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reduce to one Act of Parliament, the several Laws now in being, for the 
raising and training the Militia of this Province.” 
IX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 
if any person or persons shall presume to disturb, interrupt, or molest, 
any party of Militia, whilst on duty, it shall and may be lawful to and 
for the Commanding Officer of such party, to order any such person or 
persons to be carried before any one of his Majesty’s Justices of the 
Peace, who shall be next to the place where the offence may be com- 
mitted, who upon proof of the offence by the oath of one or more witness 
or witnesses, shall and may order and adjudge every such offender to 
pay a fine not exceeding five pounds, nor less than ten shillings, and — 
in default of payment, to commit him to the common Goal of the Dis- 
irict, for a term not exceeding one month, nor less than ten days, unless 
the fine is sooner by him paid. — 
X. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it 
shall and may be lawful to and for the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, 
or Person administering the Government, from time to time, and as 
often as occasion shall require, to make such regulations as he shall 
think necessary, for the care and custody of any Arms and Accoutre- 
ments provided and supplied in order to the instruction of the Militia 
men to be trained and exercised; and also from time to time as occa- 
sion may require, by any order or orders to be made and issued for 
that purpose, to declare and establish the dress and uniform, to be worn 
by any and every part of the Militia of this Province. Provided always, 
that nothing herein contained, shall be construed to oblige any Militia 
man to provide any uniform at his own expense. 
XI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 
so much of the said Act passed in the forty-eighth year of the King, 
intituled, “An, Act to explain, amend and reduce to one Act of Parlia- 
ment, the several Laws now in being, for the raising and training the 
Militia of this Province,” as directs that no Company of Militia shall 
consist of more than fifty men, shall be and the same is hereby repealed, 
and that every Company shall and may consist of a number not exceed- 
ing one hundred men. 
XII. And whereas it may be convenient to form one or more 
Company or Companies of Riflemen in this Province, Be it enacted by 
the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful for the Gov- 
ernor, Lieutenant Governor, or Person administering the Government 
of this Province, to form and embody such Company or Companies, 
and employ the same on such duties as the necessity of the service may 
require. 
