Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1838-02-16

Of majority Of said board, be- NECESSARY for
The perfect organization oftbc NINA, as con.
templaled by this act. And il, by reason oil
the alteration Of the limits OF any division,
brigade, regiment or company, any commits
stoned officer shall be deprived thereby OF
any portion of his command. or shall be
tplaced within the limits of the command OF
another officer Of equal rank, said officer
shall be entitled 10 an honorable discharge
on his commission, if he shall wish it. And
II two or more officers Of equal grade shall
fall within the limits Of any division, brig.
ade. regiment or company, and neither OF
said officers request discharge on their
commission, then the Oldest ofiicershall take
the command, and the other officers of the
same grade shall be considered as supernu.
meraries, and shall assume the command
whenever the commission Of the older Off
Ger ofthe same grade shall be discharged.
or the office become vacant And in case
any question shall arise, or any further ac-
ton be necessary 10 carry into complete OBJ.
Grafton the provisions of this act, so lar as
relates to the new organization of the militia
as contemplated by the second chapter of
this act, it shall be The duty Of the governor,
upon application ofthe said board OF officers,
to settle said question for the time being and
issue sue orders in relation to the subject, as
he may think expedient, aud report the same
to the next session ofihe Legislature.
Prorided, That nothing in this act shall
! be so construed as 10 authorize the board oil
ofhcets 10 dlsband any company OF artillery,
light infantry or rihemen when said compa.
ny shall consist, al the time OF the passage OF
this act, of the number now required by law.
and the members Of said company shall be
fully uniformed, armed and equipped, but
said company shall not be allowed TO enlist
any more men into said company out of the
battalion or independent companies proyld-
ed for by this act.
And prorided also. That any company oil
artillery, riflemen. or light infantry, who are
al present in full uniform, may retain said
uniforms until the same are worn out, and
until that time shall not be compelled to a.
dept the uniform prescribed by the board OF
officers The said company may however.
at any regular training or muster. adopt the
uniform prescribed pursuant to the provis.
ions OF this act, by vote Of the majority OF
said company attending at said training or
muster.
SEC Is. No non commissioned officer,
private or citizen shall unnecessarily fire "a
gun, single musket or pistol, in any public
road, or near any house, or place OF parade,
on the evening preceding. on the day or eve
ning VI the same on which any troop com.
pany, battalion or regiment shall be ordered
10 assemble for military duty, unless embod.
led under the command Of sonie commission
ed officer, and if any non commissioned Of
hcer, private or citizen, shall fire Il musket,
single gun or pistol. except as aforesaid on
the day and evening as aforesaid, without
being embodied as aforesaid. he shall forfeit
and pay fine of two dollars for each and
every such offence to the treasurer of the
town where such offence or offences shall
have been committed, TO and for the use and
benefit olsald town, together with costs OF
prosecution, to be recovered by complaint oil
any town grand juror, where the offence
shall be committed. whose duty il is hereby
declared to be, TO prosecute the same before
any justice OF the peace OF the same county
where such offence or offences shall have
been committed, Procided, That all prose.
cutions by virtue of this section, shall be
commenced within thirty DAYS next after the
commission of such offence or offences, and
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not after.
SEC. Is. All persons enrolled in the mill.
liza of this state who shall be over the age OF
forty years, shall in time of peace be exempt
ed from the performance of military duty.
Prorided, That snid persons shall not be
exempt from the payment of taxes as provid.
ed for in this act, unless said persons shall
appear and do duty on the first Tuesday oil
June annually.
SEC IL. All laws hereafter made for gov.
ernng and regulating the militia of this
state are hereby repealed, Propided nerer.
theless, That all officers actually in com.
mission, or appointed agreeably to said laws,
shall be continued in their respective Offices,
and all fines and forieitures which have al
ready accrued, shall and may be recovered
in the manner pointed out by said laws, or in
the manner prescribed in this act
SEC. Is. The rules and regulations for
the field exercise and maneuvres of infant.
ry, compiled and adopted for the organiza-
ton Of the army Of the United States, agree
ably TO a resolve of Congress, passed De-
cember, one thousand eight hundred and
fourteen, be received, adopted and establish.
ed as the rules OF discipline for the militia oil
this state. Approved, Nov |, 1887.
-N Concluded.
CINCINNATI. Jan %. The Grand Jury
for the Court of Common Pleas for HamiI-
ton county, at their sitting last week, found