An act concerning the militia's in the respective counties within this Common-vvealth. England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A84565 of text R211334 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.16[18]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A84565 Wing E984 Thomason 669.f.16[18] ESTC R211334 99870064 99870064 163175 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A84565) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163175) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f16[18]) An act concerning the militia's in the respective counties within this Common-vvealth. England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by John Field, Printer to the Parliament of England, London : 1651. Order to print dated: Tuesday the 12th of August. 1651. Signed: Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti. With engraving of Parliamentary seal at head of text. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Great Britain -- Militia -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. A84565 R211334 (Thomason 669.f.16[18]). civilwar no An Act concerning the militia's in the respective counties within this Common-vvealth. England and Wales. Parliament. 1651 520 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 C The rate of 19 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-09 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-11 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-12 Elspeth Healey Sampled and proofread 2007-12 Elspeth Healey Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion AN ACT Concerning the Militia's in the respective Counties within this COMMON-VVEALTH . BE it Enacted and Declared by this present Parliament , and by the Authority thereof , That all and every the persons nominated and appointed , or to be nominated and appointed by the Councel of State , for the Forming , Listing , Raising , Setling and Disposing of the Militia in the several and respective Counties of this Commonwealth , Shall be , and are hereby Authorized and Impowered to do , execute and perform , All and every the Powers and Authorities granted by any Act , Order or Ordinance of Parliament , for Raising of any Forces of Horse or Foot for the Service and Safety of the Commonwealth of England ; And that the said Commissioners already nominated , or hereafter to be nominated by the Councel of State , be Authorized and Required forthwith to Summon before them , all and every the Militia Forces lately Listed or Raised in their several and respective Counties , whether they be Horse or Foot , with all their Officers and Soldiers , to be drawn into one or more Bodies , unto some one or more Rendezvouzes in eath County respectively , as the Commissioners shall think fit ; And to take care and provide , That all and every person and persons , who do , or shall finde or provide , and are or shall be charged with Horsmen or Footmen , shall immediately furnish the said Horsmen or Footmen so charged upon them respectively , with one full moneths Pay , the same to be Paid or Reimburâ—Źed by Appointment of Parliament out of , or by way of Assessments or otherwise ; And all Commissioners , Commanders , Officers and Soldiers , are to follow such Orders and Directions , as they shall from time to time receive from the Parliament or Councel of State appointed by Authority of Parliament ; And the said Commissioners , Commanders , Officers and Soldiers , are hereby Required to do their respective Duties herein with all diligence and faithfulness , upon pain of being Censured and Adjudged Enemies to their Countrey , and to undergo such penalties as in that behalf shall be by the Parliament thought fit to be inflicted upon them . And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid , That all Commissions formerly granted by the Councel of State , unto any Colonels , Lieutenant-Colonels , Majors , Captains and other Officers , upon the last Act for the Militia's of the Commonwealth , be Revived , Continued , and shall stand in full force until the First day of December , One thousand six hundred fifty one , unless the Parliament or Councel of State shall give other order . Tuesday the 12th 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.