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1757-1762 103 (1757)

handle is hein.ssl/ssnj0356 and id is 1 raw text is: A C T S paffed by the General Aflfembly
of the Province of 4Vew-J'erfyj, at
Elizabeth-7own, March3', 1757.
C H A P. CXXVII.
An. A C T for compleating the Regiment
in the Pay of the Colony of New-Jeffey,
to the Numler of Five Hndred efe6ive
Me, and making Provi/ion for the
fame.
Se&. .      . HE R E AS the Regiment in the Pay of this
V     Colony, by Captivity and otherwife, is greatly Preamble.
reduced.; and it being neceffiary for the Service of the Crown,
that it fhould be recruited, and continued on Duty; Therefore,
2. BE IT ENACTED by the Governor, Council and General
Afembly, and it is hereby Enaed by . the Authority of the fame,
That fo many able bodied Freemen, or well affeaed Indians, TheRegiment
)of this Colony
fhall be raifed by this Colony, as with that Part of the faid Re- toberecruitd
giment yet remaining, thall compleat Five Hundred effefive ,th Num
Men, exclufive of Commiffion Officers, to aa in Conjundion
with his Majefty's regular Troopa, and thofe of the neighbour- TobenD
ing Colonies, until the Fifteenth Dar of November next, in until thet
the Defence and Security of North-America; which Regiment, of Nov. next.
when recruited, fhall be formed into Five Companies of One
Hundred Men in each Company; the Whole to be com-
manded by a Colonel, and each Company by a Captain, Lieu-
tenant, and Enfign; which faid Officers fhall be appointed by
Commifflions

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