OHIO TERRITORY REV. CODE, ch. 105, § 1 (Corey & Fairbank 1833) (Law Passed 1799).
"Chap. CV.—An act establishing and regulating the militia…
...§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That each and every free, able bodied, white male citizen of the territory, who is or shall be the age of eighteen years, and under the age of forty five-years, except as is herein after excepted, shall severally and respectively be enrolled in the militia, by the captain of commanding officer of the company within whose bounds such citizen shall reside, within twenty days next after such residence; and it shall, at all times, here-after, be the duty of such captain, or commanding officer of a company to control every such citizen, as aforesaid; and also those who may, from time time, arrive at the age of eighteen years, or being of the age of eighteen years and under the age of forty-five years, (except as is hereinafter excepted) shall come to reside within his grounds, and shall, without delay, notify such citizen of the said enrollment, by a proper non-commissioned officer of the company, by whom such notice may be proved; and every citizen, so enrolled and notified, shall, within six months thereafter, provide himself with a good musket, a sufficient bayonet and belt, or a fusee, two spare flints, a knapsack and a pouch, with a box therein, to contain not less than twenty-four cartridges, suited to the bore of his musket or fusee, each cartridge to contain a proper quantity of powder and ball, or a good rifle, knapsack, pouch and powder horn, with twenty balls suited to the bore of his rifle, and a quarter of a pound of powder, and every enrolled person shall appear armed, accoutred and provided when called out to muster, or in service, except when called out on company days, to exercise only, he may appear without a knapsack. The commissioned officers shall severally be armed with a sword or hanger, and espontoon; and every citizen, so enrolled and providing himself with arms, ammunition and accoutrements, required as aforesaid, shall hold the same exempted from all suits, distresses, executions, or sales for debt, damages, or the payment of taxes."
Salmon P. Chase, ed., The Statutes of Ohio and of the Northwestern Territory, Adopted or Enacted from 1788 to 1833 Inclusive: Together with the Ordinance of 1787; the Constitutions of Ohio and of the United States, and Various Public Instruments and Acts of Congress, Illustrated by a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Ohio; Numerous References and Notes, and Copious Indexes, vol. 1 (Cincinnati, OH: Corey & Fairbank, 1833), 229-30. Chapter 105—An Act Establishing and Regulating the Militia, § 1. Approved December 13, 1799.