3 Bernard Bush, Laws of the Royal Colony of New Jersey 5 (1980)
| dc.coverage.spatial | New Jersey | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-03T22:20:52Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1746 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Required most men aged 16 to 50 to enroll in the colonial militia, provide their own weapons and ammunition, attend regular training musters, and obey military officers. Violators faced fines and, if unpaid, up to three days' imprisonment. | |
| dc.description.exceptions | Gentlemen of His Majesty's Council, the Representatives of the General Assembly, Ministers of the Gospel, the Civil Officers of the Government, and all Field-Officers and Captains, that heretofore have, now do, or hereafter shall bear such Commissions, Physicians, Schoolmasters, Millers, Ferrymen, bought white Servants, and Slaves. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | BE IT ENACTED by the Governor, Council, and General Assembly, and by the Authority of the same, That every Captain within this Colony, that already is, or hereafter shall be appointed, shall make a true and perfect List of all the Men that now do, or hereafter shall dwell, within the Districts or Divisions of which they are or shall be Captains, between the Age of Sixteen and Fifty Years (except the Gentlemen of His Majesty's Council, the Representatives of the General Assembly, Ministers of the Gospel, the Civil Officers of the Government, and all Field-Officers and Captains, that heretofore have, now do, or hereafter shall bear such Commissions, Physicians, Schoolmasters, Millers, Ferrymen, bought white Servants, and Slaves) every one of which so listed, shall be sufficiently armed with one good Musket or Fuzee well fixed, a Sword or Bayonet, a Cartouch Box or Powder-Horn, three Charges of Powder, and three sizeable Bullets; who shall appear in the Field so armed twice a Year, viz. The first Monday in April, and the second Monday in October (except the County of Cape-May, which shall thus appear the third Tuesday in April, and the third Tuesday in October) at the Places appointed by their respective Captains or superior Officers, and continue in Arms but one Day at each Time, besides at other such Times when they may be called together by an Order in Writing, under the Hand of the Captain-General, or Commander in Chief for the Time being, at such Places within each respective County as shall be by him appointed, to be taught the Use of their Arms. PROVIDED ALWAYS, That such Calling together in Writing, as aforesaid, shall not exceed once in a Year, and said Person to be kept in Arms but one Day at such Time, except in case of Alarms. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED by the Authority aforesaid, That every Person so listed, that doth appear at the Times and Places abovesaid, shall be, and are hereby subjected to the Commands of their proper Officers, and upon Disobedience it shall and may be lawful for the Captain or Commanding Officer to fine said Offender or Offenders, any Sum not less than One Shilling, nor above Ten Shillings; and in case of Delay or Refusal to pay such Fine or Fines, then the said Captain, or Commanding-Officer, may make out his Warrant to one of his Serjeants or Corporals, commanding him to take to his Assistance one or more of the Soldiers under his Command, if Occasion should require, and take the Body of the said Offender or Offenders, and deliver him or them to the Goaler of the said County, who is hereby required and commanded to take the said Offender or Offenders into his Custody, and keep him or them in close Goal for such Time as shall be expressed in the Captain's Warrant, not exceed- ing three Days; and at the Expiration of said Time, or on Payment of the said Fine or Fines, then the said Offender to be discharged, paying to the Goaler One Shilling for his Fees, and no more. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/5914 | |
| dc.rights | CC0 1.0 Universal | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ | |
| dc.subject | MILITIAS | |
| dc.subject | REQUIRED POSSESSION | |
| dc.title | 3 Bernard Bush, Laws of the Royal Colony of New Jersey 5 (1980) |
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