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XIII. And be it further enacted by the aulhority aforesaid, That 
every Officer of the Militia of this Province, shall on or before the 
fourth day of June next; and, every Officer who may after that day be 
appointed, within eight days after he shall have received his Commis- 
sion, before one or more of his Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, for the 
District to which his Regiment, Battalion or Company shall belong, take 
and subscribe the following Oath, to wit: J, A. B. do sincerely promise 
and swear, that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to his Majesty, 
King George the Third, as lawful Sovereign of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, and of this Province, as dependant thereon, 
and that I will defend him to the utmost of my power against all traitor- 
ous conspiracies and attempts whatsoever, which shall be made against 
his Person, Crown and Dignity, and particularly his Dominions in 
North America, and that I will do my utmost endeavour to disclose and 
make known to his Majesty, his heirs or successors, all treasons and 
traitorous conspiracies and atlempts, which I shall know to be against 
him, or any of them, and to all this I do swear without any equivocation, 
mental evasion, or secret reservation, and renouncing all pardons and 
dispensations from any person or power whatsoever, to the contrary. 
So help me God. 
XIV. 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, to order and direct 
that the Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates of any and every 
Regiment, Battalion, Company or body of Militia in this Province, 
shall be called upon to take and subscribe the said Oath of Allegiance, 
and that upon receiving any orders for that purpose, it shall and may 
be lawful, to and for the Commanding Officer of such Regiment, Bat- 
talion, or Company, and he is hereby required to call upon every Non- 
Commissioned Officer or Private of his Regiment, Battalion or Company, 
to take and subscribe the said Oath, before one or more of his Majesty’s 
Justices of the Peace for the District to which such Regiment, Battalion, 
or Company shall belong, which Oath shall be administered free of 
expense, and that every Justice of the Peace administering such Oath, 
shall forward a Certificate thereof, to the Clerk of the Peace of the 
District to be enrolled, which such Clerk of the Peace is hereby required 
to do free of expense, and if any Officer,, Non-Commissioned Officer, 
or Private, (having been required so to do) shall refuse or neglect to 
take and subscribe the said Oath, in manner hereby directed, upon con- 
viction before any General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, or in time of 
actual Invasion or Insurrection, before any Court Martial, every such 
person or persons shall be deemed and taken to be an alien, and shall 
