Mutiny Act 1806
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1806 c. 66 |
| Year | 1806 |
(46 Geo. 3) C A P. LXVI.
[20th June 1806]
[This Act is similar mutatis mutandis to the Mutiny Act , 45 Geo. 3. c. 16: Except in the Particulars hereafter noticed . Number of Forces 121,529, ∥ 1.]
LII For the providing Carriages for the Forces marching in England, Wales, and Berwick.
LII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That for the better and more regular Provision of Carriages for His Majesty's Forces in their Marches, or for their Arms, Clothes, or Accoutrements, inEngland, Wales , and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed , all Justices of the Peace, within their several Counties, Ridings, Divisions, Shires, Liberties, and Precincts, being duly required thereunto by an Order from His Majesty, or the General of His Forces, or the Master General or Lieutenant General of His Majesty's Ordnance, [or other Person duly authorized in that Behalf *] shall as often as such Order is brought and shewn unto One or more of them by the Quartermaster, Adjutant, or other Officer [or Non-commissioned Officer ✗] of the Regiment, Detachment, Troop, or Company, so ordered to march, issue out his or their Warrants to the Constables, or Petty Constables, of the Division, Riding, City, Liberty, Hundred, and Precinct, from, through near, or to which such Regiment, Detachment, Troop, or Company, shall be ordered to march; requiring them to make such Provision of Carriages, with able Men to drive the same, as is mentioned in the said Warrant, allowing them sufficient Time to do the same, that the neighbouring Parts may not always bear the Burthen; and specifying, in the said Warrants the Place or Places to which the said Carriages shall by virtue of such Orderas aforesaid, be required to travel, and which shall not exceed One Day's Journey, unless in any Case of Necessity where the Day's March of the Troops is prescribed in the Order produced to the Magistrate, and where the same does not exceed Twenty-five Miles: And in case sufficient Carriages cannot be provided within any such Liberty, Division, or Precinct, then the next Justice or Justices of the Peace of the County, Riding, or Division, shall, upon such Order as aforesaid, being brought or shewn to One or more of them by any of the Officers aforesaid, issue his or their Warrant to the Constables or Petty Constables of such next County, Riding, Liberty, Division or Precinct, for the Purposes aforesaid to make up such Deficiency: Andthe aforesaid Officer or Officers, who, by virtue of the aforesaid Warrant from the Justices of the Peace, are to demand the
[*These Words were not in former Acts .]
[✗These Words were not in former Acts .]
Carriage or Carriages therein mentioned of the Constable or Petty Constable, to whom the Warrant is directed, is and are hereby required, at the same Time, to pay down in Hand to the said Constable or Petty Constable for the Use of the Person who shall provide such Carriages and Men, the Sum of One Shilling for every Mile any Waggon with Five Horses shall travel; and the Sum of One Shilling for every Mile any Wain with Six Oxen, or Four Oxen with Two Horses shall travel; and the Sum of Nine-pence for every Mile any Cart with Four Horses or carrying not less than Fifteen hundred Weight shall travel; and the Sum of Sixpence for every Mile every Cart or other Carriage, with less than Four Horses, and not carrying Fifteen hundred Weight shall travel; or any further Sum not exceeding Four-pence for every Mile any Waggon with Five Horses, or any Wain with Six Oxen, or with Four Oxen and Two Horses shall travel; and not exceeding Three-pence for every Mile any Cart with Four Horses or carrying not less than Fifteen hundred Weight shall travel; and not exceeding Two-pence for every Mile any Cart or Carriage with less than Four Horses and not carrying Fifteen hundred Weight shall travel; according as the same shall be fixed and ordered by the Justices of the Peace for any County or District assembled at any General Sessions of the Peace for such County or District, the said Justices having regard to the Price of Hay and Oats at the Time of fixing such additional Rates; for which respective Sums so received, the said Constable or Petty Constable is hereby required to give a Receipt in Writing to the Person or Persons paying the same: And such Constable, or Petty Constable, shall order and appoint such Person or Persons having Carriages, within their respective Liberties, as they shall think proper, to provide and furnish such Carriages and Men, according to the Warrant aforesaid, who are hereby required to provide and furnish the same accordingly: Andif any Military Officer or Officers, for the Use of whose Regiment, Detachment, Troop, or Company the Carriage was provided, shall force and constrain any Waggon, Wain, Cart, or Carriage, to travel beyond the Distance specified in the Magistrate's Warrant, or shall not discharge the same in due Time for their Return Home on the same Day, if it be practicable, or shall suffer any Soldier or Servant, (except such as are sick), or any Woman to ride in the Waggon, Wain, Cart, or Carriage aforesaid; or shall force any Constable, or Petty Constable by Threatenings, or menacing Words, to provide Saddle Horses for themselves or Servants, or shall force Horses from the Owners, by themselves, Servants, or Soldiers, every such Officer, for every such Offence, shall forfeit the Sum of Five Pounds; Proof thereof being made upon Oath before Two of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace of the same County or Riding, who are to certify the same to the Paymaster-general, or other respective Paymaster of His...To continue reading
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