An Act to Amend and Render More Effectual in His Majesty's Dominions..
An Expansion of the Quartering Act of 1774 [Great Britain]. [American Revolution]. [Mutiny in America Act 1775]. An Act to Amend and Render More Effectual in His Majesty's Dominions in America an Act, Passed in the Present Session of Parliament, Intituled, An Act for Punishing Mutiny and Desertion, And for the Better Payment of the Army and Their Quarters, And for Extending the Provisions of the Said Act to His Majesty's Marine Forces in America [Drop-Head Title]. At head of title: Anno Decimo Quinto Georgii III. Regis. London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1775. [ii], 383-406 pp. Folio (12-1/4" x 7-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in recent plain wrappers, printed labels to front wrapper. Negligible light rubbing and soiling to wrappers, light toning to interior, more moderate to pp. 397-404, negligible light foxing to a few leaves. $1,500. * The first printing of the Mutiny in America Act of 1775, which clarified and expanded the provisions of what became known as the Quartering Act of 1774, one of the Intolerable Acts. The Quartering Act of 1774 authorized colonial governors, rather than legislatures, to house British soldiers in any unoccupied building if deemed necessary. The subsequent Mutiny in America Act extended the practice of quartering to British marine forces and clarified in detail when and how the governor could commandeer property and what the consequences could be for recalcitrant colonists. Like other acts, it also imposed additional costs of British military upkeep on the colonies. The act was put into effect from March 24, 1775; the first battles of the Revolutionary War would be fought less than a month later on April 19. Acts "for punishing mutiny and desertion" were passed annually from 1689 to 1879, and were often supplemented by additional mutiny acts governing specific areas of the British Empire in response to local disturbances. Mutiny acts were passed for the American colonies between 1765 and 1776, beginning with the first Quartering Act. In general, acts were compiled over the course of a Parliamentary session and bound afterwards. They were issued with general title pages, which were often discarded; the title page is present in the issue offered here. English Short-Title Catalogue N57538.
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