The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-04-29

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mated at or by the ordnance department.
at Washington City, with costs of suit,
-or if any person oil persons shall be found
guilty of hiding or secreting, OBTAINING,
or refusing to give up or deliver any of
the arms, or camp equippage aforesaid,
shall pay double the contract price, with
costs of suit, and if sail [sum] is not
paid by such person or persons, after
Judgment rendered against him, her, or
them, within ten days, OF bail put in for
stay of execution, an execution shall Is
sue, and such person may be confined In
the county Jail by order of the command
antof brigade for any time not exceed
ing til 'ty day 8, al the expense ofthe prop
err brigade, or ct the expense of tho
state, if then paid, to be paid out of tie
military fund, and any justice OF the
peace in She township where the person
or persons reside, shall have jurisdiction
to try all cases under three hundred
dollars, but all suits brought for-three
hundred dollars, or more, shall be tried
in any other court having competent Ju-
risdiction for the collection of such fines,
and when such fine is paid over by the
defendant or defendants, it shall be paid
over into the state treasury, after pay
ing the costs of copfning any one in
Jail Provided, That any and all per-
sons who have a legal right to hold or
keep any of the articles named in this
act all suits shall be brought in the
name of the state Of Ohio, and may be
prosecuted by tho commandant of brig
ade, or any person he may authorize so
to do. Persons claiming to thave a L.
gal right to hold any of the articles
named in this section, on demand of the
proper officer, shall show a written au-
thority, signed by the quarter-master
general, or commandants of divisions,
b~rigades, regiments, squadrors or bat
%taliors.
MAJOR GENERALS
SEC. Al. Whenever the office of Major
General becomes vacant in any or all of
the divisions Of the volunteer militia of
this State for any cause whatever, the
Governor, through the Adjutant Gener.
al, shall Immediately give at least thirty
days notice in one or more newspapers
published within the bounds of eaeh
brigade, and if there is no newspaper
published in each or all ofsaid drigades,
then he shall cause public notice to be
stuck up in at least five public places
within the bounds Of each brigade, or
deripg the electors to meet at a certain
time and place as follows: All the COM
m!ssioned and staff officers and all legal
electors within the bounds of each brig
adc shall meet at tho head quarters of
The commandment of bigade, or county
sea- of such brigade, ard when met, the
officer in command who is not a
candidate shall preside, and shall take
other electors present, who are not
candidates, as judges of said election
ard also one other e%lector, as clerk of
the election; and the judges shah, be-
tween the hours Of ten o'clock, A. NJ,
and three o'clock, P. NJ, of eaid day,
receive the ballots of the legal electors,
who reside within the bounds of said
brigade, and the clerk shall enter the
of such %elector in a book to be pro-
vided for that purpose; and at the close
of the election the judges and clei k shall
count tie ballots end compare the same
with the poll books, and shall forth
with decide the state of the poll to the
present, ard shall forthwith
make out O true copy of the same
and signed by said judges aud
which copy shall remain in the
hands of the clerk, for the inspection of
any legal voter wishing to examine the
same and until said Major General is
known to have been duly elected and
commissioned but the original poll
book shall be fontiwith sealed up and
by mail TO the Adjutant Gen
oral, who shall retain said poll book;in
his hands for the space of fifteen DAYS
the date of said election, aud if no
notice is given by son one or more lie.
gal electors of said division, that he in
tends to contest said election, then the
General shall forthwith cause
a commission signed by the Governor to
be forwarded to said Major General
Aud when there is no commits
and staff officers in any brigade,
The legal electors who are liable to do
military duty in time of peace may meet
At the county seat Of any county in which
reside, and when met may chooss
any four of the electors present who are
uot candidates three of whom shall serve
Is judges, and the fourth as clerk of said
when said election shall in al.
respects, he conducted as herein provi-
ded.
Sec. 43. Whenever there is any vol
unteer uniformed company situated SO
that it is not convenient for the mem
bers thereof to meet and hold their cleo
as the head quarters of the COM
nandant Of brigade or county seat CT the
county in which they reside, then such
company may hold their election at the
convenient place where they usual
ly parade, muster or drill, aud when met,
shall conduct their election as near as
may be, in the manner hereiubefore pro-
Fidcd Provided, that any legal %elector
under The provisions of this act, may vote
at slch time and place, and with the
men! bers of any volunteer or iudepen-
dent company for any officer above the
rank of captain if it shall appear to said
iegal voters to be.the most convenient
place.
LECTIo FOR GENERAL.
Sec. 40. Whenever the office of Brig
general becomes vacant it shall be
the duty of the Major General Of the
division to which such brigade belongs,
to order an election Immediately, by
twenty days notice in one or
more newspapers published within the
The bounds of the brigade, but if there
be no newspaper published within the
bounds of such brigade, then by causing
notice to be posted up in five pablo pla-
ces within the bounds of such brigade,
ordering the legal electors to meet at a