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

/ shall expire in five years from, the daye
/ thereof; Provided, that any officer holding
commission under the provisions OF THIS
| act, who may be reelected to the same OF
\ fee, shall retain the same rank as he was
4 entitled to under his former commission;
4 Provided, also, that nothing in this act
/ shall be so construed as to dlsquallIY any
staff officer, or any officerof the line from
4 holding commission after he may arrive
at the ape of forty-five years; and, further
nrovided that every officer who shall re-
/ move out of the bounds of his command,
/ or who shall be absent from his comm and
4 six months without leayeof the command
/ in6 officer OF his brigade, shall be considl
1 cred as having vacated his office, and a
1 new election shall be held without delay to
4 fill the vacancy so created; Provided, that
nothing in this act shall be so construed or
understood as to prevent any appointed Of
fcer from being removed from his Office
whenever in the opinion of the officer APP
! pointing him, he shall deem it advisab le SO
to remove him. go
SEC. Ia. That the uniform of all com
panies, now organized or hereafter to be
i organized, and officeas to be hereafter com
] missioned, shall correspond and conform
to tbe uniform prescribed by the present
4 regulations of the United States army
except the coat of arms, which shall be
that of the State of Ohio; Provided, COM
1 panies now organized and uniformed, and
officers now uniformed, shall be privileged
to retain their present uniform for the pc
Il Rod of five wears from and after the pas
: sage of this act, and, further provided that
every commissioned and staff officer, eX-
cept Chaplains, shall uniform themselves
within four months from the date of his or
their commissions, and every non-com5
{ missioned staff officer shall uniform hlm-
, self within four months from the date OF MS
} appointment, and every member OF any
volunteer or independents company shall
| uniform himself within four months from
5 the date of the organization OF such compa-
nv, or from the date when he attached him-
self to such company. ~
!, MAJOR GENERAL MAY ORGANIZE COMP = les.
SEC. Is. That whenever there is no
Brieadier General in any brigade, the Ma
ior General of said division shall discharge
the duties of Brigadier General, as far as
may be practicable, by giving orders to
raise volunteer or independent companies
and organizing them into regiments squad
9 rons OF battaIions; Provided, when any
Brioadier or Major General issues ain order
, to raise any volunteer or independent COM
e pany, said General may contne the raising
g of such company to be raised within the
Z bounds of any city or ward or wards,
: towns or townships, which may be within
5 the bounds of any brigade.
i UNIFORM COMPLETE.
. Srci rs. Every officer of the line and
Il sta fl. and every officer and soldier oi any vol
IL unteer company, shall provide himself win
r. a uniform complete, as required Nv law "H'
lx,ll.o SIOll lCn n L
'tl himself with suitable sword, and the arms
. and equipments of the officers and soldiers
n shall be held by them free from any ma al
Q process whateve- ISSUED IN any CIVIL case ahWo W
! every member of a volunteer or independent
!. cor1lpany, and every commissioned anG non
- commissioned officer, while serving as Such'
ID shall be free from arrest on any cVh process
It while going to, and during the time while at
i tendinS and returning home from any music
. or parade; Provided. no wever, thatSuch mem
Der of any volunteer company or commas
Il stoned officer shall only have reasonable
s. time going 10 and returning home rom Suci
f music oi parade ..,g,,l.... .. .a.
l. .. ...... .rt FINES. ;.y .,. ..I
.e SEC. IL. Every non commissioned officer
II musician and private, who shall refuse TO ap
II pear fun armed and equipped on any d. o
- muster required by this act, shall, for every
"a such refusal or neglect, pay the sum oil on
Of dollar for each company muster, and two dol
+, lars fol each days brigade or encampmeh
y muster.
70 ASSESSMENT OF FINES BY COMPANY OFFICERS.
8. SEC. 49, 1t shall be the duty of the com
II ma ndant of each volunteer company, togethe
VI with the commissioned officers Of his compa
er nv within ten days a tier each days compan
II must er required by this act; Provided, IN thel
" opinion each delinquent shonid be hned' u
~, make out a list of deinq quents, partIc u larl
y noting therein the fines assessed on sucl
i member of his company and ior what cause
pit n copy of which list shall forthwith be re
i'd turned to a Justice of the Peace OF the prope
w township; such ustice on receiving such llS
- shall forthwith issue a summons against sue
90 delipquent named IN such list, naming daI
lie not more than eight, nor less than Three oay
pit from the date of such summons on whIcn IN
lis defendant shall appear at the place named u
IL such summons, before such Justice, ana de
ttC tend and in default of an appearance, in per
" SON or by agent, or counsel, and shown
tie of legal defense, such Justice snail Lende
)f- | A Judgment in the name of the State for IN
of use of such company, for the amount snow
~ NV such list to have been assessed againS
" such delinquent, and the commandant
an company shall call the commissioned olfceI
be of his company together, within i've daNs al
70 ter each company muster for the purpose u
-, ASSESSING The aforesaid fines; Provided; IN
0 all persons feeling themselves sggrieNeu
W the decision of such Justice, shall nave III
right to appeal, as in other cases; all sue
fines to be paid over to the county treasure
ti and to go into the military fund. i
y. AMOUNT OF FINES TO BE ASSESSED UPo
OFFICERS.
cb d. SEC. 10. That the following shall
be the amount of fines to be imposed upon a
nd general officers, Colonels, Lieutenant Co
of onels, Majors, Captains, Lleutenants' al
w. non-commissioned staff officers, for ref
5e sing or neglecting to discharge any OF Il
IN duties enioined on .hem by the provision
ch of this act, and tor refusing 10 opey a.
,nt order of their superior officers, which fl
,,n lxr 10 al