That every able bodied male person being a citizen of this State, or of any of the United States and residing in this State (except such persons as are herein after excepted) and who are of the age of sixteen and under the age of forty five years shall by the captain or commanding officer of the beat in which such citizens shall reside within four months after the passing of this act be enroled in the company of such beat. That every calptain or commanding officer of a company shall also enrol every citizen as aforesaid who shall from time to time arrive at the age of sixteen years, or come to reside within his beat, and without delay notify such enrolment to such citizen so enroled by some non commissioned officer of the company, who shall be a competent witness to prove such notice. That all disputes which may happen with respect to the age or ability of any person to bear arms, shall be determined by the captain or commanding officer of the company with a right of appeal by the person who may conceive himself aggrieved or by any other person belonging to the company, to the colonel, or commanding officer of tle regiment. That every citizen so enroled and notified shall within three months thereafter provide himself at his own expence with a good musket or firelock, a sufficient bayonet and belt a pouch with a box therein to contain not less than twenty four cartridges suited to the bore of his musket or firelock, each cartridge containing a proper qualtity of powder and ball, two spare flints a blanket and knap sack; and shall appear so armed, accoutered and provided when called out to exercise or duty, as herein after directed; except that when called out to exercise only, he may appear without blanket or knapsack. That the commissioned officers shall be respectively armed with a sword or hanger & an espontoon. That the commander in chief for the time being shall by general orders arrange the whole militia, into commands as nearly equal as conveniently may be, of brigades, regiments and companies, and may from tiffie to time alter such arrangements as he shall think proper; and that to each brigade of infantry there shall be one company of artillery and one troop of horse. […]