Excerpt from The Documentary History of the Campaign: Upon the Niagara Frontier in the Year 1812 An Act to explain, amend and reduce to one Act of Parliament the several laws now in being, for the raising and training of the Militia of this Province. Passed March 16th, 1808. Whereas, a well regulated militia is of the utmost importance to the defence of this Province, and whereas the laws now in force are in some respects defective, be it therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of the Province of Upper Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of Great Britain entitled, "An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act passed in the fourteenth year of His Majesty's reign entitled an Act for making more effectual provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec, in North America, and to make further provision for the Government of the said Province," and by authority of the same, that from and after the passing of this Act, the governor, lieutenant-governor or person administering the Government of this Province shall and may from time to time constitute and appoint under his hand and seal a sufficent number of colonels, lieutenant-colonels, majors and other officers to train, discipline and command the militia of this Province, according to the rules, orders and directions hereinafter mentioned, and the officers so appointed for the militia shall rank with the officers of such of His Majesty's forces as may for the time being serve within the Province as the youngest of their respective rank, which said officers respectively shall within six months after their several appointments take the oath of allegiance to his present Majesty, his heirs and successors, before the magistrates assembled in quarter sessions within the district to which such officers respectively belong. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that it shall and may be lawful for the colonel or officer commanding any regiment or battalion of militia, and he is hereby required to specify to each captain of a company of his regiment or battalion the limits from within which the militiamen of such captain's company shall be enrolled. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.