Acts. 493

Provided always, That the several Companies of Men that shall be
enlisted and raised in Manner aforesaid, for the different Purposes
in this Act mentioned, shall not be obliged to serve or continue on
Duty after the tenth Day of February next, but shall, at that Time,
be disbanded, discharged, and paid off; and that on no Pretence
whatsoever any of the Forces or Levies enlisted or raised, by Virtue
of this Act, shall be longer continued or kept in Pay.
And for the Encouragement of such Soldiers that shall adventure
their Lives in the Expedition aforesaid, for his Majesty's Service,
or in Defence of this Province, and for Provision of some reasonable
Pension for the future, to be settled on such Soldiers as shall happen
to be maimed, or rendered incapable to get their Livelihood for them-
selves or Families :

Be it Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That every Person who

Liber H. S.
No. 1
[Soldiers
not to be
obliged to
serve after
the 10th Day
of February
next.]

shall adventure as a Soldier on such Expedition, or Defence of this
Province, and shall therein happen to be maimed or receive hurt, so
as to be incapable of getting a Livelihood, as aforesaid, shall, accord-
ing to his Disability, receive a yearly Pension, to be raised out of the
Public Levy of this Province, during the Time of such Disability :
The Party petitioning for such Pensions and Allowances, procuring a

[Soldiers
maimed or
wounded to
have a
Pension.]

Certificate from the County Court where he or they live, that he or
they are Objects of Charity, and deserve to have such Pension and
Allowance.

p. 222

And for the better regulating and keeping in due Subjection, to
their Commanding Officers, the Forces that shall be raised or enlisted
to march, and act in Conjunction with those of the neighbouring
Colonies, or with those raised by Virginia and Pensylvania only, on
any Expedition to the Westward, out of the Limits of the Province :

Be it Enacted, That all and every of the Officers and Soldiers
commissioned, raised, enlisted, and in pay, for the Purpose afore-
said, shall be subject to the same Laws, Rules, Duties, and Trials,
and be liable to the same Punishments, as they would by Virtue of
an Act of Parliament passed in the twenty-eighth Year of his present
Majesty, entituled, An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and
for the better Payment of the Army, and their Quarters.

And be it further Enacted, That if any Officer or Soldier, enlisted,

[Officers and
Soldiers to
be subject to
the same
Laws, Pun-
ishments, &c.
as are indi-
cated by an
Act of
Parliament,
entituled, An
Act for
punishing
Mutiny &
Desertion,
&c.]

or drafted out of the Militia of the several Counties of this Prov-
ince, to serve and continue on Duty in the Forts and Block-Houses
on the Western Frontier of this Province, shall excite or join in any
Mutiny, or refuse to obey the just Commands of his superior Officer,
or shall desert from the said Service, contrary to the Intent of this
Law, he shall suffer as a Felon; and being thereof convicted, or
indicted and arraigned, and standing mute, or peremptorily challeng-
ing above Twenty, shall suffer Death.

34

[Officers and
Soldiers
mutinying
&c. shall
suffer as
Felons.]