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18 G. Til. c.14*. 
Digeft, ed. 1778. 
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venting the impending nap of the quiet magiftrate, who dared 
to differ in opinion with them ? 
I sHatt make no remarks on the method of ballotting, except 
this: that a power is given to the deputy lieutenants and juf- 
tices to order a frefh ballot, in cafe the lot falls on any perfon 
who, by reafon of infirmity, or want of fize, is unfit to ferve. 
This is extremely juft: yet {trict attention fhould be paid to 
this power; leaft through too great nicety in the gentlemen, or 
too great favor to the commanding officer, they fhould be in- 
duced to reject thofe to whom nothing but the moft trivial, or 
perhaps affected objections could be made. Befides, it moft 
commonly happens, that on the day of appeal the lifts are en- 
tirely cleared from all objectionable perfons. For the fake of 
the people therefore, a fevere penalty fhould be enacted, as a 
guard againft the abufe of this power. 
Ir any of you who are ballotted, do not chufe to ferve, you 
have liberty of offering a fubftitute; and that fubftitute muft 
be five feet four inches high, and fit for fervice. You mutt. 
offer none but fuch who are active in body and found in mind: 
who can fully anfwer the purpofe for which they are called out, 
that of defending our wives, children, and property. You muft 
offer fuch who will not fhame you in diftant counties, or give 
needlefs trouble to the gentlemen who command them, and 
who have, in many inftances, for all our fakes, given up for a 
time every comfort of a domelftic life. 
* Abridged, and part ef the claufe omitted, in Mr. Ruffieaa’s edition. See 
vol. xili. 181. 
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