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AN ACT
^anizingthe >Liiiiia or the Territory.
,. Be Li enacted by the Governor and Legislative Coun-
the Territory of Florida, That, every able bodied
white male inhabitant of this Territory, between the
; ges of eighteen and forty live years, shall be liable to
perform militia duty, to be enrolled by the captain or comin
an cling officer oi' the company within whose bounds he
may reside. It shall be the duty of said officers respectively
to enrol every such inhabitant, as also such persons
who shall from time to time arrive at the age of
eighteen years, as well as those persons who come to reside
within his bounds or limits— and it shall be the duly
of the captain or commanding officer of each compa-
Qualifications oi
Militia-men.
Officers cnroi.
ny, to enrol from time to time all those who arrive at
eighteen years, and also those who come to reside within
his bounds and shall notify without delay every such person
of his enrolment by a non-commissioned officer or
some other person by whom such notice can be proved
Notice,
Provided that no person shall be called upon to perform Proviso
militia duty who has not resided at ieast two months
within this Territory, and ten days within the proper
bounds of his company, except in cases of actual or
threatened invasion, when any such person on proper no.
lice being given, may be ordered into service by the cap-
;ain or commanding officer within whose bounds he may
reside, and be subject to the same fines and penalties as
are hereafter provided— and provided also, that the
judges of the district and circuit courts and their clerks,
Further Proviso.
secretary of the Territory, and such other persons.as are
exempted by the laws of the United States, to wit: all
post-masters, the. carriers of the United States mail, and
ferrymen on the
they are hereby
United States post roads shall be and
exempted from militia duty— also all
sheriffs, ordained ministers of the Gospel, teachers of
public seminaries and keepers of jails, except in time of
war or insurrection;— But it may be lawful for any of the
above named persons to accept of commissions in the
militia.
2. Be it further enacted, That, the said Territory shall
be divided into two brigades, to be under the command
of brigadier generals, one brigade to be composed of the
counties of Escambia and Jackson to be called the first
brigade, the other to be composed of the counties of St.
John's and Duval, to be called the second brigs
brigade to be composeo of not less than two nor more
than four regiments, each regiment of two battalions,
each battalion of not less than four companies, and each
company of one captain, one first and cm: second lieutenmt,
four sergeants, four corporals, ;wo mnsi nd n«t
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Two brigades.
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