The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-12-04
Approved, Oct, %, 1910.

is herc5y cdactca byNe General .lsseabiyg
The Slate Of Vermoat, as follows;
l. The several quarormasters of the regiments
in this state shall before entering upon the duties of
their respective Offices give bonds in addition to the
bonds now required by law, in the penal sum Of
six hundred dollars, with one or more surities to
the satisfaction of the commandment of the regi-
meut, conditioned for the faithful performance of
the duties Of their respective offices, which bonds
shall be executed to the treasurer of the state, and
deposited in the Office of the Quarter Master Cen
cral, who is authorized to prosecute any branch of
the conditions thereof
2, The quarter master of the several regiments,
shall within ten days after each regimcnt.i dill,
make out and transmit to the quarter master gen.
eral, true and altested copies of the pay rolls Of
said drills, to wit, the names of the officers, and Of
the musicians liable to do duty who appear fully
uniformed and equipped, the number ormilcs' tray-
cl, days, attendcncc,and the sum to be paid each
person in attendance also the amount of executions
isSucd in dollars and cents and the amount of fines
received, whether collected on execution, or paid
at the rcgimentia courts martial, for the then cur
rent year, together with particular account Of Tho
manner to which said moneys have heon expen-
dcd,
3. The quarter master general is to draw upon
the treasurer of the state in favor Of the quarter
master of the regiment, in the manner and for the
purpose for which commandanls of regiments are
authorized TO draw by the fifteenth section of tho
tenth chapter of the mi'iti, act, approved nine
tacnlh November eighteen hundred thirty uino;and
so much Of said section and so much of section
fourth, chapter nine, of the act approved first No
venber, eighteen hundred thiriy-seycn as uulhori.es
the commandments Of regiments to draw orders on
the treasurer ofthis state, are repealed.
i, Any neglect of the several quarter masters Of
regiments, 10 make the returns herein required, or
suffering any of the funds in the regiments in their
hands to be pad out for any Other purposes than
those required by law, shall be deemed breach
Of the condition oltheir bonds.
>. The quarter master general is authorized to
take under his control aud keeping al! such pieces
Of ordnance as shall be found at large in any rag-
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any campany; and under the direction Of the com-
man'cr in chief, shall distribute su,h pieces of ord
nance of the state in his carc to suchrcgimenls and
brigadcs as shall be deemed best for Ii. interests Of
the state.
6. The quarter master general shall by the Sec
ond Thursday Of October in each year, transmit, TO
the treasurer Of state, an abstract yf all orders
drawn by him daring the year previous.
I, Commissioned company officers who shall he
guilty of any delinquency of military duty in lot
appearing at any company training or ceeion when
thereto duly ordered, shall ioricu G,e dollars.
g. Against said commissioned officers, Diner than
commandants Of companies, notification of auerce-
men shall issue, service be made and trial had be-
fore the regimcnal court martial in the same man
ncr and under the same regulations as is now pro-
yiicd in the case of uon-comms,ioncd officers ,mu-
srians and piiyatas; proyidchthlt nothing in this
act contained, shall in anywisc affect the aisdic-
ton given by law to brigade court. martial over
said officers, or the penalties which they may in-
| pose.
o. The commissioned and nou-comnssioncd
officers, musicians and p-iyatcs Of any company Of
cavalry in this STATE shall he in all respect, liable
to the same penalties for non-Gppcamn"c, non
equipment or wan, of uniform, and subject TO tho
same iursdi,tion as ia now proyidcdby law, in the
case of officers, Musicians and priyates of other
companies.
10. The commanding officer Of any company
may issue his order. for warning said company for
any company training or election or rcgimcntaI drill
or muster. TO such non-commissoncd officers Of
said company as he may think proper, or to such
non-conmssoncd officers Of said company and
such number ofpriyaes as may in his opinion be
necessary for the due and speedy discharge of the
duty required, and said prlya,cs. so ordered to
warn as aforesaid shall be subject to all the penalties
and liabilities for any delinquency in the discharge
of sail duty. which are provided in article sixteen,
Of chapter nine, of the militia act Of eighteen hun
drcn and thiry-sevcn.
! H. No ncn-commis5ionci officer shall he dis
charged from performing the duties pertaining to
his oiicc, except by the commanding officer of the
/ regiment 10 which he belongs, on ,he request of
such officer or by scntcncc Of a court marital or bv
actual removal or b. twelve months absence from
the limits Of the corps to which he Lelo, q or by
the corps TO which he belongs being dsbl1dcd, or
by being convicted Of any infamous ctuc.
/ r. ifany company shall be destitute ofall the
officers required by the acts to which this is in ad-
diion.ii shall be the du'! ofthc commanding officer
Of tbo -pri,,gpt IN u bcL -,i1 cc,.....,,,. H.. .
Issue his orders to one or more priyatcs of said
company, requiring him or them to wan the mum
hers OF said company 10 appear at the time and
place in said orders specified. for the purpose Of
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