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taiug. Liau,onant, and non.commisioned staff Of
fesn, for refusing or ueglecting to discharge any
oi the duties erj1.ned on them By the provisions
Of this act, and for refusing 70 obey any order Of
their superior officers, which fae or penalty shall
apply 70 al commissioned staf officers Of the
same rank Of other commissioned officers, which
staff officers who have violated the provisions Of
this act shall be dealt with as other oEcez; fne
on any non-eOmmirsioued officer o be not les
than three dollars, nor over thirty dollars; fae
on any Lieutenant to b not less than four dollars
nor over forty dollars; a iae on any Captain to be
not less than Eve dollars nor over fifty dollars; a
fno on a major to bo not less than eight dollars
nor over eighty dollars; fine on a Lieutenant
Colonel to be not less than nine dollars nor oyer
ninety dollars; a fine on a Colonel to be not less
than ten dollars, nor over one hundred dollars; al
Of said fines to be assessed, or imposed by a bH.
gade court. or count martial, Tie case may be,aud
to be collected herein provided for; hereafter all
and any fines imposed upon any commissioned staff
officers under the provisions Of this act, shall be
collected before any Justice Of the Peace, in whose
township such delinquent may reside, aud all saeh
suiis shall be brought in the name Of the State oI
Ohio, for the uso Of the brigade in which such
fines were assessed or imposed and all sums under
one hundred dollars shall baeollected befoIe JUS
tice Of the Peace, and any fine assessed or impo-
sed for one hundred dollars or more, shall be COL
lected before any court having competent jurslic-
ton, as other like sums to be collected by the bri-
gade Inspector, or any other brigade staff officer,
that the commandant Of tue brigade may desig-
nate; Provided, That suits commenced by the bri-
gade inspector, or other brigade staff officer, shall
be for the collection Of fines on commissioned and
staff officers Of bis own brigade; Provided, also,
That when any fne or fines are imposed By any
coult-maria according to the provisions Of this
act, it shall be the duty Of the president Of said
court, to cause said fue or fines to be collected, as
fines are assessed Or imposed bybrigado courts, as
herein provided; anl any fine imposed on any
Brgadier General, shall not be less than fifteen
dollars. nor over one hundred and fifty dollars, to
be collected by the Major Geaeral or commandaut
Of division, Provided, Said due is not imposed by
any court-mar.ia, and when any Major Genera
shall be fined, it shall not be less than twenty dol
lars, nor over two hundred dollars to be collected
by the commander-in-chiei; Proyilel, also, Tha
said fine is not imposed by aay court-maItial And
provided, also, That all fines collected by major
General, or the commanderin-chief, shall be col.
ectcl agreeable to the foregoing provisions of this
act and all iucs collected under the provisions oi
this act, shall go into the military fund belonging
to the several brgales and all suits brought for the
collection Of fines under tie provisions of this act
shall be brought as other suits at law, and the de-
fondant may plead the general issue, but shall mo-
prove nor refer back to any later date than tbt
date Of such delinquency; Provided, however
| That fines imposed by any court martial, shall b
collected Immediately after judgment is rendere
for the same, and no stay Of execution shall be a
lowed but on the contrary tie proceedings of th
. court martial, showing tue state Of the case, an
such officer named to haYa been fined, which pro
ceediug, when attestel and signed by the presden
Of said court, shall entto the person prosecutin.
the same to judgment in favor Of his brigade, 0
the State of Ohio, as the case may be; and th
proceedings of any court-martials attested as re
quired by this act shall serve in all courts of jus
tce as transcript from any other docket, ant
such courts shall render judgment forthwith, an,
issue execution accordingly.