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An Act for Establishing a Militia in this Government (1756)

dc.coverage.spatialDelaware
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-23T04:28:14Z
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-11T14:37:14Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-17T00:00:54Z
dc.date.issued1756
dc.description.abstractProhibited meeting of the militia within a half mile of a inn or tavern, and prohibited the sale of strong liquor within a half mile of the state militia.
dc.description.lawtextAND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED by the authority Aforesaid that no Captain or other Officer shall Appoint any place of Meeting for his Company (save Companys only Excepted) within the Distance of half a mile of any Inn or Tavern under the Penalty of Forty Shillings for every such Offence and that no person or persons shall presume to keep a Booth or tent or expose to sale at or Bring on any Pretence whatsoever any strong Liquor to such place of Meeting under the Penalty or Forty shillings for every such offence.
dc.description.summaryProhibited meeting of the militia within a half mile of a inn or tavern, and prohibited the sale of strong liquor within a half mile of the state militia.
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/3425
dc.subjectMILITIAS
dc.titleAn Act for Establishing a Militia in this Government (1756)

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