Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-04-22
sFcTIoNS on AN ACT

To argan;ze and discipline the Militia and Volunteer
Milita-so far as relate 70 the duties OF COuaty Au-
ditors and Township Assessors.
srcTioS 1. Be q enacted by ths GsHsrsi sssszbly
Of fhe state Of Ohio. That all able-bOdied, white male
citizens, resident Of this State. heing eighteen years oil
age, and under the age OF forty Ave years exeeF&ns
persons exempt by law. shall he enroliedin the militia
and perform military duty in snch manner. nos neon
patibIe with the Constitution and laws Of the United
States, a. hereinafter prescribed
MILITIA DIVISION. 8
SIC. .. Tha. the militia Of this State shall be organ
lied into divisions as follows viz;
The county OF Hamilton shall form the hrst DIVISION.
The counties OF Butler. Warren Montgomery and
Prehle, shall form the second division
The counties Of Darke, Mani and Shelby. shall FORM
The counties 81 Mercer. Auglaire. Allen, Van Vert
and Putnam, shall form the fonr.h Division
The counties Of Pa1lding Defiance. Williams, Full
ton. Henry and Lucas. Shall form the fifth division.
The counties Of Wood, Ottawa, Sandasky and Sen
eca. shall form the sixth division
fhe counties Of Hancock, Wyandott, Crawford, Ma
rion and Hardin, shall form the seventh division
The counties Of Logan. Union, Champaign, Clark
Madison, shall form the eighth DIVISION
The counties Of Greene .Rayette, Clinton and High
land, shall form the ninth division.
The counties Of CIermont, Brown and Adams. shall
form the tenth division. /,
jackson. shall form the eleventh divisiOn.,.
The counties Of Gallia. Mz-is, Athens, Vinton and
Hooking. shall TORN the twelfth division.
The counties Of ~Frahkhny fiekaway and FaTneiai
mall form the thirteenth division.
The counties % Licking, MaskingIm and Perry. shall
Form the fourteenth division-
The counties OF Delaware, Knox and morrow, shaii
form the fifteenth division.
The counties Of Richland. Ashland and Wayne, shall
form the sixteenth division.
The counties Of Huron, Erie, Loraini and Medina
shaIl form the seventeenth division.
TT The couusies Of Cayahogs. Summit and Portage
shail form the eighteendl division
The Counties Of Lake. Geaaga. Ashtabuia and Trum-
bull, shall form the nineteenth diviSion-
The e~Suniies of Mahoning, Colnnhiana, STARK ana
Carroll. shall form the twentieth division.
-he counties ofHolmes ,Coshoetou. and IuseAraEAs'
shall form the tSenty-hrst division :
The counties Of Jefferson, Harrison and Belnont,
shall form the twenty second division 49,
The counties or Washington, Morgan, Monroe, Noble
and Guernsey, shaiiform the twenty third division-
BRIsADEs- fHf tgi
SER. J. Th,t the divisions Aforesaid shall he divided
into hrigades as follows: In the county Of Hamilton
in the first division, the townships Of Crosby White
water, Mama, Storrs, C0lerain, Deihi aud Green, shall
form the first brisaie the townships OF anderson
MiIlereek, Springfield, Sycamore. Symmes' Coinnois,
! Spencer ami Fulton. shall form the second brigade
and the c " Of Cincinnati shall form the third hrigaie,
I Provided. That the Maier General or eonmandant o.
the first division. shall have power to cal 10 ms sla
apy number OF the commissioned officers Of said diTis
ion And provided further. Thai each county, except
the county Of Hamilton. shall be a distinct brigade, 70
Re numbered in each division in the order IN ~nien
they are mentioned in section second n.
