Excerpt from Digest of the Militia Laws of Massachusetts: And Extracts Relating to the MilitiaAnn. 28. No person can in any case be subjected to law-martial, or to any penalties or pains, by' virtue of that law, except those employed in the army and navy, and except the militia in actual service, but by authority of the legislature.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.