Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1838-04-18
AN ACT to amend an act to organize the
militia.


SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives Of the State
Of Michigan, That the governor Of this state
be and he is hereby required, within :hirty
days after the passage of this act, to com.
plete or cause TO be completed the or.
ganzation Of the militia of this state, as fol.
lows:
81. He shall cause the limits of each
division, brigade and regimen, to be desig.
mated in orders, and shall within ten days
after the passage of this act, approve, by
and with the advice and consent of the lc.
gislature in joint assembly, a major general
to each division, a brigadier general to each
brigade, and a colonel to each regiment,
and the officers of the general staff required
by the act of the legislative council Of TWEEN.
ty.ihird of April, one thousand eight humid.
red and thirty-three, or by this act : Pro.
vided, That all vacancies tina, may happen
in the ranks of colonel, lieutenant colonel,
and major, shall be filed by election by the
commissioned officers Of their respective
regiments.
3. Each colonel of a regiment, so ap.
pointed, shall within ten days after recev.
ing notice Of such appointment, cause the
limits Of his regiment to de divided into ten
company beats "a I'D by warrant under his
hand issued 10 some person within each OF
said company beats, shall couse such per.
son TO hold an election at some public place
within said beat, three days notice having
been thereto given by advertisement in three
of the most public places within said beat,
at which election shall be chosen by the
men subject TO military duty residing with.
in suce beat, the officers OF such company,
to w.t. one captain, one first lieutenant, and
two second lieutenants.
4. In case of failure in the holding
of such election, and the proper returns OF
the names of such officers, to the governor
of The state, within thirty days after the pas.
sage ofthe act. the latter shall proceed to Sc.
lect and appoint the officers aforesaid 10
each company SO failing; the colonel of
each regiment shall order the company
to assemble at such timo and place as he
shall designate, so soon as possible after
their election and then and there proceed to
elect lieutenant colonel and major Of the
said regiment.
5. All officers 80 elected, or in default
Of election, selected, as aforesaid, shall be
commissioned by the government SO soon
as shall be convenient.
&c. Elections 10 fill vacancies as com.
pany officers, shall be held when necessary
thereafter, under warrant Of the regimentsl
commander, directed 10 the company CON-
mander; and commissions issued by the
governor, agreeably to the returns of such
elections.
Z. Phe commissions of every officer,
and the warrant Of all non.commissioned of.
fcers and musicians now in the militia of
this state, shall expire as soon as their sue.
cessors are appointed.
8. In case any portion of the militia of
this state shall be called out, under the or.
der Of the communicable or of any
general officer thereof and the order so
calling out such militia, shall announce that
it is in consequence Of invasion or insurrcc.
ton or imminent danger thereof, or to sup.
port the execution of the laws Of the land,
every person liable to military duty within
that portion Of such militia so called out,
who shall receive the legal notice, and who
shall fail to repair, duly armed and equip
ped, to the proper rendezvous, and at the
time appointed, shall be fined by sentence
of court martial, not less than five nor
more than fifty dollars, for every day he
shall be absent from his company, regiment
or command, unless sufficient cause be