A. D. i6or. Anno xliii Regime J. i i z • . m i ( . - - of ihc Mufter-Rol] . the I .< nf 11 i nd ( ■ troll i ol 1 Avoiding' of all Fraud and"Counterfi I exweffed, fhall according to the Nature of hi ■ • a Portion ol i thejr Difcrctii Quarter-Seffions ; (7) at the which it (h libel wful foi (I th< 1 Hands, to make an Inftrdment of Grant < ■ li eRelicI or endure in Force, if the fame Soldiei > .- M finer I or, altered, which mail be ifufficieril fuch Pennon unto fi ch Pi rfons,qua altered: (8) So that fuch Reliel , d By fuch I Soldier or Mariner having not born Office in tin 1 fibh of ten Pounds, bor to *ny that hath born Officeunder til P< 1 nds, nor to any that hath ferved in the 1 iX. And yet neverthelel , ii fha]| and may be lawful to' am! I for the J Authority by tluVAct toafllgn Perdi upon" any jufl Can of ajtejjthe fame from 1 irfK to Time, ad rd tions in their General (^11 in the Peace, or General Affemblies tor Cities or Towns Corporate where the fame r granted. ' X. And wh'erCas it mull needs fall out, that many of fuch hurt and manned Soldiers an I M ' arrive in Ports and Places far remote from the Counties wh n. e they are by Virtue • ' their pearly Annuities and Penftohs : (2) As alio they are prefcrlbed by this A< t to ■' ■• I ' ' of their Certificates from the Mufter-Mafter or Receiver General of the Mufter-fcolls, wh >comm ■ '. . ' like to abide about the Court or Land n, fd as they (hall need at the tin!, Provifion 1
- Charges to fuch Places;' (3) Be it therefore eria&ed* That ii may 1 be lawful for 1
County where they Ihall arrive, in their Difcrction, upon their C rlificate (though ndl them any convenient Relief for their Journey to carry them to then.:/ County, . ith a Teftimonial of I Allowance, to pals on towards fuch a Place : And in like Manner (hall if be lawful for" theTreafun r ol I next County to do the like; and fo from County to County (in th' tiil th- . v come to the Pi where they are directed to find their Maintenance' according to the Tenor 1 1 this .- atute. XI. And for the better Execution of this Act in all the Branches' thereof, he iu-inded, That eery thel Treafurers in their feveral Counties fhall keep a true Book of Coir,], i 1 i asThey levi and alio a Regifter of the Names of every fuch Perfon unto whom they lhall havedifburfed my Red And (hall alio preferve or enter every Certificate, by Warrant whereof Inch Relief hath he by them burled : (3) And alto that the Mufter-Mafter or Receiver General of the Mufter-Rolls lhall keep a K ' wherein (hall be entred the, Names of all fuch whole Certificates (Hall be by him allowed, with an Al of their Certificates : (4) And that every Treafurer returning or not accepting th( I brought ri him from the faid Mufter-Mafter, fhall write and fubferibe the Caufe of his not accepting or Hot allowil g thereof under the laid Certificate, or on the Back thereof. XII. And be it further enacted, That if any Treafurer fhall wilfully refufc to diftiibute and give any Re-Tbr' lief according to the Form of this Act, that it fhall be lawful for the JulHces ot' Peace in their Q ' Seflions to fine fuch Treafurcrs by their Difcretions, as aforefaid ; the fame Fine to be levied by J and Sale thereof, to be profecuted by any two of them whom they (hall authorize. XIII. And be it alio enacted, That every Soldier or Mariner that (hall be taken begging in . Place within this Realm after the Fcaft of Eaftcr next, or any that (hall counterfeit any Certificate in Act expreffed, ihall for ever lofe his Annuity or Pennon, and (hall be taken, deemed and adj j common Rogue or Vagabond Perfon, and (hall ha e and fuftain the fame and the like Pains, Im • and Punilhment, as is appointed and provided for common Rogues and Vagabond Perfons. XIV. Provided always, and be it enacted, That all the Surplufagc of Money which ihall be remai:. in the Stock of any County, (hall by the Difcretion of the more Part of the Juftices of Peace in their Q ter-Seffions be ordered, diltributed and bellowed upon fuch good and charitable Ufes, and in fuch For are limited and appointed in the Statutes made and now in Force concerning Relief of the Poor, and Pu. ' flient of Rogues and Beggars. XV. Provided always, That the Juftices of Peace within any County of this Realm or J! ales fhall not in- tromit or enter into any City, Borough, Place or'Fown Corporate, where is any Juftice at' Peace tor any fuch City, Borough, Place or Town Corporate, for the Execution of any Article of this A3 ; (2) but th it ihall be lawful to the Juftice and JulHces of Peace, Mayors, Bailiffs and other Head Officers of thofi ties, Boroughs, Places and Towns Corporate, where there is any Juftice of Peace, to proceed to t cution of this Act within the Precinct and Compafs of their Liberties, in fuch .Manner as- the Juftices <of Peace in any County may do by Virtue of this Act: (3) And that evcrv Juftice of Peace within fuch City, Borough, Place or Town Corporate, for every Offence by hJm committ d, Contrary to the Meaning of this Statute, fhall be finable, as other Juftices of Peace at the la.ge in the Counties are i ; - Act appointed to be : (4) And that the Mayor and Juftices of Peace, in every fuch City, Borough, I and Town Corporate, ihall have Authority by this prefent Act to appoint any Perfon for the receiving of the faid Money, and paying the fame within fuch City, Borough, Place or Pour.' Corporate ; wrdoh ion fo appointed fhall have" Authority to do all fuch i Kings, and be fubject to all fuch Penalties, as I Couilables by Virtue of this Act ihould have or be. 4X2. Xl.
