Mutiny Act 1701 (c. 2)

XXVI. Regulation as to Close of Muster Rolls, and Return thereof to Paymaster General of the Forces.

Penalty.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Commissary Generall of the Musters or his Deputies shall upon every Muster taken by him or them respectively of any Regiment Troop or Company in His Majesties Service close the Muster Rolls of the said Regiment Troop or Company upon the Place the same Day the said Muster is taken and shall return One of every of the said Rolls so taken in Parchment to the Paymaster [X1 General] of His Majesties Forces the next Day after the said Rolls shall be respectively closed if in London or within Twenty Miles Distance from the same and if at further Distance by the next Post after the said Rolls shall be so respectively closed upon Pain of forfeiting their respective Imployments.

Editorial Information

X1 interlined on the Roll.