Acts. 281

And be itt Likewise Enacted by the Authority afd that the
Com^ee of Any County Court within this Province who shall
not between the twenty seventh day of September and the
twenty fifth day of December in Each respective year by pre-
cept from the County Court Signed by the Clerk of the Court
nominate And Appoint Such and soe many Press Masters for
Every County as afd shall Each of them fforfeit and pay unto
his Majesty his heirs and Successors for the Support of Gov-
ernm'the Sume of five hundred pounds of Tob^oAnd such press
Masters who shall be soe Nominated and Appointed as afd by
such Precept as afd to him or them Directed and shall there-
upon refuse or Neglect to serve and truly Performe and Ex-
ecute the said place and office of Press master shall forfeit and
pay unto his Majty his heirs and Successors for the support of
Governmt for Every time he or they soe nominated and Ap-
pointed shall refuse to serve as afd the Sume of five hundred
pounds of Tob^o And for the better Encouragmt of such
Souldiers as shall in the time of Warr Adventure in the
Service of the Country and in Defence thereof against Indians
and others —

C. P.

Be itt Enacted by the Authority afd that the booty Prize
Pillage or Plunder of any Indian or other Seized or taken
prisoner shall be by the Comander in Chiefe bestowed on
Such Officer Souldier or Souldiers takeing and Seizing the
Same. And for the better Encouragement of such Souldiers
as shall Adventure their Lives in the Service and Defence of
this Province and for Provision of some reasonable pension
to be for the future Settled on such Souldiers as shall happen
to be maimed or rendered Incapable to get a livlyhood for
themselves or ffamily —
Be itt Enacted by the Authority Advice and Consent afd that
Every person that shall Adventure as a souldier in any Warr
or Defence of this province and shall therein happen to be
maimed or receive hurt soe as to be rendered Incapable of
Getting a Livlyhood as afd shall According to his Disability
receive a yearly pension to be raised out of the publick Levy
of this province dureing the time of such his Disability and for
Every person Slain in the Service of this province leaving
behind him a wife or Children there shall alsoe be Allowed a
Competent pension to the wife dureing her widdowhood and
the Children 'till they be of years able to gett their Living or

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be put out Apprentices and that this pension be yearly paid
and Allowed out of the fifty thousand pounds of Tob^o p An-
num to be raised by the Governt of this Province for the time
being or the Councill as in this Act is hereafter provided in
the Intervalls of Assembly the party petitioning for such

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