Excerpt from The Statutes at Large of Pennsylvania From 1682 to 1801, Vol. 14: 1791-1793 The mites and index have been prepared under the supervision of the Commission. 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.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ... be relieved by the class next in numerical order, the relief to arrive at least two days before the expiration of the term of the class to be relieved, but nothing herein contained shall prevent the governor from employing and calling out part of any class, or any company or companies, regiment or regiments, without respect to this rule, whenever the exigency is too sudden to allow the assemblying of the scattered militia which compose the particular classes, and the services of the persons so called out shall be accounted as part of their tour of duty, and the pay of the militia in actual service shall commence two days before marching, and they shall receive pay and rations at the rate of fifteen miles per day on their return home. [Section XIX.] (Section XIX, P. L.) And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful for any person called to do a tour of duty to find a sufficient substitute, such substitute being approved of by the captain or commanding officer of the company which he shall be offered to serve in. Provided always, That persons serving by substitute as aforesaid, if said substitute shall be called in his own turn into actual service before the term expires which he was to serve for his employer, that then the person procuring such substitute shall march in his said substitutes' turn, or be liable to pay his fine for neglect, which fine is to be recovered as other fines for neglect of serving are by this act directed to be recovered, and that sons who are not subject to the militia law may be admitted as substitutes for their fathers. [Section XX.] (Section XX, P. L.) And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when the militia, or any detachment thereof, are called out...

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