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Eows Of Ohio.
PUBLIsHED BY AUTHORITY.

No. So. AN ACT
Tooigmize and discipline the Militia and volun-
teer Militia.
SEC. ]. Beieaaeted By he General assembly
Of tie State Of Ohio. That ALL able bodied, white
male citizens, resident Of this STATE, being 10
years Of age, and under the age Of45 yeAiseSeept.
ing persons exempt by law, shall be enfolledin
the militia and perform military duty in such
manner, not incompatible with the Constitution
and laws of the United States, as hereinafter
prescribed.
MILITIA DIVISION
Sec. 2. That the militia of this State shall be
organized into divisions as follows, viz.
The county of Hamilton shall form the first
division.
The counties of Butler, Warren, MonIgom-
cry, and Preble, shall form the second division.
The counties of Darke, Miami and Shelby,
shall form the third division.
The counties of Mercer, Auglaize, Allen, Van
Vert and Putnam shall form the fourth division
The counties ofPauding, Defiance, Williams,
Fulton, Henry and Lucas shall form the 9TH di-
vision.
The counties of Wood, Ottowa, Sandusky and
Seneca shall form the sixth division.
The counties of orHancock, Wyandott, Crawford,
Marion and Hardin shall form the seventh divi-
sion,
The counties of Logan, Union, Campaign,
Clark and Madison, shall form the eighth diyi-
sion.
The counties of Green, Fayette, Clinton and
Highland, shall form the ninth divsiop
The counties of Clermont, Brown and Adams
shall form the tenth division.
The counties of Ross Pike, Scioto, Lawrence
and Jackson, shall form the eleventh division.
The countie of Gala, Meigs, Athens, Vinton
and Hooking, shall form the twelfth division.
The counties of Fronklin, Pickaway and Fair
field, shall form the thirteenth division.
The counties of Licking, Muskingum and Perry
shall form the fourteenth division.
The counties of Delaware, Knox, and Morrow
shall form the fifteenth division.
The counties of Rchland, Ashland and Wayn,
shall form the sixteenth division.
The counties of Huron, Erie, Lorain and Medi
ma, shall form the seventeenth division.
The counties of Cuyahoga, Summit and Por
tage, shall form the eighteenth division.
The counties of Lake, Geauga, Ashtabula ant
Trumbull, shall form the nineteenth division.
The counties of Mahoning, Coumbana, Starl
and Carroll, shall form the twentieth division.
The counties of Holmes, Coshocton and Tus
carawas, shall form the twenty first division.
The counties of Jefferson, Harrison and Bel
mont, shall form the twenty second division.
The counties of Washington, Morgan, Monroe
Noble and Guernsey, shall form the twenty. .thir,
DRIGADEs.
Sec 8. That tho divisions aforesaid shall b.
divided into brigades as follows In :he count,
of Hamilton, in the first division, the townships
Crosby, Whitewater, Manu. Storrs, Coleraiu
Delhi and Green, shall form the first brigade; th
townships of Anderson, Mcreek, Springfield
Sycamore, Symmes, Columbia, Spencer an,
Fulton, shall form the second brigade and tn
city of Cincinnati shall form the third brigade
Provided, That the Major General or command
ant of the first division, shall have power to cal
to his aid any number of the commissioned off
GERS of said division: And provided further
That each county except the county of Hamilton
shall be distinct brigade to be numbered in eaeI
division in the order in which they are mentioned
in section second.
STATE AUDITOR TO NOTIFY COUNTY AUDITORS
Sec, A. The Auditor fthis State shall by orda
of the county Auditors of the several counties, re
auirng them to instruct the assessors of the sev
eral townships to per form all the duties requires
of them by this act which order shall be given il
one or more newspapers, published in each brig
ade or county, and Il there be no newspaper pub
lished in each county, then to be published i
any adjoining county, belonging to the sam
division, and to be paid for as other public print
ing of like nature.
ENRoILED MILITIA.
Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of the town
ship assessors ofthe several townships and the as
SCISSORS of the several wards of tie several cite:
to prepare list of persons liable to be enrolled a
Aforesaid, in their respective wards, townships c
districts, save and except members of uniform vo
unteer companies. Township, ward or distric
assessors aforesaid shall annually, a! the time
assessing taxable property, make out roll, OF Ii
of all names Of persons enrolled as afore said, an
place it in the Auditors office of the proper cour
ty, and it shall be the duty of such Auditor an
nually, on or before the first day of November
to return an accurate copy 90 such records of eE
ronu1ent to the Adjutant General of the State, I
be byhim filled in his Office and an abstract of til