THE AUSTIN PAPERS. 1441 we agreed upon the following articles, which are to receive the appro- bation of your Lordship before they a,re carried into effect. Articles agreed upon by the Board. First: All the militia of this Jurisdiction shall be organized into twelve sections; one section to be sent to the frontier every month, to do duty as spies, or frontier guard. Second: These sections shall include all the men living in this Jurisdiction, whether resident in lawful possession of land, or not; provided they are able to bear arms. All those who own half a league, of land shall be included in said section, even though he be exempted from service in the National Militia Regulations, in consequence of his age, physical impediment, or for other reasons; all those who have two leagues of land shall be counted as two men in the organi- zation of said classes; those who have four leagues shall be counted as four men; and those who have more than eight leagues shall be counted as five men. Third: Those who have half a league and upwards, and are not actual residents of this Jurisdiction, shall enter said classes and be counted at the call of one man for each half league, up to two leagues; above which quantity, they shall come within the provisions of the following article. In case said persons should be absent and should fail to supply a man in their place, they shall be considered as respon- sible for the ordinary rate of the hire of a substitute, which amount shall be collected by the civil authorities and be paid into the Treas- ury of this Department. Fourth: In case that any person should fail to serve at his time, or to supply a substitute agreeably to these regulations, then the Commanding Officer of the Militia of the district to which that person may belong, shall hire a substitute to serve in his place, pro- vided that such substitute shall not receive more than $i_1:0, ·a month, to be paid in merchandize, or the productions of the Country ; and said Commanding Officer of the district shall forth.with make his report to the "Alcalcles of the Jurisdiction in which the absentee and the substitute hired in his place may reside; and the Alcalde shall order the Sheriff to collect the amounts, due by said absentee, from his property by a public sale o-f the same, the proceeds, when col- lected, to be paid to said substitute. In case of the sickness of any of the men, the officers of the district, jointly with the Alcalde, may relieve him :from one tour of duty, but no more. Volunteers, shall, in all cases, be received to supply the place of nbsentees. Fifth: The Commanding Officer of the Jurisdiction, having a due regard to the respective strength of the vnrious parties, and in conformity to the inventory of lands belonging to each person, shall
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