+ Sic. Persons who have paid the Duty on Game Certificates in Great Britain exempt from the Duty thereon in Ireland; and Persons having paid the Duty imposed thereon in Ireland exempt from the Duty in Great Bri tain on paying the Difference only. Commissioners of Stamps in Ireland, receiv upon + the Duty imposed on any such Person as aforesaid in "Great Britain, upon their paying to the Commissioners of Stamps ' in Great Britain the Difference between the Duty paid by them on such Certificates in Ireland, and the Sum which would have 'been payable by them in Great Britain in case they had not ' previously paid any such Duty as aforesaid in Ireland;' Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act, whenever any Person shall have paid or shall pay the Duty imposed by the said recited Act of the Fifty second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty on Persons in Great Britain, other than Persons acting by virtue of a Deputation or Appointment, who shall use any Dog, Gun, Net, or other Engine for the Purpose of taking or killing any Game whatever, or any Woodcock, Snipe, Quail, or Landrail, or any Conies, or shall take or kill by any Means whatever, or shall assist in any Manner in the taking or killing by any Means whatever, any Game, or any Woodcock, Snipe, Quail, or Landrail, or any Cony, such Person shall be exempt from the Duty imposed by the said recited Act passed in the Fifty sixth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty on Certificates to authorize Persons not being Gamekeepers to kill Game in Ireland, for and during the Period in respect whereof such Duty shall have been paid in Great Britain, and from all the Penalties contained or imposed in the said recited Act of the Fifty sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, or in and by any other Act or Acts for securing any of the said Duties so payable in Ireland as aforesaid; and that every Person who shall have paid any of the Duties imposed by the said recited Act of the Fifty sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty on Certificates to authorize Persons not being Gamekeepers to kill Game in Ireland, shall be exempt from the Duties imposed by the said recited Act of the Fifty second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, on Persons in Great Britain who shall use any Dog, Gun, Net, or other Engine for the Purpose of taking or killing any Game whatever, or any Woodcock, Snipe, Quail, or Landrail, or any Cony, and from all the Penalties contained in or imposed by the said recited Act of the Fifty second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, or in or by any other Act or Acts for securing any of the said Duties payable in Great Britain as aforesaid, provided such Person shall first pay to the said Commissioners of Stamps in Great Britain the Difference between the Duty already paid by him in Ireland, and the Duty which would have been payable in respect of such Person for any of the Purposes aforesaid in Great Britain. II. And be it further enacted, That in every Case in which any such Difference of Duty shall be offered to be paid to the Commissioners of Stamps in Ireland as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Stamps, or their proper Officers, and they are hereby authorized and required to receive the Amount of such Difference of Duty, upon the Production to the Mark denoting said Commissioners, or their proper Officers, of the Certificate such Payment. upon which the original Duty shall have been paid, and to stamp ing the Difference of Duty, to stamp Certificates with a such such Certificate with a Mark or Impression denoting the Payment of the additional Duty payable thereon in pursuance of this Act. III. Provided always, and be it further enacted and declared, That neither the Payment of the Difference of Duty as aforesaid, nor the stamping of the Certificate, nor any thing contained or done in pursuance of this Act, shall be construed to authorize or enable any Person to kill Game, or use any Dog, Gun, Net, or other Engine for any of the Purposes mentioned in this Act, at any Time or Times, or in any Manner prohibited by any Law in force at or immediately before the passing of this Act, nor unless such Person shall be duly qualified so to do under and by virtue of the Laws in being; and all Penalties and Forfeitures, Actions and Suits, shall and may be prosecuted and maintained for such Offences as if this Act had not been made. CAP. L. An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and con- 6 WHEREAS it is necessary that Provision should be made for defraying the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and con'tingent and other