Litchfield enquirer., 1854-08-24

GOsAttut1 siOned officers while standing supernumeraEy persons who have been, or may hereafter b, legally discharged, in consequence Of the performance of military duty, in pursuance , any law of tlis State; General, Field an C0mmit stoned Officers, who shall have serve as such tn the militia of this State. or in an other of the United States and have been le l gally and hOaoVably discharged; Staff an Non Commissioned Officers, who shs!l haV been fully armed and equipped, and per i formed active duly in ihe militia for nv years, and hsve been honorabiy discharged every person wIro, having been enrolled as volunteer and having equipped himself will the prescribed uniform, shall have performed
 military duty in accordance with the piOvis- ions of this act, or of any previous act for thu term of seven years Judges Of the Supcrl0i and County Courts and oi Probate Cierk of Courts, Cites and Towns; SheFiffs, mem- hers of the Senate and House of Represen a- 1 lives, win their attendant officers for the 1 time bei"g the State Treasurer. Secretary. Comptroller, and Commissioner of the School Fund, with their clerks Officers and attend: ants of the American Asysum fer the Deal and Dumb of the State and County Pris- ons; Officers and attendants UC the Retreat for the lnsaae, ana of I,ubllc HosDilals.
 SEC. 2. It shall be the duty "f the Asses sora of the several towns to cause the naMcs of all able bodied white male citizens, be. tween the ages o! eighteen and twenty-five years, residing in their respective towns. 10 be enrolled alphabetically m a book to be kept for that purpose a, the Town Clerks of ice. between the l0h day of October and | the 1st day of December in each year, and nn Vv 0ph hrf, tha h A p rC l bor, 10 make certified report to lhe Adju- fant Gune ral, of the number ol persons whose names shall have been registered as afore- said and there shall be allowed the asses sors, out of the Treasury of the State, the sum of three cenis for each name so recorded and if any assessor shall refuse or neglect to perform tho duty required by this act, he shall forfeit to the State not less than fifty, nor more than one hundred do lars.
 SEC. B. All parents, guardians, tavern keepers, or persons who keep boardcrs, or who have men in their employment, upon be- ing required by an assessor of the town in which they reside, shall gve to such assessors a true account Of theIr sons or wards, or of the men boaroing with them, or in their cm ploymenl, and their names, If kEown and if ary person shall neg lect "r refuse to comply with the requirements { lhs section, he shall forfeit the sum of ten dollars, 10 be recovered by action of debt in the name oi the Treas urer of this State.
 SEC. 4. No person shall be enrolled by the assessors as an able-bodied man, who is known to have any disability which would incapaciate him tor the perfor:na nee of mli- iary duty, such as mental imbeciny, great deformity of body or hmb, permanent !ame- ness, loss of an eye, blindness, total or par tial deafness. epilepsy. hernia, loss Of thumb or finger, permanent feebicness of hody or limb, and ether manifest disability.
 SEC. 5. It shall also be the duty of said assessors, annually, at the time of assessing the taxable pfoper,y of their several towns. and ln the same lists, to assess upon all per. sons, enrolled in the militia as aforesaid, ex- cept minors, members of the active militia, and persons exempted from military duty by the provisions of this act, tax oe fifty cents each, distinguishing sad tax, in their assess ment, as a tax in communication of military duty and said tax shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as is by law provided for the collection of town taxes.
 CHAPTER 9.
 0fthe Organization ef the JMilitis. SEC. G. The active mili,a, in time of peace, shalt be composed Of present General and Field officers m commission, with their respective staff, and :heir successors, together with all legally organized companies, and such other officers aud corps as may Do duly authorized and organized under orders from the Commander in Chief; and in time of war or insurrcction, the Commander in Chief may ornanize, from the inactive militia, such com panies as he may deem necessary 10 defend and maintain the safely of the State.
 SEc. 2. The officers Of the militia shall be Commando. in Chief Major General, B,gadier Generals, Adjutant General. Quartermaster. General, Commissary- Gene. ral. Paymaster General, Colcnels, Lieuten- ant Colonels, Majors, Captains, Leuen and such other offices as shall be hereinafter named.
 SEC. 3. The Governor shall be Command. der in Chief of the militia of the State except when called into the service of the United States.
 SEC. 9. The Major General shali be ap. pointed by the General Assembly, and shall be commissioned by the Commander in Chief; but whenever the office of Major General shall become vacant during the re- cess of the General Assembly, such vacancy shall be filled, for the tune being dy appoint. ment Of the Comm ander in Chief.
 SEC. 10. The Adjutant General who shall have the rank of Brigadier, shall be appointed and commissioned by the Commander in Chief, and with his appreciation ihe Adjutant General may appoin, an assistant with the rank of captain, and may remove such assist. ante at his pleasure.
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