Section XII Offering to be falsely mustered;

committed to House of Correction; Furnishing Horses to be mustered not belonging to the Troop; Penalty.

And alsoe be it further Enacted by the Authoritie aforesaid That if any Person shall be falsely Mustered oroffer himselfe falsely and deceitfully to be Mustered every such Person if noe Soldier upon Proofe thereof madeupon Oath by two Witnesses before the next Justice of Peace of the County where such Muster. shall be madeand every such Person soe falsly Mustered or offering to be falsely Mustered upon Certificate thereof in Writeingunder the Hand of the Officer Commanding in Chiefe at the Muster or of the Commissary of the Musters or anyother Person made to such Justice of the Peace the said Justice is thereupon and is hereby Authorized andRequired to Committ such Offender to the House of Correction there to remaine for the space of Three monthsand to be kept at hard Labour with convenient Correction And if any Person shall wittingly or willingly lendor furnish a Horse to be Mustered which shall not truely belong to the Trooper or Troope soe Mustered the saidHorse soe falsely Mustered shall be forfeited to the Informer if the same doth belong to the Person lending orfurnishing the said Horse or otherwise the Person lending or furnishing the said Horse shall forfeite the Summe ofTwenty pounds upon Oath made by two Witnesses before the next Justice of the Peace or be Committed to theHouse of Correction for Six months unlesse he shall pay the same there to be kept at hard Labour