The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1820-07-11
AN ACT respecting the Militia.

by the laws OF the Onfteu Stdtes. the 4@9ttSes VI
the Supreme Judicial Court. all oiliceu wke have
heretofore held, or ma, hereafter hoid.commis-
sions in the militia of this State. for the term Of
FIVE years or shall have been supers EIDE honor
ably discharged by the laws of this or airy other
of the United States, and all regularly ordained
Ministers Of the Gospel. Of every denomination.
while they shall ordinarily oficate as such, and
continue hr regulsr standing; persons Of the de-
nomination II Quakefs and Shakers, be and they
hereby are exempted from the performance Of
military duty.
sre. e. And be ii further enacted, That each
Of the persons hereinafter mentioned, may bee
enpted from the performance OF military duty,
notwithstanding their being ofthe age ofeighteen
years, and under the age of for'y-ive years. VIZ
tho members of the Executive Council the
Judges Of Courts of Common Pleas and their
Clicks. Judges of Probate; Registers OF Probate !
Register. Of Deeds the Attorney General and
Cou atty attorneys +; the Secretary and Treasurer
of the State and their Clerks Justices OF the
Peace, holding commissions and qualified to act
as such sherlffs and Deputy sheriffs; Coronefs )
all officers and students of any College, Theoloy-
ical Sc urinary. or Academy, actually resident at
the same all School, Masters, while actually en-
ploycd as such all students OF divinity, who
shall produce certificate from an ordained MIN
er of their being such, aud deliver the same TO
the commanding officer Of the company within
the bounds of which sueS student resides the
first Clerk in the Adlutant Generals Office all
Physicians and Surgeons all .eicers who have
held or may hereafter hold com missions in the
militia Of this State for tern less than five years,
and have been discharged otherwise than IT pnr-
suance Of any sentence of a Court-Mariial /; and
all officers who have held or may hereafter hold
commissions ir the Army or Navy OF the United
States. or in the militia Of any Of the United
States Prorided, That each person 50 exempt
ed shall pay 10 the Treasurer ofthe town, district
or plantation within which such exempt resides,
six dollars annually, aud produce his receipt
therefor to the com manding oficer OF the compa-
nv. on or before the fret Tuesday Of May in each
year.
SEC. 8. And B. Al further enacted, Ths. all
persons liable BY law TO the performance Of mill
tary duty, who are or may be between the ages
of forty AM forty i've years, be, and they hereby
are exempted from all military duty, except that
Of being detached or called forthto execute the
laws of the United States. or OF this state, to
suppress. insurrections and repel invasons, and oil
keeping the n,selyes constantly furnished with the
arms aud equipments required by the laws OF the
United states, and the duty Of carrying or send
ing them on the frstTncsday Of May annually,to
the place Of inspection or view oil arms oil the
company within the bounds Of which they may
reeme. anu IN winch tney may be enTolteu anu
ts- uoty uf At'enaias tss election of company
cd6cers; PROVIDED, They shaii each pay to the
Treasurer Of the town, district or plantafio vim
in which they reside, the sum Of one dollar an
nualy, and produce his receipt therefor to the
commanding officer Of the company. on or before
the first Tuesday Of May in each year.
SEC. 4. Md be IL furhsr, enneied. " the
said Treasurers shall severally keep fair sc
count of all monies by the n received by virtue O
this act, subject at all times TO the inspection O
any Of the commanding officers Of the company
or companies in the towns, district or plantations
to which they belong and shall Annually, on Of
before the second Wednesday of January, trans
NIT to the Treasurer of the State, fair account
Of all monies go by them received and shall
within thirty days there after pay the amount
thereof into the Treasury Of this State, and the
same shall there constitute a fund TO be appro.
priated aud disposed of as the Legislature shall,
from time 10 time direct, for the sole purpose 81
armins, equipping and uniforming the militia.
SEC. S. And be further saaeisd, That all
students Of any College, Theological Seminary,
or Academy. shall be enrolled and held to do du-
ty only in the town and plantations, wherein
their residence is established according to law.
SEC. G. .t1,,d be II further enacted, That the
several divisions Of the militia Of this State, shall
be numbered in an ascending arhmetieal series,
so that the division, now called the sixth, shall
be the first, and all others shall retain their nu-
merical relation thereto and every pew division
. all be designated by the number, next higher
than that Of the division established next before
il, and the divisions shall take rank according to
the numbers by which they are severally dess-
mated, the first being highest in rank. And the
Of every officer shall designate the
Division, Brigade, Regiment or Battalion and the
Corps, in which he shall be commissioned. and all
officers shall take rank from the day of their cleo
tons or appointments respectively, which shah
be designated in their commissions.
SEC. Z. And be II further enacted, That the
Governor aud Commander in Chief be, and he
hereby is authorised and empowered, by and
with the advice Of the Council, to organise and
arrange the militi4 of this State, conformable to
the laws Of the United States, and to make such
therein, as from time TO time, may be
deemed necessary. And that all applications or
petitions for raising companies at large, and for
alterations in the arrangement of the militia,
shall be made to the Governor, and he by aud
with the advice and consent Of tho Council, is
hereby authorized to grant such petitions or APP
plications as to him may appear proper. Prori-
ded, The present organisation and arrangement
of the militis shall continue until the Governor
with advice Of The Council, shall otherwise order.
SEC. 8. And be al further enacted, That every
officer now commissioned in the militia Of this
State, shall within sixty days from the passing Of
this act, take and subscribe the osths required by
the Constitution. And every oiio er hereafter to
be commissioned in the militia, uride r1he author