Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-04-30

| TO be certified by the commanding officer Of spcI
company; and the said compensation to be paid ou
OF The militia FINE fund by warrant from the Audi,o
/ OF Public Accounts on the Public Treasury
Whenever hereafter there shall be no commission
ell officer to any company Of militia this Common.
wealth, whereby the musicrs of such companv M,
neglected, anu no returns can be made of failures to
attend the regular musters thereof for the asses.-
ment OF fines, It sha be the duty of the commadnp
once OF the regiment TO which such company NAV be
attached, to order his Adjutant or such other officer
VI tue inc OF the regiment as he may think proper
10 make out list Of all persons hin the bounds of
said company subject to militia duy and nj end The
regular musteTs OF such company. so long as il NAV
icmain mus destitute Of commissioned officers TO
uah 'he SAID company, and return all absentees us
III o'her cases Is required of the commanding officers
OIL companies. TO the next Battalion Court of Enou
y Aud IN all cases IN which II sha appcar 10 The
proper Court OF Enquiry that no election of officers
mas oeen heio III such company, or member there
OF oeen iound willing 10 accept commission the rein
IN consequence of concerted design of the sn Il
company to elude the operation of the laws teouir
ing musters thereof, and escape the payment of fine.
'nat the SAID Court OF Enquiry shall assess against
each delinquent failing TO attend any such muster
double the amount of fine assessed in other like ca
ses unless he shall prove by his affidavit or otherwise
10 tAe satisaction or such Court of Enquiry TINT he
refused 10 participate in or to, unla fu
precohcert IN which case he shall be liable ONLY 10
the same fine az in other cases Any Atlutani mr.
other onicer required to discharge the duty aforesaid
shall receive for his services for each day in which
nc ay NC 80 engaged, the same compensation as mny
De allowed by law to an AdJutsnt for Attending
reglmentoi MUSTER and any AdJuant or other officer
Ealing to discharge such duty when so required shall
forfeit and pay for such offence the sum of en- dollars
Ihe several Adju,ants of the regiments of militia
shait he entitled to- and receive such compensation
as shall be adjudgcd and allowed by the Regrmental
court oil Enquiry, not exceeding the of four dol
lars, Tor each day he shall attend the training oftbe
omcers OF his regiment required by law or any req
mental muster and the Sergeant Major of each
regiment shall in like manner be entitled to- and re-
cei'e such compensation as shall be ndjudged and al
lowed ny the Regimental Court of Enquiry not OK
ceeding the sum of two dollars, for eyery dav he
snail attend such training of the officers or regimen
tai muster to be paid as in other cases provided by
law. y
BE 1t further enacted. That in all elections of off.
GERS oy the act authorised to be made, there shall
be majority Of the officers and men respectively
entitled to vote present.
All acts and parts of acts within the puryiew of
TINS act shall be, and the same hereby repealed
rms act shall commence and be in force from the
passing thereof
The foregoing is n true copy from the Roll
GEORGE w. MUNFORD
April 22d, 1881