The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1859-05-20

Of the county in which the suit is
brought.
Sec. 6. This act shall take effect
and bo in force from and after its pas
sage.
S.W. gibson,
Speaker pro tenn, of the House of Repre-
sentatives @'
MARTIN WELKER,
President of the Senate.
March rs, 1859,
! mo. 97.] AN ACT
For the further Organization and Dis
iplino of the Militia and Volunteer
Militia. t.tf
\ SEC. 1. Be it enacted By the General
j Assembly of the State of Ohio, That sec>
tions four and five Of the act entitled
fan act to organize and disipline the
militia and volunteer militia" passed
\ March 28, 1857, providing for the en-
rollmont by township assessor Of those
subject to do military duty, and pay
ment therefor, be and the same is here
by repealed.
Sec. 2. That beside the blank forms
now required of adjutant general, there
shall be issued from time to time, uns
der the authority of the commanders
in~chief such general regulations cons
cerning the organization and govern
ment of the militia, as will better pro-
mote the discipline and order thereof,
and supply such practical details as are
needed to MAKE that organization sys-.
tematic and complete. t
| Sec. 3. That the commander-in. chief
may, if he shall deem the same advisa-
bic, order camp Of instruction to be
hold once year, for four days, during
the period of legal encampments, at
which time the officers of the volun-
teer militia shall be drilled in the
school OF tho soldier and the details Of
their command.
Sec. 4 That the proceeds of sales of
useless arms and equipments hereafter
received shall bo applied to the altera-
ton and repair of such collected arms
as are of old pattern but worth altera-
tion and repair; and if there be any
balance, the same shall be applied to
the purchase of camp equipage, pro-
portioned to the number Of arms in use
by the state. e....
Sec 5. That all arms in possession
of volunteer companies shall be kept
in armories and shall not be taken
therefrom except for military purpos-
oS.
Sec. g. That in all cases where no
elections have been held for generals or
division or brigade, or vacancies shall
hereafter arise, through failure to elect,
the counties forming such division of
brigade territory shall 90 attached to
other divisions or brigade, by order
of the commander-in chief, until the
divisions shall be so reduced and defins
ed as to correspond with the ninc con-
stltutional judicial districts, and the
number of brigades to that of the judi
cial sub districts; provided that no such
absorption shall lessen the present num-
ber of brigades in Hamilton county
nor effect the command of officers who
have been already commissioned.
Sec. 7. That the adjutant general
shall keep the records, volumes and pa
pcrs Of that department in an Office at
the state house, which he shall hold in
common with the quarter master gen.
eral, and he shall be allowed for the
clerical labor of that Office, the sum Of
four hundred dollars annually, to be
paid semiannually, as the salary of the
adjutant general is now paid. He shall
make annual report of all matters COM
ing within his department, which re-
port shall be submitted to the governor
before each meeting Of the general ass
sembly, he shall also, so far as practical
bic, inspect, and in the absence of the
commaLder.in chief, review at brigade
encampments, make report thereof, land
keep accurate accounts of the actual
expenses therein incurred, which shall
be paid from the contingent fund APP
to his Office, but twithout furs
ther compensation for such service.
Sec. 8 Tho commander-in. chief shall
cause two thousand copies Of the acts
concerning public arms and the organ
ization of militia, with an index there
to, and all needed forms and blanks, to
be printed in pamphlet form and dis>
under the direction of the all
jutant general of which number one-
fourth shall be bound with substantial
cover, for exchange with other states,
and for the use Of general officers agd
commandants of regiments, battalions
and companies, and the remainlnn
three fourths shall be bound with paper
only.
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its pass