β¨ Militia Volunteer Regulations
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The New Zealand Gazette.
Published by Authority.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1860.
AT TH YOVERNMENT HOUSE, AT AUCKLAND,
THα» 29TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1860.
Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.
WHEREAS by an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, inti-
tuled "The Militia Act, 1858," it is
enacted that it shall be lawful for the Gover-
nor in Council from time to time, to make,
vary, and abolish Regulations under which the
services of Volunteers shall be accepted in
any Militia district: Now, therefore, His
Excellency the Governor, by and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the Colony, and in the exercise of the
powers in this behalf vested in him by the
said recited Act, doth hereby make and ordain
the following Regulations under which the
services of Volunteers shall be accepted in
the District of Wellington.
REGULATIONS.
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The term of service for each Volunteer
to be one year from the day he is sworn in,
Provided always that if any Volunteer shall
go to reside out of the District, he shall, if he
desire, be discharged from further service as a
Volunteer. -
Every Volunteer shall attend to be train-
ed and exercised at such times as shall be ap-
poiuted by the Governor, or by such person or
persons as he may from time to time authorise
in that behalf; provided always that no Vol-
unteer shall be compelled to attend more than
one hundred and sixty-eight hours in any one
year. -
Every Volunteer who shall absent
himself during any part of the time appointed
for training or exercise, and shall not account
for such absence to the satisfaction of the
Adjutant and the Captain of his Company,
shall forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding
one pound for every day on which he shall
be so absent, to be recovered in a summary
way. -
All Officers of Companies will be
appointed by the Governor and names for
that purpose are to be submitted to him for
his approval, by the Company to which they
are proposed to be appointed. -
The Adjutant and Staff Sergeant of the
Militia will act as Adjutant and Sergeant-
Major, respectively, to the Volunteers of the
District, and all Sergeants and Corporals
must be examined and passed as competent
by the Adjutant before they will be appointed. -
All rolls, documents, and correspondence
shall be kept at the office of the Adjutant,
and shall be open at all times during office
hours for the inspection and information of
the Officers of the Company to which they
relate. -
All orders and communications from
the Governor, or Government of the Colony,
shall be transmitted through, and be given
out by, the Adjutant. -
If any arms, accoutrements, or other
Government property shall be injured or
destroyed by being used except on service, a
fine, not exceeding the value of the arms,
accoutrements, or other property, shall be
paid by the Volunteer in whose charge they
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π‘οΈ Regulations for Volunteer Services under The Militia Act, 1858, Wellington District
π‘οΈ Defence & Military29 September 1860
Militia Act 1858, Volunteer service, Regulations, Wellington District, Training, Fines, Appointments
- His Excellency the Governor in Council