An act with instructions to the commissioners of the respective militia's.
         England and Wales. Parliament.
      
       
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             An act with instructions to the commissioners of the respective militia's.
             England and Wales. Parliament.
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.)
           
             Printed by John Field, Printer to the Parliament of England,
             London :
             1651.
          
           
             Order to print dated: Wednesday the 13th of August, 1651. Signed: Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti.
             With Parliamentary seal at head of document.
             Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800.
           Great Britain -- Militia -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
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           AN
           ACT
           WITH
           INSTRUCTIONS
           TO
           THE
           Commissioners
           of
           the
           respective
           Militia's
           .
        
         
           BE
           it
           Enacted
           by
           this
           present
           Parliament
           ,
           That
           every
           person
           Inhabiting
           or
           Lodging
           within
           the
           late
           Lines
           of
           Communication
           ,
           being
           now
           within
           the
           said
           late
           Lines
           ,
           do
           on
           or
           before
           Monday
           the
           Eighteenth
           day
           of
           
             August
             ,
          
           One
           thousand
           six
           hundred
           fifty
           one
           ;
           and
           such
           as
           Inhabit
           or
           Lodge
           within
           the
           said
           late
           Lines
           ,
           not
           being
           now
           in
           Town
           ,
           do
           within
           Three
           days
           after
           their
           coming
           to
           Town
           ,
           exhibit
           and
           give
           in
           a
           particular
           in
           Writing
           under
           their
           Hands
           ,
           of
           what
           Ordnance
           ,
           Arms
           or
           Ammunition
           he
           or
           they
           have
           in
           their
           possession
           ,
           or
           which
           any
           other
           person
           hath
           for
           their
           use
           within
           the
           said
           late
           Lines
           ,
           and
           where
           and
           in
           whose
           Custody
           the
           same
           is
           ,
           unto
           the
           Committees
           for
           the
           
             Militia
          
           of
           those
           parts
           where
           he
           Inhabits
           or
           Lodgeth
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           or
           unto
           such
           person
           or
           persons
           ,
           and
           at
           such
           places
           as
           shall
           be
           by
           them
           respectively
           appointed
           ,
           upon
           the
           penalty
           of
           forfeiting
           all
           such
           Arms
           as
           shall
           not
           be
           so
           discovered
           ,
           and
           the
           double
           value
           of
           them
           :
           And
           that
           no
           person
           aforesaid
           ,
           do
           dispose
           of
           any
           such
           Ordnance
           ,
           Arms
           or
           Ammunition
           ,
           until
           the
           Three
           and
           twentieth
           day
           of
           
             August
             ,
          
           One
           thousand
           six
           hundred
           fifty
           one
           ,
           without
           the
           leave
           of
           the
           respective
           
             Militia's
             ,
          
           or
           any
           two
           of
           them
           under
           their
           Hands
           ,
           under
           the
           like
           penalty
           as
           is
           aforesaid
           .
           And
           be
           it
           further
           Enacted
           by
           the
           Authority
           aforesaid
           ,
           That
           no
           person
           or
           persons
           whatsoever
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           Sequestred
           ,
           or
           have
           been
           in
           Arms
           against
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           or
           that
           have
           not
           taken
           the
           Engagement
           ,
           or
           that
           have
           appeared
           in
           any
           Action
           or
           Design
           against
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           not
           being
           in
           the
           Parliaments
           Service
           ,
           shall
           wear
           about
           them
           any
           Arms
           whatsoever
           ,
           from
           and
           after
           the
           publication
           hereof
           ,
           until
           the
           First
           day
           of
           
             October
             ,
          
           One
           thousand
           six
           hundred
           fifty
           one
           ▪
           without
           special
           and
           particular
           License
           from
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           the
           respective
           
             Militia's
          
           within
           the
           respective
           Counties
           ,
           or
           any
           three
           or
           more
           of
           them
           ,
           under
           penalty
           of
           forfeiting
           such
           Arms
           and
           the
           sum
           of
           Twenty
           shillings
           ,
           the
           one
           moyety
           thereof
           to
           the
           poor
           of
           that
           Parish
           where
           such
           persons
           shall
           be
           apprehended
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           moyety
           to
           the
           Informer
           .
           And
           it
           is
           further
           Ordained
           ,
           That
           all
           Housholders
           within
           the
           said
           late
           Lines
           of
           Communication
           ,
           that
           hath
           or
           keepeth
           any
           Lodgers
           with
           them
           ,
           shall
           by
           the
           Sixteenth
           day
           of
           
