Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1837-11-20
CHAPTER w.
Duties Of Officers.

SEC |. 1t shall be the duty of the Governor as COM
manderinchef of the militia of this state to see that
the militia laws of this state and of the United States
within this state, promptly and faithfully executed ac
cordng to the true intent and meaning thereof and shall
from time to time issue such orders to commandants of
division, brigade, regiment other military officers as
he may deem necessary to carry into complete operation
the provisions OF this act and for peecng the organ-
cation and discipline of the militia of this state which
orders he shall to be recorded in the book of rec
ords to be kept by the duan and in
the office of the secretary of civil and military affairs
He shall present the General Assembly each annual
October session. full and complete return of the militia
of this state. He shall also annually present as afore
said statement of the arms and equipments of the Off
and soldiers of the militia presented for inspection
at the annual June training, and full statement of all
military property belonging to the state He shall also
return annually aforesaid the gross amount of all mo-
ney received for fines, and under heads the man.
ner in which the same has been disposed of.
Sec. g. 1t shall be the duty of the adiuant and in
spectorgeneral to keep record of all appointments in
the militia, promotions and designations of each officer
the registry OF commissions issued and distributed to the
several officers to prepare and provide the proper forms
commissions for the officers, and warrants for the
commissioned officers to ISSUE sign, and transmit all gen.
eral orders which cmanate from the executive
manderinchei, whether Of detail, instruction,
men of the militia, and all general regulations which NAV
be established by the proper authority, and transmit the
to the several officers concerned, whose corps
may be effected by them; he shall be charged with all
correspondence between the Governor and officers of the
several and territories with the Secretary War
with tie aduantgener Of the of the United States
and other persons in official stations on the subject of mi
la affairs he shall keep record of all general orders
of the commanderin-chef, and of his own correspon-
dence and regular files of all returns reports and papers
received 1t shall also be his duty to distribute blank
forms of the different returns and other paners which
may be required by the laws and customs of this
state, for the of the militia thereof and to explain tho
principles which they shall be made and the uses to
which they shall be applied he shall receive all returns
and reports required by this act to be made 1t shall be
his duty before the first day of October annually
to make to the commanderin-chief consolidated gem
era abstract of the strength of the militia with return
of the arms, accoutremens and ammunition, conorma-
bly, to the provisions OF this act and duplicate original
Of such annual general abstract return of the militia
of this stae and of the and accoutremens shall be
transmitted by him to the Secretary of War; before
the first day OF November annually. 1t shall further be
his duty to attend all public reviews, when the comman-
der-in-chief shall review the militia or any part thereof
He shall also attend and take command at each officers
drill provided by this act to supentend the exercise and
manoeuvrcs and to introduce the system OF discipline es
tabshed by law, and he shall take the command as drill
officer far as it shall be necessary the execution of
those duties.
Sec. 1t shall be the duty Of the quarer-m
eral to make return of the ordnance, apparatus arms
ammunition, stands of colors, musical instruments and
other military property of this state, in his possession
and the condition of the and also from the regi-
mental returns, the ordnance apparatus, arms and other
military property distributed to each brigade in the mill
tia and also the distributed among the several towns
in this state he shall also prepare from the regmental
returns abstract OF the amount of all monies received
for fines otherwise and under general heads the man.
ner in which the has been disposed of and lay said
returns and abstract before the commandern chief an
nuay, in the month Of September. 1t shall further be
his duty to attend at public reviews when the comman-
derinchef shall review the militia, any part thereof
Sec a. 1t shall be the duty of the aids to the
Governor, to execute such orders they shall from time
to time receive from the commander-in-chief
Sec. 5. 1t shall be the duty of the several maior-ger-
erals TO execute all orders received from the commander
nchie; and from time to time issue such orders as they
may deem expedent for the proper regulation and gov
their respective divisions inconsistent with
the laws of this state of the United States and cause
the same, together with all orders and received
to be recorded in book of records to be kept for that
purpose by the division Inspector and transmit all re-
turns that may be required by the privsons OF this act
Sec. 1t shall be the duty of the division inspectors
to record all orders received by their respective Major
Generals from the commander-n-chief all orders made
by their respective Major Generals and all returns re-
ceved from the commandans of brgades and regiments,
and from time to time to execute such orders they may
receive from their respective heterogeneous other
peror officer and to attend at public reviews when the
of their respective divisions shall review any
corps of militia of this state [See third pagsl