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companies not of the battalion then present, shall give to the
commissary of musters certificates of the musters signed by him-
self, signifying how long such officers, non-commissioned officers,
and soldiers, who shall not appear at the said muster, have been
absent, and the reason of their absence, which reason and the
time of absence shall be inserted in the muster rolls, opposite to the
respective names of such absentees; and the said certificate, to-
gether with the muster roll, shall be, by the said commissary, trans-
mitted to the council of safety within twenty days next after such
muster being taken, on failure whereof the commissary so offend-
ing shall be discharged from the service.

43. Every officer, who shall sign a false certificate relating to
the absence of officers, or non-commissioned officers, or private
soldiers, shall be cashiered.

44. Every officer who shall knowingly make a false muster of
any man, and any officer or commissary, who shall sign, allow or
return the muster rolls wherein such false muster is contained,
knowing the the falsity thereof, shall be cashiered, and forfeit all
such pay as may be due to him at the time of his conviction of
such offence.

45. Any commissary, who shall take any gift or gratuity on the
false mustering of the said battalion or any company, or for signing
any muster roll, shall be displaced, and forfeit his pay, as in the
preceding article.

46. Any officer, who shall presume to muster any person as a
soldier, who at other times is accustomed to wear a livery, or who
does not actually do his duty as a soldier, shall be deemed guilty
of having made a false muster, and suffer accordingly.

47. The commanding officer of every corps, or of any garrison
in the service aforesaid, or at any station of any of the said forces,
shall in the beginning of every month, transmit to the council of
safety an exact return of the state of the troops under his com-
mand, specifying the names of the officers not then residing at their
posts, and the reason for and time of their absence. And whoever
shall| through neglect or design, omit sending such returns, shall
be punished as may be adjudged.

48. No person shall be allowed to suttle at any camp or station,
or to any party or detachment of the said forces, before he shall
have obtained a license from the commanding officer thereof, and
shall also have subscribed these rules.

49. No suttler shall be permitted to sell any kind of liquor, or
victual, or keep his house or shop open, for the entertainment of
soldiers, after nine o'clock at night, or before beating the reveilles,