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  1. After the English Civil War, one of the
  2. officers appointed by Oliver Cromwell in 1655
  3. to oversee the 12 military districts into
  4. which England had been divided. Their powers
  5. included organizing the militia, local
  6. government, and the collection of some taxes.
  7.