Permission for Joseph Gurnsey and others to assemble a military company

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Upon the Memorial of Joseph Gurnsey and others, inhabitants of the Parish of Westbury, in the Town of Waterbury, shewing to this Assembly that they have, with great care and expense, applied themselves to the use of arms and military exercises for a considerable time, have gained considerable skill in military exercises and the art of war, and praying this Assembly to constitute them a special and distinct Military Company, &c., as per Memorial on file;

Resolved by this Assembly, That the Memorialists be, and they are hereby, constituted and made a distinct Military Company, and shall be distinguished by the name of the Nineteenth Company in the Tenth Regiment in this Colony, with power, under the direction of the Field Officers, to receive and enlist in the room of those that shall be removed by death or otherwise from said Company, provided the enlistment and enrolment aforesaid be made from the two Military Companies in the Parish of Westbury, in said Town of Waterbury, and that that enlistment and enrolment do not reduce the number of men in the two Military Companies aforesaid below the number by law established; and that said Company be, and they are hereby, constituted with all the powers, privileges, and advantages, and under the same regulations that other Companies by law do enjoy; and the Colonel, or chief Officers of said Regiment, is hereby directed and empowered by himself, or such officer as he shall appoint, to lead said company to the choice of their Officers on their being first formed and enlisted.