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Section III Persons charged refusing, &c. to provide Foot Soldiers and Arms.

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Lieutenants or Deputies may inflict a Penalty, not exceeding £5.

And be it further enacted That if any person or persons assessed or charged according to the said Acts or either of them shall, refuse or negclect by a reasonable time to be appointed to provide and furnish such sufficient Foote Soldier and Armes or Foote Soldiers and Armes as are accordingly charged upon him or them; that then it shall and may be lawfull to and for the respective Leiutenants and Deputy Leiutenants or any three or more of them for every such offence from time to time to inflict a Penalty upon such person or persons not exceeding Five pounds to be leavyed in manner following and to be imployed to the same uses in defaulte whereof the same was imposed.