Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1820-03-28

o. And be At enacted, That the CON-
mandants OF regiments hereafter TO be
lappointed shall be commissioned as full
colonies and rank accordingly.
8. And be ii enacted. That the CON-
mandants of regiments, independent bat
taiions and squadrons shall annually ac-
count TO the brigade board, for all monies
they may receive for teaching music and
othen purposes.
| 10. And be 1t enacted, That if the cap
tain or commanding officer of any compa-
ny or troop shall on any day appeintsA
bylaw for military Improvement admit
OF any substitute, for each and every
such offence, he shall forfeit the sum Of
ten dollars, and the battalion paymaster
upon information thereof shall prosecute
Tor and may recover the same 10 bis own
name as paymaster as aforesaid, 10 an ac-
ton of debt, before any justice of the
lpeace OF the county in which they may
reside, one half of which sum shall
be paid TO the person giving such infor-
mation, and the balance after paying the
necessary expenses of fheprosecutiou shall
be paid TO the brigade paymaster for the
use of the brigade Prouided, That this
section shall not be construed to interfere
with the twenty-fifth section Of the act to
which this is supplement allowing mu.
sicians under the age of eighteen TO per-
form military duty 10 lieu Of their parents.
IL. Aad be it enacted, That every ser
geant who shall attend the meetings Of the
officers agreeably to The second section ol
this act shall be entitled to receive from
the battalion psymsster seyenty-five cents
per day for such services upon his pro-
ducing the certificate Of the adjutant Of
| his having performed said duty.
II. Andb ii enacted, That il shall be
the duty of the captain or commanding
officer of any company Of militia to eu.
roll all persons subject to militia duty by
the first section Of the act to which this =
a supplement, within the bounds Of his
company except those who belong to some
uniform company, aud furnish copy
Thereof to the orderly sergeant of bis
company.
! Is. And be it enacted. That the brigade
board may at their discretion exempt from
common militia duty any officer who hai
iheid commission for one year ID the ar.
my Of the United States, and also any
soldier who may have faithfully served foI
the term of eighteen months in the late
war, and the said board shall also caIcu-
late and consider the ten years service Of
any officer or private of any uniform
company to commence from the date Of
the act passed February sixth, one thou
sand eight hundred and eleven, and grant
a discharge from common militia duty
according thereto.
Ia. 4nd be 1t enacted, That if any by
stander shall interrupt, modest or insult
by abusive words or behaviour any off.
Ger or soldier while on duty at any train
ling or meeting for military Improvement
he shall be Immediately put under guard
and may be fined by regimental court
martial 10 the same manner as if he wal
at the time on duty, and any fine imposed
shall be collected as is directed in the
fifty first section of the act to which this il
a supplement.
Is. And be 1t enacted. That 10 addition
to the military corps now authorized tc
be formed 10 the several counties OF thi.
state, troops Of horse artillery may bt
formed, each troop shall consist of one
captain, four lieutenants, one quarter
master sergeant, four sergeants, four cor
porals, one sadler, one farrier, one blu.
gler, one trumpeter, and not more thar
one hundred nor less than forty privates
and the commander in chief Of this state
lis hereby authorized TO commission the
officer Of any such troop Of horse artillery
as is now formed as such, who shall rsnk
Iin the order of seniority according to the
date of the commissions they now hold a:
cayalry officers, and such troops Of horse
artillery as are already formed, or may
hereafter be formed, shall be attached Ia
the squadron of cavalry 10 whose bounds
majority of said troop may reside, be
subject to the marching orders of their
superior commanders, rendezvous at the
regimental and squadron parade, aad be
inspected by the proper officer of the
brigade, subject to be trained by the com
manding officer or officers agreeably to
such rules of discipline as are or may be
hereafter laid down for the government
of horse artillery. -
Is. And be it enacted, That each ma
ior-general for the time being, in Case Of
vacancy, shall appoint his two abide
camps-each brigadiergeneral for the
time being shall appoint his aid-de-camp-
all other brigade staff shall be appointed
by the brigade board and commissioned by
the commander in chief.
/ IL. And be 1t enacted, That it shall be
the duty of the brigade board TO keep
accounts of all sums by them received
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