American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-05-29

tachel to such list of denquenclcs, that they be-
ieye neither the commissary nor any OF MS COZ
ectors have been guilty OF neglect with regard 10
such telinqucncies aud the auditor shall lutthci
credit the same commissary with the sum o. tWen,
r. dollars for every hundred dollars which he sinai
collect. IN conpensaton of the trouble Of the said
commissary and his collectors in collecting the
fines and the said comnissary shall be RESPONSE
Bile to The said collectors for their compensatlons !:
! and if any Of the said conimissaries shall neglect
or refuse to appear and settle as aforesaid, or a.
Ter settlement shall neglect refuse Tor the space
If one month after each settlement, to pay over to
the state treasurer the balance due on such setle-
ment, he not having therefor sufficient excuse
| in the opinion of the commander III chei, ne slan
not be entitled to the COMMISSIONS allowed py .h's
ACT. and the auditor shall Immediately give notice
10 tho governor of such neglect REFUSAL in order
that he NAV remove, aud commission some other
person to be comnissary in his place: aud the au-
ditor shall cause suit forthwith TO be instituted
against such delinquent commssary, upon ms ponu'
is ,yhcb suit there shall be recovered besides costs
Of sut The whole amount Of the lists OF fines which
have been returned to the brisader, and OF such
other lists as can be proven to have been returned
10 the said commssaiy, as well as the amount ol
all other monies received bv him. and OF the fines
incurred by officers neslectg to make regular re-
turns, deducting only theietrom the lists OF den-
auencies attested in the manner directed BY this
act and the amount of such fines on the returning
officers the payment OF which may have been eX.
cused in the manner herein before directed. and OF
such payments and expenditures as he shall prove
that he has made confolmabe to this act And
the field officers who attest any list OF dellnquen
cies shall forthwith forward 10 the auditor the
mount and date Of the list 50 passed. and the
State treas rer, whenever any payments are made
TO him by the comnissary, is hereby required I'm
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Of such payments and the time when made,
Sec. IS. Ind be it enacted, That when any class
For classes or parts Of classes Of militia shall be
called to perform any tour Of duty, the adutant
general shall give the orders to the brigade major,
(which orders shall be given BY the brigade maoi
to the captain commanding officers OF the seve-
raj companies in his brigade, who shall Immediate
lly give notice to such non commissioned officers
and priyates in their respective companies as shall
| lie obliged TO perform the same and every non
commissioned officer and private notified to
peinrm any tour Of duty, shall either perform the
same in person or find an able bodied substitute
to perform the same in his stead or he shall pa,
sum of money mol exceeding thirty dollars, which
shall be applied By the captain or commanding off
Ger Of the company to which the person belongs.
50 nrglecting or refusing to perform his tour Of
duty, towards procuring substitute as aforesaid :
which sum shall be recovered in the same manner
as fines and furfcitures are recoverable BY this act
unless the palt be excused By court martial.
Sec. o.. Ind be i, enacted, That il any com
missioned officer shall refuse neglect to perform
| his tour Of duty when called on, he shall forfeit
and lose his commission. and shall additionally pay
such fine as may be imposed upon him by court
martial not exceeding five hundred dollars pro
yided forfeiture Of commission shall not happen
liz court martial upon full hearing Of his case.
| ,hal otherwise determine. And for a neglect or
refusal to perform all or any other military duty
! required Of such commissioned officer, by the re
questions of this State, of the executive Of the
United States, he shall abide the sentence Of
court martial, according to the articles OF war es.
tsblished BY congress.
Sec. %. IND be il enacted, That the governor
may review the militia Of the State at his pleasure
the major general shall review at least brigade
once in every year; and the brigadier generals
shall respectively review the regiments in his brl-
gade every year.
sec. 30 HID be II enacted, That there shall be
an Acknowledgement appointed for the State,
whose duty it shall be to distribute all orders from
the COMMANDMENT chief Of the State to the several
corps to attic nd all public reviews when the com
J mander-in-chef shall review the militia or any
part thereof to obey all orders relative to carry
ing into effect and for perecting the system Of
military discipline established by this act to furn.
ISL blank forms Of different returns that NAV be
, required, and to explain the principles on which
they should be made, to receive from the different
officers OF the several corps throughout this State
: returns Of the militia under their command, re-
;; porting the actual situation Of their arms and &C
! coutrements and every other thing which relate.
to the general advancement Of order and discipline
all Of which the several officers Of brigades, resi
ments, battalions and companies are required ant
c commanded to make agreeable to the forms an.
directions of the adutant general, that he ma,
3 be duly furnished Herewith from which returns
II he shall make proper extracts and lay before tn
governor commander .in.ch,et Of the State, TO
e By him LAID before the General Assembly Of tn
Y State the number of effective men in each brigade
ts tAA sfate of the Irtia