Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-04-21

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form, such duties. All tavern keepers,
keepers Of boarding houses, persons ls' hay
ing ,boarders in their families and every
4 master and mistress ofany dwelling house,
shall, upon. the application of any, assess
4 or, Give information of the names of. All
persons residing or lodging in such house
liable to be enrolled. and all other proper
1 information concerning such persons as
such assessor may demand, If any per-
son of whom information rs TequlCed Py
any assessor, in order TO enable him 70
comply with the provisions 1T tbIs 1i fss sacts
i shall Give faise nj he shall forfeit
/ and, nav not more than ten dollars for,each
offence, Any person who, shall refuse to
give his own name and proper information
when applied to by any assessor, or shall
i give a false name or information, shall for
4 feitand pay like sum; such penalties to
be recovered in any court of competentju-
risdiction. in, the name of the State OF
| Ohio: and it is hereby made the duty of
y. the assessors to report the names OF all per-
sons who may incur any penalty IN this
i section prescribed, to the commandant OF
the brigade in which they reside: all mon
eys collected under the provisions OF this
act, shall be paid to the county Treasurer
and go to the military fund OF SAID coun-
i ty. The assessors shall be compensated
for their services in making the enrolment
required by this article at the same rate.
and in like manner as they are compensa-
1 ted for making the annual assessments Of
| property. ltau5lIia t4y 80 ,.,trt.,i,t ,,..,
SEC. 6. That the militia thus enrolled
shall be subject to perform no active MILL
\ tary duty save and except IN case OF war,
invasion, or to prevent INVASION, riot, OF
insurrection; in such case the Governor
and commander-in-c chief is hereby author
I lied to order out, from time to time, for ac-
tual service, as many Of the militia thus
I enrolled, as necessity may require, and to
provide for their organization in the man
ner hereinafter prescribed for the organi-
zation of volunteer militia; Provided, that
! in all such cases, the enrolled volunteer
militia shall first be ordered into service.
The militia while In actual service shall be
governed by the military laws of the State
and the rules and articles of war oil the
United States; and when any troops arein
the field for the purpose aforesaid in this
section, the senior ranking officer OF the
troops present shall take comRand. Fro
vided that no person shall be eligible to u
command in the volunteer militia OF tins
4 State, who is not citizen of ahe United
States and of his State.
VOLUNTEER MILITIA-oRGAN1zATIo
SEC. 7. That the active militia of this
State shall be composed of volunteer COM
panies; raised by order of the command
ant of the brigade within the limits of the
several brigade districts. The volunteer
militia shall, in all cases of war, invasion,
T. riot, or insurrection, be the first military
| force ordered into the field. Volunteer
companies shall consist of men between
the aoes of 8 and AS; Provided, that nc
!, minor shall be enrolled as member OF any
: such volunteer company without the con
d sent of his parent or guardian; and that
), all volunteer companies, squadrons, pat
4 talions, regiments, brigades,. and divisions
" now formed and officered accordingto law
shall be retained. Whenever, according
: to the provisions Of this act, forty mel
: shall be enrolled as members of a yolun
e teer company of artillery, infantry, hgh
I'll infantry or rife; or whenever thirty mel
+ shall be enrolled as members of a volun
j; teer, company of cavalry, such persons ma.
i, proceed to the election of company officers
y in the mode prescribed by section rift!
e (5O) of this act. No such company shal
II be increased to more than a hundred mem
|, bers, and whenever a company becomes
It reduced to less than twenty members,
o may be attached to another company, o
i disbanded by order Of the comman dant o
r. brigade; Provided, That whenever twent
it men shall be enrolled as members of ligh
It artillery company, they may proceed a
n, provisioned in this act, to the electlon q
d company officers; when two such light al
ia tillery companies are organized IN an
r brigade, they may be formed into battal
ion, under the command of a Major, ant
te such subordinate officers as the command
f, ant Of brigade shall direct, and wheneve
l. three such companies of light infantry Ar
g organized, in any brigade, they may b
y formed into a battalion under the comman
es of a Lieutenant Colonel and Major, wit
err such other subordinate officers as the com
s. mandant of brigade shall direct; and whe
I'd five such light artillery companies exist
III any one brigade, they may, by order of tn
d. Brigadier General be formed and orgar
l. lied into regiment. with full compl
ic ment of regimental officers; all such con
panies, battalions and regiments of hgf
artillery. when organized, shall be arme
he and drilled as near as practicable, in az
n cordance with the system of the Unite
al States army for like organizations h
a 'Na COMPANIES TO BE NUMBERED.
a., SEC 8. The several volunteer comp'
n7 MES of cavalry, artillery, infantrv, light i
A. fantry and rifemen in each brigade, sha
- be numbered by the proper commander
,e51 of brigade, and a record made of sue
s. numbefs in his Office, and in the Adjuta
or Generals office, and when they exist
as sufficient numbers and are convenient
of- located for the purpose, shall be organic
be into battalions and regiments, and officer'
or as provided by law And in all cases
re- the same description of arm the Oldest Q