STATE AUDITOR TO NOTIFY COUNTY AUDITORS.
srr. 4. The Aulitor OF this State shall. by order oil
The Commander in.eh.ef. issue his order to all o. the
county Auditors OF the several counties. requiring them
to instruct the assessors Of the several townships to
bperform all the duties required Of them BY this act
which order shall he given in one or more newspapers
4 publ shell in each brigade or county. ard u there DC
no newspaper published in saeh county, then to he pub
iished in any adjoining county. belonging to the same
division, and to be paid for as other public printing Of
kxzoLLED MILITIA.
s.c. S. That it shall he the duty Of the township
assessors Of the several townships, and the ASSESSOR
If fbe ErveraI yards of The several cities, TO prepare 4
list Of al persons liable to he enrolled "a Aforesaid. ~
their respective wards, townships or districts. save
and except members Of Uniform volunteer COMPANIES
Township, ward or district assessors aforesaid, shall
annually. at the time Of assessing taxable properly
make ont a roll, or list, OF al pames OF persons enroll
ed as afore said. and place Tin the Anditors once OF
! the proper county; and it shall be the duty OF such An
ditOr annually on or before the hrst day OF NOVEMBER
to return an accurate copy OF such records OF enron
ment, to the Adjntznt General ofthe State. TO be hy hin
nled in his once. AMI an abstract Of the aggregate
number Of persons so returned. shall he for~aried ny
| the AdIutant General 81 the State. % the War Depart,
ment at Washington City, on or before the nrst DAY oil
January Of each yeIr. And II any assessor snaH neg,
lect, or from any cause omit 10 perform hs duties, te
other assessors. or either OF them. Of the city town or
| ward. shall perform such duties All tsvr m keepers
4 keepers Of boarding houses, persons having Ooarders
\ In their families and every master and mistress OF any
SCISSOR, give Information Of the names OF all persons
residing or lodging in such house liable 70 be enroiied,
and all other proper Information concerning Such per,
( sons as such assessor may denand- II ans person oil
I whon information is required by any assessor, in or
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der to enable him TO comply with the provisions oitnis
act, shall refuse to give such ~nformation.o or shali give
false information, he shall fnrfeit and pay not more
than ten dollars for each offence ANY person VINO
I shall refuse to give his own name and proper informal
ton, when applied TO by any ASSESSOR. or shall give a
false name or information, shall forfeit and pay ahke
! sum ; such penalties to be recovered 10 any court OF
I competent Jurisdiction, in the name OF the State OF
Ohio; and 1t is hereby made the duty Of the assessors
20 report the names OF all persons who may tneur any
Z penalty in this section prescTihef. 70 the eommandani
OF the brigade IN which they reside; all moneys collect
! "a under the provisions OF this act, shall be paid to The
county Treasurer and 60 TO the military fund OF SAID
county. The assessors shall be compensated lot eneir
I services In making the enrollmeSt required ~ TINS ar
ktiele at the same rate, and In like manner As they are
!eomnensased for making the annual assessments Of
property. ~
SIC. s. Thzs the militia thus enrolled. shall be sub,
Ieet to perform no active military duty save and exceP!
in case OF war. invasion, or 10 prevent INVASION rio'
! or insurrectioh in such case the Governor and com
mander in chief 10 hereby authorized to order oat, Irom
time to time. for actual servire, as many OF Inc mhsoa
thus enrolled. as necessity NAV require, and toproVlee
| for their organization in the manner hereinafter Pr
| scribed for the organization Of volunteer militia; ITO
7 vided. that IN all such cases. the enrolled volunteer ~
tia shall first be ordered into service. The nhntiA WIZ
In actual service shall be governed hytne military :
\ Of the State, and the rules and articles OF war o. tIs
/ United Seates and when any troops are IN tne nslo
for the pnrpOse aforesaid in this section. the ssnlof
rambling officer Of the troops present, shah tks Gum
| mand: Provided that no person shall be ehghhle 70 :
eornard In the volunteer militia Of this state. VINO II
! sok . cSiiren ofth. Tnitsd ? a:es and ofkh State