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16 The Statutes at Large of Pennsylvania from 1682 to 1801, at 297 (1911)

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dc.coverage.spatialPennsylvania
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-24T17:28:19Z
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-12T17:04:12Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-17T04:19:30Z
dc.date.issued1799
dc.description.abstractExplicitly allowed "sons who are not subject to the militia law may be admitted as substitutes for their fathers."
dc.description.lawtext[ Section XXI. ) ( Section XXI, 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, or find a person to march in his said substitute's 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.
dc.description.summaryThe law allowed people called for militia duty to provide an approved substitute, but they remained responsible for finding another substitute or serving themselves if their substitute was later called to active duty. It also allowed sons who were not subject to militia service to serve as substitutes for their fathers.
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/5142
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dc.subjectMILITIAS
dc.title16 The Statutes at Large of Pennsylvania from 1682 to 1801, at 297 (1911)

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