Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-30
LAWS OF OHIO.
PUBLIsHED BY AUTHORITY
mo. 5Sl AN ACT

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Gen
tfal Assembly of the State of Ohio, That
all ablS bodied, white male citizens, res
sident of this State, being eighteen
Years ofase, aud under the age of forty
live years, excepting persons exempt by
law, shall be enrolled in the MALTA, and
perform military duty in such manner,
not incompatible with the Constitution
and laws of the United States, as here
matter 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, Mont
eoniery and Preble, shall form the sec
ond division.
The counties of Dark, 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 of Paulding, Defiance,
Williams, Fulton, Henry and Lucas
shall form the fifth division.
hS VI OON, SNhSNdf h-Sh
dusky and Seneca, shall form the sixth
division.
The counties of Hancock, Wyandotf,
Crawford, Marion and Hardin, shall form
the seventh division.
The counties of Logan. Union, Cham
paign, CLARK, and Madison, shall form
the eighth division.
The counties CT Green, Fayette, Gin
ton and Highland, shall form the ninth
division.
The counties Of Clcrmont, Brown and
Adams, shall form the tenth division
The counties of Ross, Pike, Scioto,
Lawrence, and Jackson, shall form the
eleventh division.
Thccounties of Gallia, Meigs, Athens,
/ Finton and Hooking, shall form the
xelfth division.
sf.S counties Of Franklin, PicI.away
s..' l.ifhold, shall form the thirteenth
dfyision.
Thecounties of Licking, Muskingum
and Perry. shall form the fourteenth
division.
The counties of Dc!eware, Knox and
. Morrow, shall form the fifteenth division.
The counties of Richland, Ashland
AID Wayne, shall form the sixteenth
division.
The counties of Huron. Eric, Lorain
and Medina, shall form the seventeenth
division.
The counties of Cuyahoga, Summit
and Portage, shall form the eighteenth
division.
The counties of Lake, Geauga, Ash
tabula and Trumbull, shall form the nine
tecnth division.
The counties of Mahoning, Columbi
ana, Stark aud Carroll, shall form thc
twentieth division.
The counties of Holmes, Coshoctor
and Tuscarawas, shall form the twenty
first division.
The counties of Jefferson, Harrison
and Belmont, shall form the twenty-se
cond division.
The counties of Washington, Morgan
Monroe, Noble and Guernsey, shall form
the twenty third division.
BRIGADEs.
SEC. 5. That the divisions aforesail
shall be divided into brigades as follows
In the county of Hamilton, in the frs
division. the township of Crosby, White
water, Miami, StorrS, Colerain, Delh
and Green, shall form the first brigade
the townships of Anderson, Millcrcek
Springfield, Sycamore, Summcs, Colum
bia. Spencer and Fulton, shall form tn
second brigade; and the city of Cincin
natl shall form the third brigade; Pro
vided, That the Major General or com
mandant ofthe first division, shall hav
power to call to his aid any number G
the commissioned officers of said divi
sion And provided further, That eac
county, except the county of Hamilton
shall be a distinct brigade, to be nun
bercd in each division in the order /
which they are mentioned in sectio
second. e5If.
STATE AUDITOR TO NOTIFY COUNT
AUDITORS.
Sec. 4. The Auditor of this State shall
t,y order of the chief, i:
sue his order to all of the county Aud
foTs of the several counties, requirin
them to instruct the assessors of the se'
erx3 townships to perform all the dutit
required of them by this act, which O
dor shall be given in one or more new
papers, pablished in each brigade {
county, and if there be no newspap
published in each county, then to |
published in any adjoining county, b
longing to the same division, and to
paid for as other public printing of
like manner
'faf ENROLLED MALITIA.
SRc.l5I That it shall be the duty
the township assessors Of the sever
townships,zand the assessors of the sc
eral wards of the several cities, to pr
pare a list of all persons liable to be G
rolled as aforesaid, in their respecti
wards, townships or districts, save al
except members of uniform volunte
companies. Township, ward or distri
assessors as aforesaid, shall annually,
the time of assessing taxable propert
make out roll, or list, of all names
persons enrolled as aforesaid: and pla