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XXI. And be it further Enacted, That if any Officer shall enter
any Person on any Muster-Roll or Certificate, by a wrong Name,
knowingly, upon Conviction thereof, such Officer shall suffer such
Pains and Penalties as are directed by this Act to be inflicted on
those that shall make and present any false Muster-Roll or Certificate,
to be recovered in the same Manner, and applied, as hereafter directed.
XXII. And to discourage, and as far as may be prevent all Officers
from making and presenting false Muster-Roils and Certificates;
Be it further Enacted, That upon Complaint, or Information filed,
against any Officer, for Breach of this Act, in the Clerk's Office of
the Provincial Court, setting forth the Facts committed by the said
Officer, Fourteen Days before the setting of the said Court, upon
Leave obtained under the Hand of the Governor or Commander
in Chief, for the Time being, the Clerk shall issue forth a Summons
to the Officer informed against, commanding him to appear at the
Provincial Court, to answer to such Complaint; which Summons,
with a Copy of the Information, shall be served upon the Officer
complained of Fourteen Days before the setting of the Court.
XXIII. And be it further Enacted, That if any Witnesses, to
prove the Facts complained of, be retained in the Pay of this Prov-
ince, at any of the Stations, Fort, or Ranges, hereafter directed;
upon Application made to, and Leave therefore had, from the Gov-
ernor or Commander in Chief, as aforesaid, the Clerk shall make
out Subpoenas for such Witnesses to attend the said Court as Evi-
dences in the Cases.
XXIV. And be it further Enacted, That if any Officer shall pre-
sume to detain any Soldier under his Command, when summoned
and notified as before directed, or if any Officer or Soldier shall, by
any Ways or Means whatever, obstruct the Service of any Subpoena
as aforesaid, such. Officer or Soldier, upon Conviction thereof, shall
forfeit and pay; That is to say, a Captain or Lieutenant, one Hun-
dred Pounds Current Money; an Officer under the Degree of a
Lieutenant, Fifty Pounds Current Money; and a common Soldier,
Thirty Pounds Current Money; to be recovered and applied as
hereafter directed.
XXV. And be it further Enacted, That the said Three Hundred
Men (Officers included) shall be forthwith drafted by Order and
Direction of his Excellency Horatio Sharpe, Esq; or the Governor
or Commander in Chief of this Province, for the Time being, out of
such of the aforesaid Five Hundred Men, taken into the Pay of
this Province by Virtue of an Act of Assembly, entituled, An Act
for his Majesty's Service, and the more immediate Defence and
Protection of the Frontier Inhabitants of this Province, as by the
Terms of their Enlistment, are obliged to serve till the last Day of
September next, or for any longer Term, and shall be the most able-
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