1693 Mass. Acts 48
| dc.coverage.spatial | Massachusetts | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T01:55:23Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T13:54:21Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T02:21:41Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1693 | |
| dc.description.abstract | An Act for Regulating of the Militia, ch. 3, §§ 1, 5: That all male persons from sixteen years of age to sixty, (other than such as are herein after excepted), shall bear arms, and duly attend all musters and military exercises of the respective troops and companies where they are listed . . . § 5 That every listed solider and other householder (except troopers) shall be always provided with a well fixed firelock musket, or musket or bastard musket bore . . . | |
| dc.description.lawtext | I. THAT all male persons from sixteen years of age to sixty, (other than such as are herein after excepted), shall bear arms, and duly attend all musters and military exercises of the respective troops and companies where they are listed or belong, allowing Three Months Time to every Son next after his coming to Sixteen Years of Age, and every Servant so long, after his Time is out, to provide themselves with Arms and Ammunition, &c. [...] V. THAT every listed solider and other householder (except troopers) shall be always provided with a well fixed firelock musket, or musket or bastard musket bore, the Barrel not less than Three Foot and a half long; or other good Fire Arms, to the Satisfaction of the Commission Officers of the Company; a Snapsack, a collar with Twelve Bandaleers, or Cartough-box; One Pound of good Powder, Twenty Bullets fit for his Gun, and Twelve Flints; a good Sword or Cutlass, a Worm and Priming-wire fit for his Gun, on Penalty of Six Shillings for want of such Arms is hereby required, and Two Shillings for each other Defect, and the like sum for every Four Weeks he shall remain unprovided; the Fine to be paid by Parents for their Sons under Age, and under their Command; and by Masters or Heads of Families, for their Servants, other than Servants upon Wages. | |
| dc.description.summary | Required all males from 16 to 60 to bear arms and participate in militia activities. Also outlined what arms they were required to keep. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4167 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedby | https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=evans;cc=evans;rgn=main;view=text;idno=N00720.0001.001 | |
| dc.subject | ARMED FORCES | |
| dc.title | 1693 Mass. Acts 48 |