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sors, or either Ofthem, Of the city, town or ward
shall perform such duties. All tavern keepers,
keepers of boarding houses, persons having boar.
ders in their families aud every master and mis-.
tress of any dwelling house shall, upon the app-
cation of any assessor, give information of the
names ofall persons residing or lodging in such
house liable to be enrolled and all other proper
information concerning such persons as such asses
sOr may demand If any person Of whom infor-
nation is required by any ASSESSOR in order to en-
to enable him to comply with the provisions Of
this act, shall refuse to give such information, or
shall give false information, be shall forfeit and
pay not more than ten dollars for each Of
fence. Any person who shall refuse to give his
own name and proper information, when applied
to by any assessor, or shall gives false name or
information shall forfeit and pay like sum; such
penalties to be recovered in any court Of compe-
tent jurisdiction, in the name Of the State of Ohio
aud it is hereby made the duty Of the assessors
to report the names of all persons who may incur
any penalty in this section prescribed, to the com.
maudant of the brigade in which they reside: all
moneys collected under the provisions Of this act
shall be paid to the county treasurer and go to the
military fund of said county. 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 compensated
formakng the annual assessments of property.
Sec. G. That the MALTA thus enrolled, shall
be subject to perform no active military duty save
and except in case of war; invasion, or to prevent
invasion, riot or nsurecton in such case the Gov
ernor and commander-in chief is hereby authori-
zed to order out, from time to time for actual
service, as mahy OF the militia thus enrolled, as
necessity may require, and to provide for their Or
ganization in the manner hereinafter prescribed
for the organization ofyounteer militia; Provided
that in all such cases. the enrolled volunteer mill
tia shall first be ordered into service The militia
while in actual service shall be governed by the
military laws of the State, aud the rules and article,
of war of the United States; and when any troops
are in the field for the purpose aforesaid in thi,
section, the senior ranking officer Of the troop,
present, shall take command. Provided that nc
person shall be eligible to command in the vol
unteer militia of this State, who is not a citizen Of
the United States and of this State.
VOLUNTEER MLITIA-oRGAEIzATI
Sec. 7. That the active militia of this State
shall be composed of volunteer companies, raised
by order of the commandant Of ofbrigqde within the
limits Of the several brigade districts. The yolun
teer militia shall, in all cases of war, invasion
riot, or insurecton, be the first military force or
dered into the field. Volunteer companies shal
consist of men between the ages of Is and 45
Provided that no minor shall be enrolled as
member Of any such volunteer company, withou
the consent Of his parent or guardian and that al
volunteer companies squadrons, battalions, regi
ments, brigades and divisions, now formed and of
fcered according to law, shall be retained. When
ever according the provisions of this act, forty
} men shall be enrolled as members of a voluutee
, company of artillery infantry, light infantry, o
rife, or whenever thirty men shall be enrolled a
members of avolunteer company of cavalry, sucl
persons may proceed to the election of company Of
fcers in the mode prescribed by section ffty-sevel
of this act. No such company shall be increased
to more than hundred members, and wheneve
a company becomes reduced to less than twenty
members, it may be attached to another compa
nv, or disbanded by order Of the commandant o.
brigade; Provided, That whenever twenty mel
shall be enrolled as members of light artiller,
company, they may proceed as provided in this
act to the election of company officers; when tw,
such light artillery companies are organized in an
: brigade, they may be formed into battalion, un
der the command Of Major and such subordinat
officers as the commandant of brigade shall direc
and whenever three such companies of light artil
: lery are organized in any brigade, they may b
formed into battalion under the command of
] Lieutenant Colonel and Major, with such othe
. subordinate officers as the commandant of brig
ade shall direct; and when five such light arter,
companies exist in any one brigade they may, b,
order of the Brigadier General be formed and or
ganized into regiment, with full compliment 0
regimental officers; all such companies, battalion
, and regiments of light artillery when organized
5 shall be armed and drilled as near as PRACTICABLE
+ in accordance with the system of the Untec
F.. States army for like organizations.
) COMPANIES TO BE NUMBERED.
# Sec, 8. The several volunteer companies Of cav
It airy, artillery, infantry light infantry and rifle
4 men in each brigade, shall be numbered by tn
+ proper commandantof brigade, and a record mad
of such numbers in bis Office, and in the Adjutau
Generalss Office and when they exist in suficier
: numbers and are conveniently located for the pul
pose, shall be organized into battalions and, reg
G ments and ofieered as nrovided hv law An