Section 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That it shall be the duty of the Executive to distribute the public arms now on hand, in the capitol, barracks and armory, and which shall be hereafter manufactured, by forwarding them to the colonel commandant of each regiment, so as that there shall not remain at any time undistributed a greater number than three thousand muskets, one hundred and fifty rifles, one hundred and fifty pistols, and one hundred and fifty swords.

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SEC. 7. That there shall be delivered to every freeholder and responsible house keeper, arms for himself, if he is on the militia roll, and for every son he may have who is on the militia roll, and a member of his family. There shall also be delivered to every militia man, who is not a freeholder or responsible house keeper, arms for himself, if a freeholder or responsible house keeper will join him in.a receipt for the same.

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SEC. 9. In case of loss of arms, satisfaction for the same, to be awarded by the courts martial, shall be made by the person or persons who shall have received the same, to the commonwealth, at the following prices; for a musket, twenty dollars; for a ramrod, one dollar; for a bayonet, two dollars; for a cartouch box, two dollars; for a pistol, five dollars; for a sword, ten dollars; for a pair of holsters, five dollars, and for a rifle, thirty dollars.

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SEC. 11. Be it enacted, That each non-commissioned officer or private, who shall have been armed or may be armed by the public, shall be fined fifty cents for each article of his accoutrements which shall be out of order; and it shall be the duty of the captain or commanding officer of every company armed as aforesaid, to note down at every muster, each and every breach of this law, and make report of the same to the battalion court of enquiry,

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SEC. 16. Any freeholder or house keeper, not being a quaker, dunker or menonist, refusing to receive public arms when tendered to him, shall forfeit twenty dollars for every refusal, to be assessed by the battalion court of enquiry, and it shall be the duty of the officer to repeat the tender of such arms from time to time as shall be convenient.