1792 N.C. Sess. Laws 33
| dc.coverage.spatial | North Carolina | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T17:17:01Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T15:34:35Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T03:42:22Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1792 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The minimum age remained 18, while the maximum dropped to 45. The mandatory arms paralleled the federal statute. Each infantryman was required to "provide himself with a good musket or firelock, a sufficient bayonet and belt, two spare flints, a knapsack, a pouch with a box therein to contain not less than 24 cartridges suited to the bore of his musket or firelock, each cartridge to contain a proper quantity of powder and ball ; or with a good rifle, knapsack, shot-pouch and powder-horn, 20 balls suited to the bore of his rifle, and a quarter of a pound of powder." | |
| dc.description.lawtext | BE it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of North-Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all freemen and indented servants of this state resident therein, who are or shall be of the age of 18 and under 45 years, except as herein after excepted, shall as soon as is practicable, be severally and respectively enrolled in the militia, by the Captain or Commanding Officer of the company within the bounds of whose district, to be allotted him by the court-martial, such citizen shall reside; and it shall at all times hereafter be the duty of every Captain or Commanding Officer of a company to enrol every such citizen as aforesaid, being of the age of 18 years, and under the age of 45 years, except as herein after excepted, who shall come to reside within his bounds and remain therein one month; and shall without delay notify such citizen of the said enrolment by a proper non-commissioned officer of the company, by whom such notice may be proved: That every citizen so enroled and notified shall, within nine months thereafter, provide himself with a good musket or firelock, a sufficient bayonet and belt, two spare flints, a knapsack, a pouch with a box therein to contain not less than 24 cartridges suited to the bore of his musket or firelock, each cartridge to contain a proper quantity of powder and ball; or with a good rifle, knapsack, shot-pouch and powder-horn, 20 balls suited to the bore of his rifle, and a quarter of a pound of powder; and shall appear so armed, accoutred and provided when called out to exercise or into service; except, that when called out on company days to exercise only, he may appear without a knapsack: That the commissioned officers shall severally be armed with a sword or hanger, and espontoon; That on or before the 8th day of May, 1797, all muskets for arming the militia as herein required, shall be of bores sufficient for balls of the 18th part of a pound; and every citizen so enroled and notified providing himself with the arms, ammunition and accoutrements required as aforesaid, shall hold the same exempted from all suits, distresses, executions or sales for debt, or for the payment of taxes. | |
| dc.description.summary | The minimum age remained 18, while the maximum dropped to 45. Enrolled members are required to equip themselves within nine months with either a musket or a rifle. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4875 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyHathi | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nc01.ark:/13960/t8sb53g1g; view=1up;seq=33 | |
| dc.subject | MILITIAS | |
| dc.subject | REQUIRED POSSESSION | |
| dc.title | 1792 N.C. Sess. Laws 33 |