Militia (City of London) Act 1820
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(1 Geo. 4) C A P. C.
[24th July 1820]
'WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Thirty sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty KingGeorge the Third, intituled An Act for amending and reducing into One Act of Parliament, Two several Acts, passed in the Thirty fourth and Thirty fifth Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, for the better ordering of the Militia of the City of London, and for the further regulating of the Trained Bands or Militia of the said City : And Whereas another Act was passed in the Thirty ninth Yearof the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituledAn Act to explain and amend an Act, passed in the Thirty sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled ‘An Act for amending and reducing into One Act of Parliament, Two several Acts, passed in the Thirty fourth and Thirty fifth Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, for the better ordering the Militia of the City of London, and for the further regulating the Trained Bands or Militia of the said City :’ And Whereas it is expedient that the said recited Act should be repealed, and that further and other Powers and Provisions should be granted and enacted for the raising, training and regulating of the said Militia:' Be it therefore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, Thatfrom and after the passing of this Act, the said recited Acts, passed in the Thirty sixth and Thirty ninth Years of the Reign of His said late Majesty, shall be and the same are hereby repealed; and that instead thereof this Act shall commence and take effect: Provided nevertheless, that the repealing of the said Acts shall not annul or in anywise affect any Proceedings had by His Majesty's Commissioners of Lieutenancy for the City ofLondon , who are in and by the said Acts appointed and authorised to execute the same.
II Commissioners to arm, array, &c. Militia, and appoint Officers.
II. And be it further enacted, That His Majesty's Commissioners of Lieutenancy that now are and hereafter shall be constituted and appointed for the City ofLondon , shall have full Power and Authority, and are hereby required, to call together, arm, array, and cause to be trained and exercised, the Militia of the said City, once in every Year, and at such other times, and in such manner as hereinafter directed; and the said Commissioners shall from time to time constitute and appoint a Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major and other Officers, qualified as hereinafter directed, to train, discipline and command the Persons so to be armed and arrayed, according to the Rules, Orders and Directionshereinafter mentioned; and the Officers so appointed shall have the same Rank in the Army as the Officers of the rest of the Militia Forces of this Kingdom.
III Vacating of Officers' Commissions.
III. And be it further enacted, That no Commission of any Officer, granted by His Majesty's said Commissioners of Lieutenancy for the City ofLondon in pursuance of this Act, shall be vacated by reason of the Revocation, Expiration or Discontinuance of the Commission by which such Commissioners were appointed.
IV Officers to possess certain Qualifications, and to take the Oaths and subscribe a Declaration as to their Qualification.
IV. And be it further enacted, That every Person to be appointed an Officer of the said Militia in pursuance of this Act, shall possess the like Qualification with respect to Property, as those of the same Rank, in all Cities and Towns which are Counties within themselves, are or may be directed to possess, by any Act which now is or hereafter may be in force, for regulating the Militia ofEngland ; and every Commissioned Officer shall take the Oaths, and make, repeat and subscribe the Declaration, by any such Act required to be taken, made, repeated and subscribed; and the Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major and Captains in the said Militia, shall be Freemen of the City of London , and shall also take an Oath, and subscribe a Declaration, before the said Commissioners, who are hereby authorised and directed to administer the said Oath, and receive the said Declaration, that they possess the Qualifications required by this Act; and every Lieutenant and Ensign in the said Militia shall be a Freeman, or the Son of a Freeman of the City of London , and shall also take, if required by the said Commissioners, an Oath, and subscribe a Declaration, before the said Commissioners, who are hereby authorised to administer the said Oath and receive the said Declaration, that they possess the Qualifications required by this Act.
V Bankrupts, &c. not to be Officers.
V. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That no Person who has been a Bankrupt, or taken the Benefit of any Insolvent Act, or compounded with his Creditors, and not paid Twenty Shillings in the Pound, shall be eligible to be a Commissioned Officer in the saidLondon Militia.
VI Establishment of Militia.
VI. And be it further enacted, That the Number of Private Men serving for the Militia of the City ofLondon and the Liberties thereof, shall be Six hundred, to be formed into One Regiment, consisting of Eight Companies, besides a Grenadier and Light Infantry Company; the Field Officers shall be One Colonel, One Lieutenant Colonel, and One Major, and there shall be One Captain, One Lieutenant, and One Ensign to each Company, except to the Grenadier and Light Infantry Companies, to each of which there shall be appointed Two Lieutenants instead of One Lieutenant and One Ensign; and the Clerkof the said Commissioners shall cause to be inserted in theLondon Gazette the Date of the Commissions, and Names and Rank of the Officers, together with the Names of the Officers in whose Room they are appointed, in like Manner as Commissions in the Army are published from the War Office; and the Expense of such Insertions in the Gazette shall be allowed to the said Clerk in passing his Accounts.
VII Acting without being qualified, or without delivering in a Description of Qualification, Penalty 50 l.
VII. And be it further enacted, That if any Person shall execute any of the Powers hereby directed to be executed by the Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, or Major in the said Militia, not being qualified as aforesaid, or without having delivered a specific Description of his Qualification to the Clerk or Treasurer to the said Commissioners, every such Person shall forfeit and pay the Sum of Two hundred Pounds; and if any Person shall execute any of the Powers hereby directed to be executed by Captains in the said Militia, not being qualified as aforesaid, or without having delivered a specific Description of his Qualification to the said Clerk or Treasurer, every such Person shall forfeit and pay the Sum of One hundred Pounds; and if any Person shall execute any of the Powers hereby directed to be executed by Lieutenants or Ensigns in the said Militia, without having delivered a specific Description of his Qualification to the said Clerk or Treasurer, if required so to do by the said Commissioners, every such Personshall forfeit and pay the Sum of Fifty Pounds; and if any Person shall execute any of the Powers hereby directed to be executed by the Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Captains, Lieutenants or Ensigns in the said Militia, after having been a Bankrupt, or after having taken the Benefit of any Insolvent Act, or after having compounded with his Creditors, and not paid Twenty Shillings in the Pound, every such Person shall forfeit and pay the Sum of One hundred Pounds; One Moiety of which said several and respective Penalties shall go to the Use of the Person who shall sue for the same; and in every Action, Suit or Information brought against any Person for acting as Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Majoror Captain in the said Militia, not being qualified as aforesaid, the Proof of his Qualification (except as to his Bankruptcy, or having taken the Benefit of an Insolvent Act, or compounding with his Creditors), shall lie upon the Person against whom the same is brought.
VIII Men to be provided by the Wards in certain Proportions.
VIII. And be it further enacted, That the Private Men of the said Regiment of Militia, and which shall be distinguished by the Name ofThe Royal London Militia , shall be provided by the several Wards of the City, and the Liberties and Precincts within the same, in the Proportions following; that is to say; by the Wards of Aldersgate Within , Nine Men; Aldersgate Without , Ten Men; Aldgate , Thirty Men; Bassishaw , Six Men; Billingsgate , Twenty one Men; Bishopsgate Within , Twenty two Men; Bishopsgate Without , Twenty five Men; Bread Street , Twelve...
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