Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1853-12-23

the appointment Of the proper major or bTigaaier
general shall be filled by appointment as before,
and not by election.
SECTION 10. That it llbe the duty of the
county treasurer to prepare annually, state
ment ofreceipts and expenditures of the military
fund of said county, setting forth the amount re
ceiyed from each collector separately, and the
amounts paid each person 10 whom money may
be due which statement, after being examined
and passed by the county auditors, shall be pub
lished in the same manner that the other ac-
counts ofsaid county treasurer are now by law
directed to be published, the expense whereof
shall be paid out of the military fund of said
county.
SECTION II. That it shall be the duty Of each
major general of division to visit his brgades sue
cessveIy, taking them in their order according to
their number, visiting at least one brigade in
each year, and or before the first day of Octo-
Der, annually, he shall cause a return to he made
to the adiutant general, including himself and
staff, with such observations as may be nccessa-
ry regarding the condition ofthe military goncr-
ally within this division.
SECTION -. That the brigade inspector shall
transmit allretuns of elections andappointments
of officers under this act, as soon as practicable
to the Secretary ofthe Commonwealth and shall
distribute to the proper officers all commissions
received by him.
SECTION l3. That whenever the Secretary Of
the Commonwealth shall have received the re-
turns Of any elections or appointments made in
pursuance Of this act, commissions shall imncdi-
| ately be issued to the said officers respectively
to be sent to the proper brigade inspector, unless
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! any such officer is contested, in which case the
commission shall be withheld until the contest
shall have been decided and then shall only issue
to the officer lawfully elected and every officer
elected or appointed in pursuance of this act, shall
have all the rights and authorities Of an officer
from the time Of receiving notice of his election
or appointment, (when his election is not contes-
ted, although not commissioned, except the brig
ade inspector, who shall have the authority until
regularly commissioned.
SECTION II. That the brigade inspector of each
brigade shall hereafter receive the sum Of ten
dollars for each company which he shall annual
ly inspect, whether said company be attached 10
battalion or regiment, or be unattached, and for
the annual inspection of each battalion he shall
receive fifteen dollars: Proridcd. That the com
pcnsation hereby allowed for inspection. and the
compensation allowed by the act to which This is
Is a supplement, shall not in any one year exceed
the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, and said
inspector shall keep accurate account of his
postage on all public letters and documents sent
and received, and also an account of all his pub
lie printing and stationary, and on or before the
first Monday Of November in each and every year.
me shall furnish 10 the treasurer of the uroper
county detailed statement of all such expenses.
accompanied with the necessary vouchers and
afdavlts of its truth, and it shall be the duty of
such treasurer, after examining such account, to
pay such brigade inspector the amount Of such
bill out of any unappropratcd money in the brig
AIDES military fund.
SECTION 10. That the fines and forfeitures of
ofhcerS musicians, and privates accompanies, for
non-attendance on all days of training, shall be
collected from delinquents by warrant, which
warrant shall be delivered by the captains to a
constable, who shall execute the same, and whose
bail shall be answerable for all fines and forfi-
lures collected by him, which warrant shall be in
the following form:
The Commonwealth of PENNSYLVANIA.
To n B., Constable, greeting:
WHEREAS, The persons named in the schedule
hereto annexed, have each become liable to nav
'he sum ol dollars, according to
the bylaws of the company, this warrant there
Tor, authorizes and requires you to demand and
collect OF each and every such person the sum of
dollars, and in case of neg
lect or refusal to pay the same, you are to levy
and collect the same, with costs, ofthe goods and
chattels of each and every person, by distress and
sale thereof, returning the ove1plus, in any. to
the owner:
Witness my hand and seal, this
day of Ammo Domini ono fbops,nd
eight hundred and
c. D., Captain.
SECTION l6. That the State Treasurer is here
by authorized to pay out ofthe aggregate military
fund now accumulated, provided by the tenth
section of the said act to which this is s,1npIe-
ment, to the several county treasurers, and def
ciences OF the county military expenses, as there.
IN provided IN said counties of the Commonwealth
wherein statements shall have been dulv trans
mltted on or before the first day of February in
each year, to the State Treasurer, according TO
law notwithstanding one or more counties shall
nave omitted to transmit statements to State
Ireasurer Pror5ded, hopeUer, That said conn
ties so neglecting or emitting to transmit said
statements, shall yet be entitled TO he Maid ONT
OF the remaining balance of said fund At o,,.
time within three months thereafter, otherv-;e.
the moneys so remaining in the State Treasury
shall be absolutely appropriated to the State
debt
SECTION l.. That so much of any law A.
be altered or supplied by this act, be and tbo
same IS hereby repealed, and that this act shall
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