Acts. 653

same Pay and Subsistence, and be subject to the same Regulations,
as are provided by the aforesaid recited Act for supporting and
keeping up the aforesaid Two Hundred Men, raised as aforesaid.
And the Commanding Officer of the Garrison aforesaid, is hereby
strictly enjoined, required, and directed, constantly to keep out and
employ at least One Third Part of the aforesaid Three Hundred
Men, incorporated as aforesaid, as Rangers, for the Protection of
the Frontier Inhabitants, as near the Settlements of the said Inhabi-
tants as the Nature of the Service will admit: And any Person or
Persons belonging to the said Company of One Hundred Men, so
to be added, shall receive, for every Indian Scalp or Prisoner which
he or they shall produce as aforesaid, the Sum of Thirty Pounds
Current Money.
And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That in

Liber H. S.

No. 1

case the aforesaid Two Hundred Men, or any of them, raised in
Virtue of the aforesaid recited Act, shall voluntarily enter into a
new Contract with their respective Commanding Officers, to continue
in the Service of this Province, from the Tenth Day of February
next until the Tenth Day of next April, they shall be supported,
paid, and subsisted, in the same Manner as they have been for
the like Time, according to the Directions of the aforesaid recited
Act: And that a Sum not exceeding One Thousand Four Hundred
Pounds, out of the aforesaid Twenty-five Thousand Pounds, be
applied to their Payment and Subsistence, from the Tenth Day of
next February to the Tenth Day of April next; and from the Time
they shall enter into such Contract as aforesaid, they shall be entituled
to Thirty Pounds Current Money for every Indian Scalp or Prisoner
they shall produce in the Manner before directed. And from the said

[The 200
Men, form-
erly raised,
continued
on pay.]

Tenth Day of February to the Tenth Day of April next, shall be sub-
ject to the same Regulations as are provided by the said recited Act,
during the Term for which they were Enlisted under the said Act.
Provided always, That the said Two Hundred Men, or any of them,
raised as aforesaid in Virtue of the said recited Act, shall receive no
Reward for any Indian Scalp or Prisoner, except the Sum of Ten
Pounds, in Virtue of the before recited Act, taken before the Tenth
Day of next February, unles they enter into such Contract as afore-
said, to serve for the Term aforesaid, and from the Time only that
they shall enter into such Contract.
And be it Enacted, That in case the aforesaid Two Hundred Men,

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raised as aforesaid, in Virtue of the said recited Act, shall neglect
to enter into such Contract as aforesaid, and shall be disbanded
according to the Directions of the aforesaid recited Act, then so many
able-bodied Men, as shall voluntarily offer themselves, shall be En-
listed, as shall compleat the Number in the whole to Three Hundred
Men, Officers included, to serve 'til the Tenth Day of next April, and
the same Bounty shall be paid and given to each of such able-bodied
44

[In case the
200 Men
refuse, others
to be raised,
to compleat
the Number
of 300.]