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Section XI Commissary to give Notice before Muster to Mayor, &c. of Place where Soldiers quartered; and to assist in discovering false Musters.

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Neglecting to give Notice, or refusing Aid of Mayor, &c; Penalty £50 and Punishment.

And bee it further Enacted by the Authoritie aforesaid That every Commissary or Muster Master upon anyMuster to be made had or taken by him or them shall by a convenient time before such Muster made givenotice to the Mayor or other Chiefe Magistrate or Officer of the Place where the Soldiers soe to be Musteredshall be Quartered who are hereby Required to be present at every such Muster and give his utmost Assistancefor the discovering any false or untrue Muster there made or offered to be made And that every such Commissaryor Muster master makeing or takeing such Muster that shall neglect to give such notice as aforesaid or shallrefuse to take the Aid and Assistance of such Mayor Chiefe Magistrate or Officer where the Soldiers soe to beMustered shall be Quartered shall forfeit the Summe of Fifty pounds and be Discharged from his Office