             August
             ,
          
           One
           thousand
           six
           hundred
           fifty
           one
           ,
           give
           in
           a
           List
           of
           the
           Names
           ,
           Surname
           and
           Conditions
           of
           their
           said
           Lodgers
           unto
           the
           Committee
           of
           the
           
             Militia
          
           of
           the
           places
           where
           they
           Inhabit
           ,
           or
           unto
           such
           as
           shall
           be
           by
           them
           appointed
           to
           receive
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           And
           it
           is
           further
           Enacted
           and
           Ordained
           ,
           That
           all
           Masters
           of
           Families
           within
           the
           Limits
           of
           the
           late
           Lines
           of
           Communication
           ,
           do
           keep
           their
           Sons
           and
           Men-servants
           within
           their
           Houses
           or
           other
           where
           at
           their
           several
           Imployments
           in
           quiet
           and
           peacable
           order
           ,
           without
           tumultuous
           Meetings
           together
           ,
           or
           any
           disorderly
           Actions
           ;
           And
           if
           any
           of
           their
           said
           Sons
           or
           Servants
           shall
           depart
           from
           their
           Parents
           or
           Masters
           ,
           and
           shall
           continue
           so
           withdrawn
           for
           the
           space
           of
           twelve
           hours
           or
           above
           ,
           Their
           Parents
           or
           Masters
           shall
           declare
           the
           said
           Departure
           of
           their
           said
           Sons
           or
           Men-servants
           ,
           to
           the
           Committee
           of
           the
           
             Militia
          
           of
           the
           place
           where
           they
           do
           inhabit
           ,
           and
           give
           in
           to
           them
           in
           writing
           their
           Names
           and
           Age
           ,
           under
           penalty
           of
           Sequestration
           :
           And
           for
           the
           better
           putting
           in
           Execution
           of
           the
           Premises
           ,
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           the
           
             Militia
          
           of
           the
           several
           Counties
           ,
           Cities
           and
           places
           of
           this
           Commonwealth
           in
           their
           several
           and
           respective
           Iurisdictions
           ,
           are
           hereby
           Authorized
           and
           Required
           to
           take
           care
           to
           see
           this
           Act
           put
           in
           Execution
           accordingly
           ;
           And
           are
           hereby
           Impowered
           to
           Examine
           and
           make
           Search
           concerning
           all
           and
           every
           the
           Premises
           ;
           And
           if
           any
           person
           shall
           appear
           to
           them
           by
           proof
           upon
           Oath
           (
           which
           Oath
           the
           said
           Commissioners
           or
           any
           three
           of
           them
           ,
           have
           hereby
           power
           to
           administer
           )
           or
           Confession
           of
           the
           party
           ,
           to
           be
           an
           Offender
           against
           this
           Act
           ,
           they
           are
           to
           Levy
           all
           and
           every
           the
           penalties
           herein
           contained
           against
           the
           said
           Offender
           ,
           according
           to
           this
           present
           Act
           :
           And
           are
           further
           Authorized
           to
           Recompence
           any
           person
           or
           persons
           who
           shall
           make
           Discoveries
           to
           them
           concerning
           the
           Premises
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           said
           Forfeitures
           ,
           as
           they
           shall
           think
           fit
           .
           Provided
           ,
           That
           no
           person
           shall
           be
           Prosecuted
           or
           Impeached
           upon
           this
           Act
           ,
           unless
           he
           shall
           be
           so
           Impeached
           within
           one
           Moneth
           after
           the
           Offence
           committed
           .
           Provided
           also
           ,
           That
           this
           Act
           shall
           continue
           until
           the
           First
           day
           of
           
             October
             ,
          
           One
           thousand
           six
           hundred
           fifty
           and
           one
           ,
           and
           no
           longer
           .
        
      
       
         
           
             
               Wednesday
               the
               
                 13th
              
               of
               
                 August
                 ,
              
               1651.
               
            
          
        
         
           ORdered
           by
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           That
           this
           Act
           be
           forthwith
           printed
           and
           published
           .
        
         
           
             Hen
             :
             Scobell
             ,
             Cleric
             .
             Parliamenti
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             LONDON
             :
          
           Printed
           by
           
             John
             Field
             ,
          
           Printer
           to
           the
           Parliament
           of
           
             England
             .
          
           1651.