Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-02-19

s De exempt from militia Duty and the cryer
y of the court of appeals and chancery district
courts, shall be exempt from fines for failing
to attend musters which may happen during
the sitting of their courts. The executive
shall not organize orestablsh any regiment
battalion or company, or commission any Of
hcer to command any such, unless it shall
have been previously established by the
laws of this commonwealth, or unless the
executive be expressly authorised to organ.
lze or establish the same and every per.
son to whom any commissions shall have is
sued heretofore contrary to the provisions
of this section, shall not be exempt from
! militia duty, nor be entitled to any rank by
virtue Of such commission Every person
emp'oye by any lieutenant colonel commando
ant as an express in pursuance Of any order
from the executives or Of any major or briggs
diergeneral, shall receive such compensation
as the court of enquiry Of the regiment where
such person was employed, shall direct TO be
paid out OF the hRes of such regiment. A
person lntending to take, an appeal from sem
tence OF a. court married, shall give notice
thereof withinten days thereafter to the Judge
advocate, and prosecute his, appeal within 90
days, otherwise the sentence shall stand as If
approved by the executive. Every clerk of
; the courts oi'enquiry shall take an oath faith
fully to execute. his duty, to be administered
by the president court, before such clerk
shall act; and every such cleiA failing to fur
nish the sheriff Or other officer with list of
fines within his baiiiwick, or district, &c. OF
to certify the list to the auditor, shall be sub
ject TO a fine of so dollars for every failure ];
and the lieutenant colonel rcornmandant Shall
certify within 90 days afterth ermce.ing ofhis
regimental court of enquiry annually, the |
name of the clerk of such court: and every |
lieutenant colonel commandant falling herein !
shall forfeit so dollars: and it shall be the de-
ty Of the auditorto certify every such failure
to the lieut. col commandant of the regiment !
whenever it happcaed, to be by him laid be-
fore the hext regimental court of enquiry, !
who shall proceed to adjudge such fine against
the delinquent as in other cases and the fines
80 imposed shall be collected and accounted (
for as other fines are by law directed-Every
brigadier general failing to appoint or direct
the training of the officers, In any regiment,
Or to appoint regilaental mltsters as Greeted
by law, shall forfeit not less than SO, nor more
2so dollars, to be adjudged by the court of en-
quiry OF the regiment wherein he resides
and it shall be the duty of the lieutenant COL
commandantin whose regiment such fail,rs
shalt happen, within so days thereafter to
certify the sameto the president Of such court
of enquiry: who shall cause notice to be 81
ven to such brigadier general; and such court
OF enquiry shall at their ensuing session
proceed to adiudge such fine as IN other
cases saving to the party aggrleved
the right of appeal to the executive
under the regulations prescribed by this
act and the fines so imposed shall be col
lected and accounted for as other fines. The
oaths. prescribed to be taken by any militia Of
fcer may be administered by any justice OF
the peace of a county, or mayor or alderman
Of any corporation within the commonwealth:
and the officer taking such oaths ont ot the
county in which he resides, shall transmit the
certificate of such qualification signedby such
Justice, mayor, or alderman, to the court CT
the county where such officer may reside,
there to be entered of record by the clerk
All acts contrary hereto are repealed. To
commence from the passing
Appropriating the public revenue.
Supplemental to the act entitled an act to
organize and establish superior court OF law
In each county of this commonwealth.
This act is merely intended to give effect to
the system by which superior court of LAWS
organized ineaeh county. It contains num-
Der of important provisions; among others, !
that venire men attending such courts shall be
entitled to no compensation, and witnesses on
ly the same allowance which is made to those !
attending the county courts. Its operation IS
postponed till the FIRST of January, 1909, when
the new Judiciary goes into operation.
To amend the penal laws of this common
wealth.
t If any slave or slaves at any time hereafter
shall wilfully or maliciously burn or Set fire to