Bee it therefore enacted & it Is hereby enacted by the Gen^' assembly & by y® authority of y" same that if any Person or Persons Chosen, nominated, Constituted, ordained or Commissionated by his s<^ Maj^^^^ Liev* Governo'" to serve In any Employment Civill or Military w^i^in any of y'^ County es of s^ Proviace & shall refuse to accept receive or execute any Comission or Comissions unto him or them directed by the said Liev' GovernF that then & in such Case y'' Said Person or Persons be amended & fined to pay y<= Sume of Seaventy five Pounds Curr* money of this Province & by refusall thereof that the same be forthwith strained by Warrant from said Liev* Govern^ on the goods & Chatties of every Person or Persons so refusing to serve as aforesaid Provided alwayes & be it further enacted that y*^ s^ fine so Payd or strained as aforesaid sl:all be aplied for his Majti^s use In suporting & defraying y** Charges of this P'sent Warr against y^ tTrcnch and their adherents in y^ Cily County or toune wlicre the same shall happen to be Payd or strained as aforesaid

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Si. be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid that all persons who shall Depart y^ City & County of albany or County of Ulster being Inhabitants or ffreeholders Without spetiall Lycense from the authority Comissionated by the said Liev* Governr shall forfeit & Pay the sume of one hundred Pounds Curr* money to be Levied on y® goods & Chatties of every person or persons so departing as aforesaid & for any such person whose estate shall not amount to the sum of one hundred Pounds that thes*^ Persons be fined to y° Discrecon of y® Liev^ Govern'": & his Councill which said sume or fines are to be applyed to the use aforemenconed & that no Wares goods or Merchandises shall be brought doune hudsons River or transported out s^ City & Counties w^^out such ly cense as aforesaid under Penalty of Confiscacon of y® same & to be aplyed to y^ use aforesaid except Corn (after sufficient store left for the Militia &, Inhabitants of s^ City and Counties) bevers & Peltry & other necessaries and be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that all persons all ready departed from the said City & Countys do returne w^^in the time of fourteen dayes after Publicacon hereof (except absolute necessity) at their utmost Perills