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Man, until he shall produce a Certificate from the Commanding
Officer at the Fort aforesaid that such Man has passed Muster there
with him, and is able-bodied and fit for the Service aforesaid.
XXX. And be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all the
Returns of Muster-Rolls, Certificates, Journals, Accounts, and Re-
ceipts, which shall be returned to the said Agents, agreeable to the
Directions of this Act, shall be laid by the said Agents, together with
their Accounts, before the next General Assembly of this Province,
on or before the Third Day after their Meeting.
XXXI. And to prevent any Abuses or Impositions by Public
House-Keepers, in whose House any Soldiers may be Quartered or
Billetted; Be it Enacted, That no Public House-Keeper, at any Time
before the Thirtieth Day of September next, shall charge to, or re-
ceive from, any Officer under the Degree of a Captain, or private
Soldier, Quartered or Billetted in his or her House, except such of
his Majesty's Regular Forces as shall be provided with Winter-
Quarters by this Act, more than the following Rates, viz. For a
Commission Officer, under the Degree of a Captain, for his Lodging,
and Diet of such good and wholesome Food as is usually provided
by Ordinary-Keepers in this Province, with small Beer or Cyder,
the Sum of Eighteen Pence Current Money per Diem; and for a
private Soldier, for his Lodging and Diet as aforesaid, with small
Beer, the Sum of One Shilling Current Money per Diem.
XXXII. And be it further Enacted, That all and every of the
Officers and Men, to be supported and kept in the Pay of this Prov-
ince as aforesaid, shall, whilst in the Pay of this Province, by Virtue
of this Act, be liable to Martial-Law and Discipline in like Manner,
to all Intents and Purposes, as the British Soldiers are by the Statute
Laws of Great-Britain, now in Force, and shall be subject to the same
Trial, Penalties, and Punishments, except in Cases where it is other-
wise provided by this Act.
XXXIII. Provided always, and it shall and may be lawful to and
for the Governor or Commander in Chief of this Province, for the
Time being, from Time to Time, during the Continuance of this
Act, to grant a Commission to any Officer of the said Three Hundred
Men, not under the Degree of a Captain, for holding a General Court-
Martial within this Province, in which Court-Martial all the Offences
committed by any of the Officers or Men, who shall serve under this
Act, against the true Intent and Meaning of the Statute or Statutes,
now in Force in Great-Britain, relating to Martial-Law and Disci-
pline, and all Offences under this Act not triable elsewhere by the
Directions of this Act, shall be tried and proceeded against. Provided
also, That no General Court-Martial, which shall have Power to sit
by Virtue of this Act, shall consist of a less Number than Seven,
whereof none to be under the Degree of a Commission-Officer, and
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