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<HEAD>AN ACT WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO THE Commi&s;sioners of the re&s;pective Militia's.</HEAD>
<P>_BE it Enacted by this pre&s;ent Parliament, That every per&s;on Inhabiting or Lodging within the late Lines of Communication, being now within the &s;aid late Lines, do on or before Monday the Eighteenth day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty one; and &s;uch as Inhabit or Lodge within the &s;aid 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 po&s;&s;e&s;sion, or which any other per&s;on hath for their u&s;e within the &s;aid late Lines, and where and in who&s;e Cu&s;tody the &s;ame is, unto the Committees for the <HI>Militia</HI> of tho&s;e parts where he Inhabits or Lodg|eth as afore&s;aid, or unto &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, and at &s;uch places as &s;hall be by them re&s;pectively appointed, upon the penalty of forfeiting all &s;uch Arms as &s;hall not be &s;o di&s;covered, and the double value of them: And that no per&s;on afore&s;aid, do di&s;po&s;e of any &s;uch Ordnance, Arms or Am|munition, until the Three and twentieth day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty one, without the leave of the re&s;pective <HI>Militia's,</HI> or any two of them under their Hands, under the like penalty as is afore&s;aid. And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, who have been Se|que&s;tred, or have been in Arms again&s;t the Parliament, or that have not taken the Engagement, or that have appeared in any Action or De&s;ign again&s;t the Parliament, not being in the Parliaments Service, &s;hall wear about them any Arms what&s;oever, from and after the publication hereof, until the Fir&s;t day of <HI>October,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty one&punc; without &s;pecial and particular Licen&s;e from the Commi&s;sioners of the re|&s;pective <HI>Militia's</HI> within the re&s;pective Counties, or any three or more of them, under penalty of forfeiting &s;uch Arms and the &s;um of Twenty &s;hillings, the one moyety thereof to the poor of that Pari&s;h where &s;uch per|&s;ons &s;hall be apprehended, and the other moyety to the Informer. And it is further Ordained, That all Hou&s;holders within the &s;aid late Lines of Communication, that hath or keepeth any Lodgers with them, &s;hall by the Sixteenth day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty one, give in a Li&s;t of the Names, Sur|name and Conditions of their &s;aid Lodgers unto the Committee of the <HI>Militia</HI> of the places where they In|habit, or unto &s;uch as &s;hall be by them appointed to receive the &s;ame.</P>
<P>And it is further Enacted and Ordained, That all Ma&s;ters of Families within the Limits of the late Lines of Communication, do keep their Sons and Men-&s;ervants within their Hou&s;es or other where at their &s;everal Imployments in quiet and peacable order, without tumultuous Meetings together, or any di&s;orderly Actions; And if any of their &s;aid Sons or Servants &s;hall depart from their Parents or Ma&s;ters, and &s;hall continue &s;o withdrawn for the &s;pace of twelve hours or above, Their Parents or Ma&s;ters &s;hall declare the &s;aid Departure of their &s;aid Sons or Men-&s;ervants, to the Committee of the <HI>Militia</HI> of the place where they do inhabit, and give in to them in writing their Names and Age, under penalty of Seque&s;tration: And for the better putting in Execution of the Premi&s;es, the Commi&s;sioners of the <HI>Militia</HI> of the &s;everal Counties, Cities and places of this Commonwealth in their &s;everal and re&s;pective Iuri&s;dictions, are hereby Authori|zed and Required to take care to &s;ee this Act put in Execution accordingly; And are hereby Impowered to Examine and make Search concerning all and every the Premi&s;es; And if any per&s;on &s;hall appear to them by proof upon Oath (which Oath the &s;aid Commi&s;sioners or any three of them, have hereby power to ad|mini&s;ter) or Confe&s;sion of the party, to be an Offender again&s;t this Act, they are to Levy all and every the penalties herein contained again&s;t the &s;aid Offender, according to this pre&s;ent Act: And are further Authorized to Recompence any per&s;on or per&s;ons who &s;hall make Di&s;coveries to them concerning the Pre|mi&s;es, out of the &s;aid Forfeitures, as they &s;hall think fit. Provided, That no per&s;on &s;hall be Pro&s;ecu|ted or Impeached upon this Act, unle&s;s he &s;hall be &s;o Impeached within one Moneth after the Offence committed. Provided al&s;o, That this Act &s;hall continue until the Fir&s;t day of <HI>October,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and one, and no longer.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Wedne&s;day the <HI>13^t^h</HI> of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> 1651.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by the Parliament, That this Act be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>LONDON:</HI> Printed by <HI>John Field,</HI> Printer to the Parliament of <HI>England.</HI> 1651.</P>
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