That all male Persons, from sixteen Years of Age to Forty-five, shall constitute the military force of this state, except Members of the Council, of the House of Representatives of the Coongress of the United States for the Time being, the State Treasurer, and Secretary, Justices of the Peace, field, commissioned, and staff Officers, honourably discharged, Ministers of the Gospel, the President, Tutors and Students of College, physicians and Surgeons, Selectmen, constant School-masters, one Miller to each Grift-mill, being approved by Select-men, and having a Certificate thereof, constant Mawiners who make it their constant Business to go to Sea, Sheriffs and Constables, constant Ferrymen, Persons disbled through Lameness or other bodily infirmity, during the Continuance of such Disability, producing a Certificate thereof from two able Physicians, to the Acceptnance of his or their commissioned Officers, non-commissioned Officers and Privates who have inlisted or shall hereafter inlist into the Connecticut Line of the Army of the United States, for the Term of the present War, and have faithfully served for said Term, or obtained an honourable Discharge, and Indians, Negroes and Molattoes.