An Act for Regulating and Governing the Militia, ch. 28, § 13, 1804 La. Territory Acts 262, 284-85 (James M. Bradford 1805).
"CHAP. XXVIII.
AN ACT
For regulating and governing the Militia of the territory of Orleans...
...Sec. 13. And be if further enacted, That each non-commissioned officer and private of the infantry, shall constantly keep himself provided with good musket or guns, a sufficient bayonet and belt, two spare flints and a knapsack, a cartridge box or pouch, with box therein to contain not less than twenty-four cartridges..."
Acts Passed at the First Session of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Orleans: Begun and Held at the Principal, in the City of New-Orleans, on Monday the Third Day of December, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Four, and of the Independence of the United States the Twenty-Ninth (New-Orleans, LA: James M. Bradford, 1805), 284–85. Chapter 28—An Act for Regulating and Governing the Militia of the Territory of Orleans § 13. Approved April 10, 1805.