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family, who is not then called into actual service; and also that when 
a widow or aged person, shall at the time of making the said ballot, 
depend for her, or his maintenance on a Son, Grandson or Apptentice, 
such Son, Grandson, or Apprentice, shall be excused from service while 
supporting such widow or aged person. 
III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 
when any such flank Company shall be formed, it shall and may be law- 
ful for the Captain or Officer Commanding the same to call out such 
Company, and he is hereby required so to do, six days in each Month, 
for the purpose of being trained and exercised, as may be directed by 
the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Person administering the Gov- 
ernment, and such Company shall continue its training not exceeding 
the said six days in every month, until it is found that the men compos- 
ing the same, are duly instructed in their exercise. Provided always, 
that the Officer Commanding such Company, shall always after the said 
Company shall be pronounced duly instructed, have it in his power to 
call out such Company one day in each month to be exercised and 
reviewed, and oftener if he shall be so directed by the Governor, Lieu- 
tenant Governor, or person administering the Government. Provided 
also, that such flank Company or Companies being called out for the 
purpose of training, it shall not be lawful for any Field Officer, except 
such as may be specially appointed for that purpose, by the Governor, 
Lieutenant Governor, or Person administering the Government, to com- 
mand or otherwise interfere in the said training or exercising. 
IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 
it shall and may be lawful to and for the Governor, Lieutenant Gov- 
ernor, or Person administering the Government, from time to time, 
as occasion may require, to appoint such and so many Staff Officers to 
the Militia of this Province, as he may think necessary, and also from 
time to time to remove any Militia Officer, now or hereafter to be 
appointed, and appoint another in his stead. 
V. And be it further enacled by the authority aforesaid, That it 
shall and may be lawful to and for the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, 
or Person administering the Government, as often as occasion shall 
require, to order any and every of the said Companies, to march to any 
part of this Province, upon any such duty as he shall think necessary. 
VI.—And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 
it shall and may be lawful for the Captain, or other Officer commanding 
any company of Militia, if he shall think necessary, to divide his Com- 
pany into squads of such numbers as to him shall seem proper, and the 
convenience of the men of such Company shall require, and that the 
Captain or other Officer commanding any such Company as aforesaid, 