Expences of the Regular Militia, and of the Miners of Cornwall and Devon (when disembodied) in Great 'Britain and Ireland; and also for making Allowances of Reduced Pay in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers and Surgeons Mates of the Regular Militia and Miners of Devon and Cornwall ' in Great Britain, while disembodied; and also Allowances to Adjutants and Serjeant Majors of the Regular Militia, who have been or may be reduced; and to Adjutants, Surgeons, and 'Quartermasters, after long Service;' Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That the Secretary at War for the Time being may and Secretary at shall, and he is hereby authorized, empowered, and required to War to issue cause to be issued and paid the whole Sum required for the the Money reRegular Militia of Great Britain and Ireland (when disembodied), quired for the Pay of the in the Manner and for the several Uses hereinafter mentioned; Regular Mi(that is to say), for the Pay of the said Regular Militia at the Rates litia. following; (that is to say), For each Adjutant, Eight Shillings per Diem: For each Paymaster, in Corps consisting of Three Companies and For each Paymaster, in Corps consisting of Two Companies, Five For each Paymaster, in Corps consisting of One Company, Four Shillings per Diem: Rates of Pay. For Rates of Pay when absent on Furlough. Clothing. For each Surgeon, Six Shillings per Diem: For each Quartermaster, where One had been appointed in a Corps while embodied at an Establishment of not less than Three hundred and sixty Private Men, Five Shillings per Diem; and at an Establishment of less than Three hundred and sixty Private Men, Three Shillings per Diem : For each Serjeant Major, having been Serjeant Major of a Provisional Battalion of Militia, Two Shillings and Sixpence per Diem: For each Serjeant Major, where One is appointed in Corps con- For each Quartermaster Serjeant of the Militia of Ireland, One For each Serjeant, having been a Colour Serjeant in One of the For each Serjeant doing the duty of Quartermaster Serjeant while For each Serjeant, One Shilling and Sixpence per Diem : For each Corporal, One Shilling and Two Pence per Diem: For each Drummer or Fifer, One Shilling per Diem : Provided always, That when any Serjeant, Corporal, Drummer, Every Serjeant Major, having been Serjeant Major of a Pro- For every Serjeant Major, where One is appointed in Corps con- For every Quartermaster Serjeant of the Militia of Ireland, One For every Serjeant doing the Duty of Quartermaster Serjeant For every other Serjeant, the Sum of One Shilling per Diem: And for every Drummer or Fifer, the Sum of Sixpence per And also for the Clothing of the Regular Militia (when disem bodied), in Cases in which full Clothing shall be provided by the 2 Colonel Colonel or Commandant, at the Rate of Five Pounds Twelve Shillings and One Penny for each Serjeant Major, Quartermaster Serjeant, and Serjeant doing the Duty of Quartermaster Serjeant while no Quartermaster is appointed; Three Pounds for each Serjeant; One Pound Seventeen Shillings and Four Pence for each Corporal; Two Pounds Eighteen Shillings and Seven Pence for each Drum Major; Two Pounds Eighteen Shillings and Seven Pence for each Drummer or Fifer; and One Pound Seventeen Shillings for each Private Man; and so in proportion in the Cases. in which only Part of the Clothing shall be provided by the Colonel or Commandant, together with the actual Expence of Package and Carriage, and such Charges for altering and fitting the Clothing as shall have been notified by the Secretary at War; and that such Serjeant Majors, Quartermaster Serjeants, Drum Majors, Serjeants, Corporals, and Drummers or Fifers, who may be retained on constant Pay, and resident at Head Quarters, shall be clothed once in Two Years: And also at the Rate of Two Pence per Month for each Private Contingent Man and Drummer or Fifer, for defraying the contingent Ex- Fund. pences of each Regiment, Battalion, or Corps. II. