The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-04-29
dicer shall also provide himself With a

officer shall also provide himself with a
suitable sword, and the arms and equip
ments Of the officers and soldiers shall
be held by them free from any and
all process whatever issued in any civil
case, and every member of a volunteer
or Independents company, and every conn
misssioned and non commissioned officer.
while serving as such shall, be free from
arrest on any civil process, while going
to, and during the time while attending
and returning home from any muster or
parade; Provided, however, that such
member of any volunteer company or
commissioned officer shall only have a
reasonable time going to and returning
home from such muster or parade.
FINES.
SEC. II. Every non-commis:i Toned
officer, musician al private who shall
refuse to appear fully armed and equip
ped on any day of muster required by
this act, shall, for every such refusal or
neglect, pay the sum of one dollar for
each company master, and two dollars
for each days brigade or e~ncampment
muster.
ASSESSMENT OF FINES BY COMPANY DIFF
GERS.
SEC. Is. It shall be the duty of the
commnndant of each volunteer company,
together with the commissioned officers
of his company, within ten days after
each days company muster required by
this act, Provided, in their opinion, such
delinquent should be fined, to make out
o list of delinquents particularly noting
2Iz-s. The &raa acaooea1 nm Gnah
Der of his company and for what cause;
. copy Of which list shall forthwith be
returned to a Justice of the Peace of tho
proper township; such Justice, OF receiy-
ing such list, shall forthwith issue a
summons against such delinquent named
in suoh list, naming a day, net more
than eight, nor less than three days
from the date of such summons, in which
the defendant shall appear at the place
namedin such summons, before such
Justice, and defend, and in default of an
appearance, in person, or by agent or
counsel, and a showing of a legal defence,
such justice shall render a Judgment in
the name of the State for the use OF
such company for the amount shown
by such list to have been assessed against
such delinquent, and the commandment of
company shall call the commissioned
omesrs of his company together, within
five days after zach company master for
the purpose of assessing the aforesaid
fines; Provided, That all persons feeling
themselves aggrieved by the decision of
such Justice, shall have the right to ap-
peal, as in other cases; all such fines
to be paid over to the county Treasurer,
and to go into the military fund.
AMOUNT OF FINES TO BE ASSESSED UPON
OFFICERS.
SEC. 19. That the following shall be
the amount of fines to be imposed upon
all general officers, Colonies, Lieutenant
Colonels, Majors, Captains, Lieutenants,
and nen-commissioned staff officers for
refusing or neglecting to discharge any
of the duties enjoined on them by the
provisions of this act, and for refusing
to obey any order of their superior
officers, which fine or penalty shall sp-
ply to all comm ssioned staff officers
of The same rank of other commissioned
officers, which staff officers who have
violated the provisions ofthis act, shall be
dealt with as other officers; a fine on any
non commissioned staff officer to be not
less than three dollars, nor over thirty
dollars; a fine on any Lieutenant to be
not less than four dollars nor over forty
dollars; a fine on any Captain to be not
less than five dollars not over fifty dol
lars; q fine on q Major to be not less
than eight dollars nor over eighty dol
lars; a fine on a Lieutenant Colonel to
be not less than nine dollars nor over
ninety dollars; a fine on a Colonel to be
not less than ten dollars nor over one
hundred dollars; all of said fines, to be
assessed or imposed by a brigade court
Or court martial, as the case may 'be,
and to be collected as herein provided
for; hereafter all and any fines imposed
upon any commissioned staff officers,
under the provisions of this act, shall
be collected before any Justice of the
Peace, in whose township such delin-
quent may reside, and all such suits shall
be brought in the name of the State of
Ohio, for the use of the brigade in which
such fines were assessed or imposed, and
all sums under one hundred dollars shall 9
be collected before a Justice of the s
Peace, and any fine assessed or imposed {
fer one hundred dollars or more, shall G
be collected before any court having
competent Jurisdiction, as other like s
sums, to be collected by the brigade ?
inspector, or any other brigade staff t
officer, that the commandment of brigade 8
may designate; Provided, That suits P
commenced by the brigade inspector,
or other brigade staff officer, shall be
for the collection of fines on commission 6
ed and staff officers of his own brigade; r
Provided. also That when any fine or I
fines are imposed by any court-martial, a
according to the provisions of this act it a
shall be the duty of the president of
said court, to cause said fine or fines to 8
be collected, as fines are assessed or i'm t
posed by brigade courts, as herein pro- @
and any fine imposed IN any t
Brigadier General, shall not be less than G
fifteen dollars, nor over one hundred t
and fifty dollars, to be collected by the
Major General or c~ommandaut of divi-
sion; Provided, Said fine is not imposed
by any eourt.martial, aud whom any /
Major General shall be fined, it shall {
not be less than twenty dollars, nor over !
two hundred dollars to be collected by !
the commander in chief; Provided, also, !
That said fine is not imposed by any
court-martial; And provided, also, That
al fines collected by Major General,
or the eommander-in-ehief, shall be col.
lected agreeable to the foregoing pro-
visions of this act, and all fines c%ollec-
ted under the provisions of this act,