ORDERS CONCEIVED and approved by the Committee for the Militia of the County of Middlesex, as expedient for the present to be published, and practised in the said County without the lines of Communication.  
1. THat Lists of Resiants within all Parishes be duly conserved from month to month, of all persons between the ages of 16. and 60. carefully registered according to their Names, Qualities, and Professions, not only of men, but also of Widows and Maids, living at their own hands; this to be performed by the churchwardens, Overseers for the poor, Constables and Headboroughs, and to be attested by the next Justice of the Peace, High-Constable, or two of the Committee-men of the parish, or nearest adjoining.  
2. That from out of the said Lists, the Watches for the said parishes shall be raised (as occasion requires for day or night) and so numbered and appointed all along the year, as every resident as aforesaid, may watch, or find a sufficient Watchman in his turn, and not further, but as the turn comes sooner or later round, by occasion of the more often or more numerous watches through the year.  
3. That the names be so ordered upon the appointment of the Watches, as that a part of them may be armed with Muskets and half Pikes, when any Justice of the Peace, or Constable shall Command the same.  
4. That from out of the said Resiants, a particular selection be made of their names, who have showed their affections to conserve their country, their neighbours and themselves, by subscription to find arms for horse or foot soldiers, with the numbers and kinds of the said arms.  
5. That every able bodied man between the Ages aforesaid be listed again together, to serve as they shall be commanded with arms of their own, or appointed for them.  
6. That no man be left out of this last directed list, or exempted in the case, but by suspension for, or in regard of some peculiar employment of greater consequence to the public, allowed by the colonel of the Regiment in that part of the County, or otherwise by two deputy-lieutenants.  
7. That all not able of body, with Widows and Maids at their own hand, as aforesaid, be considered to furnish somewhat the more in any assessment, or charge towards the soldiery, or Magazine of ammunition for the County.  
8. That the Commanders in the Militia shall observe diligence and care in their several charges, and in their several degrees. As the deputy-lieutenants over the colonels, they over their Field officers and captains, and those over inferior officers and soldiers, so upwards in all obedience according to discipline of war.  
9 That if any soldier shall not appear upon summons, or shall absent themselves from this service without leave of his Officer, or shall wilfully spoil or imbeazill his arms, or be disorderly, or if any shall receive such his arms, such offenders to be punished by fine or imprisonment, such imprisonment not exceeding ten days, or fine xx. shillings for any such offence to be levied by distress, and sale of such offenders goods according to the Ordinance.  
10. That appeal to the Higher power shall always be accepted, but the more distant appeal, as from the inferior soldier to the deputy-lieutenants or colonel, shall be the more blamed or punished, in case he or they prove, and be judged more troublesome then wronged.  
11. That the captains, under Officers and soldiers of each Regiment, shall enter into half pay for their days of Exercise of every Company, as soon as each Regiment shall be completed with their Lists of Officers and soldiers; Provided that the said days of Exercise, exceed not the number of 26. days through the whole year.  

Touching the extension of half pay to the Listed trained-band soldiers, as well as to the captains and Officers; it is agreed fitting.  
1. That the Companies shall be so far reduced into a selection of the better or more orderly conditioned, as that 120. in number shall be the reserved Band under every captain. 140. for the sergeant Major. 160. for the lieutenant colonel, and 200. for the colonels Company, who shall have their half pay, together with their Officers for 26. days' Exercise within the year. The captains and Committees within each limit with approbation of the colonel to affix the several pay from time to time; That the supernumeraries that shall arise within the limits of each Company, being received, or appointed to find, or wear arms, shall be in protection, and under the same Command.  
2. That where the said captains and Committees think fit to list any number of youth that may be willing to exercise, they shall be received into Consideration, as they appear to deserve for their numbers and industry.  
Lastly, Touching the certificates for soldiers and Officers without Commissions to show their Condition. It is agreed, That every soldier and officer-shall have certificates from his colonel (such as were showed to the Committee) with impression of his Escutchion of arms, and under the hand of his captain, and Secretary of the Regiment, for which the soldier shall pay uj-pences out of his next following pay allowed, and xij-pences for every Officer or Gentleman of each Company; Two parts of which fees shall be to the Secretary of the Regiment, and one third part to the clerk of the Band, in which such soldier or Officer is.  
Dated at the duchy Court at Westminster, 16. September, 1644. W. Greenhill, Cler. to the said Committee.