1 Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England 79–80 (John Russell Bartlett ed., 1856)
Abstract
reiterated an earlier order "for every man to have so much powder, and so many bullets, and so the forwarning is to stand still in force; and also that every man do come armed unto the meeting upon every sixth day"
Summary
The order requires militia members to keep the previously mandated amounts of gunpowder and bullets and to come armed to meetings every sixth day. It reaffirms that the earlier training and equipment requirements remain in force.
Law Text
It is further ordered, that those last orders about trayning, and for every man to have so much powder, and so many bulletts, and so the forwarning is to stand still in force; and also that every man do come armed unto the meeting upon every sixth day.
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REQUIRED POSSESSION