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friined by fome furgeon, and fhall have 
been declared to be neither ruptured, lame, 
maimed, nor -affligted with any diforder 
that may render him unfit to ferve. § 18. 
' Every man ballotted, fhall be enrolled 
and fworn to ferve within the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
and within the iflands of Guernfey, Jerfey, 
and Alderney, tor the defence of the fame, 
and not elfewhere, for five years; and 
every fub(titute or volunteer fhall be liable 
and fworn to ferve for five years, and fur- 
ther until fix months after the ratification 
of a definitive treaty of peace with France, 
and likewife take another oath, that he 
has no rupture, nor is fubje&t to fits, nor 
difabled by lamenefs or otherwife, and 
that he is not an apprentice, ora feaman 
or feafaring man, and that he doth not 
belong to navy, army, or marines, nor to 
the militia. § 19. 
If the churchwardens or overfeers fhall, 
with the conient of the veftry or any other 
meeting holden on three days public no- 
- tice, provide volunteers, of the fame or 
fome adjoining county, fuch volunteers 
fhall be enrolled ; and if any fuch church- 
wardens or overfeers fhall give to fuch 
volunteers any {ums not exceeding the 
average price to be fixed as herein-after 
mentioned, fuch churchwardens or over- 
feers may make a rate upon the inhabi- 
tants according to the poor-rate to reim- 
burfe themfelves fuch fums as they fhall 
baye paid to fuch volunteers, and the 
overplus, if any, fhall be applied as part 
of the poors rates; and, if any” perfon, 
not being enrolled te ferve, or having pro- 
vided a fubftitute, fhall refufe to pay, 
any Juftice, upon complaint, may levy 
_the fame by diftrefs : but, any perfon ag- 
grieved may appeal to the next general 
or quarter feffions. § 20, 
Any perfons may provide volunteers, 
of the fame or fome adjoining county, to 
ferve for the fame fubdivifion, previous to 
the ballot: or any perfons of the fame or 
forme adjoining county, willing to ferve 
therein, may offer themfelves to ferve. 
ee 
The Deputy-lieutenants thal! order all 
volunteers to be forwarded to the place cf 
allembly, and if thofe enrolled before tak- 
ing the ballot fhall amount toacertain - - 
number, the Deputy-liewtenants may fuf- 
pend the ballot, and fhall fend an account 
of the number enrolled to the clerk of the 
general meetings, to be tranfmitted to the 
Secretary at War, and his Majefty may 
direct a further fufpenfion of the ballot, at 
the end of which period the number want 
ing thall be ballotted for, &c. § 22. 
- “Half the price of a volunteer or fubfti- 
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tute hall be paid to every perfon who fhail 
prove, on oath, that he is not poffeffed of 
five hundred pounds, who fhall be enrolled, 
or fhall provide-a fubftitute, to be paid on 
the expiration of fourteen days after join- ' 
ing at any place of aflembly. § 23. 
« Subftitutes or volunteers having re-~ 
ceived money and not appearing to be 
enrolled, fhall return it and pay a penalty 
of forty pounds, or be imprifoned for three 
months, § 24, 
Subdiyifion meetings may fix the price 
to be paid to yolunteers, a moiety of 
which fhall be paid by the parifh-officers 
to perfons entitled thereto. § 25. 
Two guineas fhall be paid by the re. 
ceiver general for every ballotted man 
who fhall ferve perfonally, and one 
guinea for every fubftitute or volunteer. 
ay DOs Ce ys 
His Majefty may appoint the times and 
places for aflembiing the men enrolled; 
and fend officers to receive them, notice 
whereof fhall be tranimitted by the fecre- 
tary at war to the deputy-leutenatits, and 
when none are fent, the deputy-licutenants 
fhall order the men to repair to the places 
of affembly, dc. §. 28. 
His Majefy may caufe the men fo be 
placed in corps appointed to ferve withia 
certain limits, or to be formed into new 
corps ; and may appoint officers to com~ 
mand and difcipline them, and the army 
raifed under this Aét fhall be fubject to 
the mutiny laws. § 29, 
None of the corps in which the men 
fhall be placed fhall be ordered out of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, and the iflands. of Guernfey, 
Jerfey, and Alderney; nor any of the 
men be compeilable to ferve out of them, 
unlefs they voluntarily enlit in any of the 
forces for general fervice, and fhall have 
been previoufly difcharged. § 30. 
The lieutenants and deputy-lieutenants 
fha]l tran{mit certificates to the command- 
ing officers of the men railed. § 31. 
_ Wives and families of corporals and 
privates entitled to relief according to 
provifions of 43 Geo. 3. c.47. and the 
amount fhall be repaid quarterly to the 
parifh-officers by the receiver general of 
the county. § 32. 
His Majefty may direét the commandant 
to difcharge any man willing to enliit 
into his forces for general fervice, 8c. 
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: Bat if any fuch perfon fhall refufe to 
enlift, he fhall continue to belong to the 
corps from which difcharged. § 34. 
The provifions of Acts relative to the 
militia, as far as applicable, fhall extend 
te this A&.. § 44. . | 
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