The Documentary History Of The Campaign Upon The Niagara Frontier In The Year 1812

Author : E. Cruikshank
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781528482189
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book The Documentary History of the Campaign written by E. Cruikshank and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Documentary History of the Campaign: Upon the Niagara Frontier in the Year 1812 II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that it shall and may be lawful for the colonel or officer commanding any regiment or battalion of militia, and he is hereby required to specify to each captain of a company of his regiment or battalion the limits from within which the militiamen of such captain's company shall be enrolled. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that eve1 y male inhabitant from sixteen years of age to sixty shallbe deemed capable of bearing arms, and shall enroll his name as a militiaman on the first training day on which the said companies shall be drawn out in the division or limit in which his place of abode may be, and shall at such meeting give in his name, age, and place of residence, and if he has thereto but lately removed, he shall make the same known, together with the place from whence he removed, and every such inhabitant who shall not attend and give in his name to the captain or officer commanding the company for such division or limit, so that his name may be enrolled as a militia man, shall for such neglect forfeit and pay the sum of ten shillings, to be recovered and applied in the manner hereinafter mentioned: Provided, nevertheless, that no inhabitant shall be convicted of the offence herein described unless it is proved at the time of trial that the same inhabitant had been notified either personally or by leav ing a verbal notice at his usual place of abode of the time of meeting at least six days previous thereto: Provided always, that no person above the age of fifty years shall be called upon to bear arms, except on the day of annual meeting, or in time of war or emergency. IV. Provided always, and be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the neglect of any person so to present himself for enrolment and exercise shall not be construed to pre vent the captain or officer commanding the company of militia of the limits wherein the place of residence of any such person may be from entering the name of such person, and such captain or officer commanding such company as aforesaid is hereby required to enter the name of every person as shall come to his knowledge upon the enrolment of his company and when so entered every such person shall be subject to perform all and every the like militia duties, and under the same penalties as if he had personally presented himself for enrolment: provided also, that if any differ ence shall arise between any captain or officer and any militiaman touching the age of such militiaman, it shall be incumbent on the said militiaman to prove his age. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.