
     
     until the duties of the day are over. 
     
    
   
   
    
     XXIII. Any militia man being drunk when 
     
     on parade or duty may be confined by the 
     
     verbal order of the senior Officer or non-com- 
     
     missioned Officer present, until the dismissal of 
     
     the men; and any person who shall sell or in- 
     
     troduce any intoxicating drink on any parade, 
     
     practice or exercise ground, or adjacent thereto, 
     
     during the drill, shall be fined in a sum of not 
     
     less than ten shillings and not exceeding fifty 
     
     shillings; and the liquor may be spilled on the 
     
     ground by any commissioned or non-commis- 
     
     sioned Officer. 
     
    
   
   
    
     XXIV. All prosecutions, suits or actions, 
     
     against any Officer, Non-commissioned Officer 
     
     or Private of‘Militia, under this Act or the said 
     
     recited Act, shall be brought by the Adjutant 
     
     General or Officer appointed for this duty. or 
     
     by the Commander-in-Chief, on the complaint- 
     
     of the Commanding Officer of the Regiment, 
     
     Corps, or Company to which such Officer, non- 
     
     commissioned Officer or Private belongs, or by 
     
     the Adjutant of such Regiment. 
     
    
   
   
    
     XXV. All fines and penalties, sum and sums 
     
     of money, incurred, due or payable under this 
     
     Act or the said recited Act, or under any re- 
     
     gulations, orders, or articles of engagement 
     
     made and entered into under this Act, 
     
     or the said recited Act, When no other mode 
     
     is provided for the recovery thereof, shall be 
     
     recoverable with costs on the evidence of one 
     
     credible witness, on complaint, information, or 
     
     summons, before one Justice of the Peace, if 
     
     the amount do not exceed one pound, and be- 
     
     fore two Justices of the Peace if the amount 
     
     exceeds that sum; and the amount of such fine 
     
     and costs, or debt, or sum of money and costs 
     
     shall be levied by warrant of distress on the 
     
     goods and chattels of the offender; and for want 
     
     of such distress, the offender shall be committed 
     
     to the County Jail for twenty-four hours, for 
     
     every five shillings of the penalty, or sum of 
     
     money sued for as aforesaid; and this commu- 
     
     tation shall in time of peace be applicable to 
     
     all pecuniary dues or penalties under this or 
     
     the said recited Act. 
     
    
   
   
    
     XXVI. Sections eighteen, twenty-eight, 
     
     thirty-two, fifty-five, fifty-six, fifty-seven, 
     
     seventy, seventy-one, seventy-six and seventy- 
     
     eight, of the said recited Act of the twenty- 
     
     ninth Victoria, chapter two, and all other parts