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That any Paymaster of Disembodied Militia, being either on Naval or Military Half Pay, or being entitled to any Allowance as having served in any of His Majesty's Regular Forces, or Navy or Marines, shall and may and he is hereby empowered to receive and take the aforesaid Rates of Disembodied Pay, (videlicet) Six Shillings, Five Shillings, or Four Shillings per Diem, as the Case may be; and the receiving and taking such Rates of Disembodied Pay as aforesaid, shall not prevent such Paymaster on Half Pay, or being entitled to any such Allowance, from receiving his Half Pay, or such Allowance; and such Paymaster shall take the following Oath before some Justice of the Peace, who is hereby empowered to administer the same: IA. B. do swear, That I had not between the and the any Place or Employment of • Profit, Civil or Military, under His Majesty, besides my Allow- 6 6 Army or Navy, or Marines (as the Case may be), save and except 'my Disembodied Pay (of Six Shillings, Five Shillings, or Four Shillings, as the Case may be) as Paymaster of the Militia.' And the taking the said Oath shall be sufficient to entitle such Paymaster to receive his Half Pay or the said Allowance, without taking any other Oath; any Law, Usage, or Custom to the contrary notwithstanding. III. And be it further enacted, That every Adjutant, Paymaster, Surgeon, Quartermaster, and every Noncommissioned Officer, Drummer, and Fifer, on permanent Pay of Regular Militia, when disembodied, shall be constantly resident within the City, Town, or Place where the Arms of the Corps to which such Officers belong are kept, or within such reasonable Distance of the Depôt as shall be sanctioned by the Secretary at War: Pro7 & 8 GEO. IV. vided T Paymaster allowed Disembodied Pay. Oath. Residence of to be where Quartermaster, Paymaster to issue the Money for contingent Expences, on an Order signed by the Colonel. Balance to form a Stock Purse. In Absence of the Adjutant, the Serjeants, &c. to be under the Com mand of the vided always, that every such Adjutant, Paymaster, Surgeon, Quartermaster, Noncommissioned Officer, Drummer, and Fifer, shall forfeit his Pay for any Period during which he shall be absent, except when absent by Leave from the Colonel or Commandant of the Regiment, Battalion, or Corps, which Leave shall not extend beyond Three Calendar Months in One Year, nor to a greater Proportion than One Third of the Noncommissioned Officers, Drummers, and Fifers at the same Time, except in case of certified Sickness. IV. And be it further enacted, That the Quartermaster of each Regiment of Militia in which a Quartermaster is appointed, and when no Quartermaster is appointed, then the Paymaster, shall have the Charge and Care of the Arms, Accoutrements, Great Coats, Clothing, Necessaries, and other Stores, under the Superintendence of the Colonel or Commandant; and the Paymaster shall, out of the Allowance of Two Pence per Month for each Private Man, Drummer, or Fifer, directed by this Act to be issued and paid for defraying the contingent Expences of such Regiment, Battalion, or Corps, from time to time issue and pay such Sums of Money as may be necessary for the Repair of Arms, and other usual contingent Expences, upon an Order in Writing signed by the Colonel or other Commandant; and after Payment of such Sums as aforesaid, he shall Three Times in the Year make up Accounts of all such Money, and of the Expenditure thereof, shewing the Balances remaining in his Hands (which said Balance shall form a Stock Purse for the Use of the Regiment, Battalion, or Corps), and shall transmit the same to the Colonel or other Commandant of such Regiment, Battalion, or Corps, to be by him examined, allowed, and signed; and the said Accounts so allowed and signed shall be and are hereby directed to be the proper Vouchers and Acquittal of such Paymaster for the Application and Disposal of such Money. V. And be it further enacted, That in the occasional and unavoidable Absence of the Adjutant from the City, Town, or Place where the Arms of any Corps of Militia when disembodied are kept, or during any Vacancy in the Appointment of Adjutant, the Serjeants, Corporals, Drummers, and Fifers shall be under the Quartermaster. Command of the Quartermaster in Cases in which One is appointed, and when no Quartermaster is appointed, then under the Command of the Paymaster; and such Quartermaster and Paymaster respectively shall render the same Returns, and perform such other Acts as are by Law required from the Adjutant. Militia when called out for Training or Exercise, entitled to Pay. Allowances to Subalterns and VI. And be it further enacted, That the Officers and Noncommissioned Officers, Drummers, Fifers, and Private Men of the Regular Militia shall, for the Period or Periods during which they shall be called out for the Purpose of annual Exercise or Training, be entitled to the same Pay and Allowances as the Officers, Noncommissioned Officers, Drummers, Fifers, and Private Men of the Militia when embodied. VII. And Whereas it is expedient to grant Allowances to 'certain Officers of the said Militia Forces of Great Britain and Ireland, while disembodied, under certain Regulations;' Be it further enacted, That the following Allowances shall be made and paid to the Amount, under the Restrictions and in the Manner |