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respectively, for the Places for which they are nominated and ap-
pointed, with any of the private House-Keepers or Ordinary-Keepers,
dwelling within or near and convenient to the Towns and Places
aforesaid, for the finding and providing good and convenient Lodg-
ing, Firing, Candles, Vinegar, Salt, and small Beer or Cyder not
exceeding Two Pints per Diem for each Man, and the necessary
Utensils for dressing and eating their Meat, for the said Forces, at
such Rate as they the said Commissioners, or any one of them, in
Case of Sickness or other Inability in the other, can agree for, so
that the said Rate exceeds not the Sum of Six Pence for each private
Soldier per Diem.
XLIV. And be it further Enacted, That in Case a sufficient
Number of private House-Keepers or Ordinary-Keepers, shall not
be found at or near and convenient to the Places aforesaid, willing
to contract and agree to take in, lodge and provide for, the whole
Number, or any Part of the Forces, ordered to the Places aforesaid,
that then and in such Case, the Commissioners for the Places afore-
said shall and they are hereby required, tor the Purpose aforesaid,
to agree for, take up, and rent, any Dwelling-Houses they shall find
empty and not tenanted, and shall think proper, at or near and con-
venient to the Places aforesaid, and in the best, easiest and cheapest
Manner, purchase and provide, or contract for the purchasing and
providing, convenient Bedding, Firing, Candles, Vinegar, Salt, and
small Beer or Cyder not exceeding Two Pints per Diem for each
Man, and the necessary Utensils for dressing and eating their Meat,
for the whole Number of Forces ordered to the respective Places
aforesaid, or for such Part of the said Number as shall be and remain
uncontracted for with the private House-Keepers or Ordinary-
Keepers, in or near and convenient to the respective Towns for
which they shall be appointed and nominated Commissioners.
XLV. And be it further Enacted, That in Case the Owners or
Possessors of the Dwelling-Houses, empty and untenanted as afore-
said, shall refuse to agree with the Commissioners aforesaid, for the
said Houses, or refuse to let the said Houses for the Purpose afore-
said, or demand what, by the Commissioners, or any one of them,
in Case of Sickness or other Inability of the other, shall be thought
an exorbitant or extravagant Rent, that then and in such Case the
Commissioners aforesaid are hereby required and impowered to
nominate and appoint one good and sufficient Person, being a Free-
holder and Inhabitant of the respective Town, for which they are
nominated and appointed to act as Commissioners aforesaid, or
residing near thereto, and the Owner or Possessor of such empty
Dwelling-House one other such good and sufficient Person, and in
Case the said Owner or Possessor shall be a Minor, or Non-Resident
of the respective County, or shall refuse to nominate one, then the
said Commissioners, or any one of them, in Case of Sickness or other
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