The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1859-06-03
ch96 1859.


vi AN ACT
he further Organization and Discipline |
he Militia and Volunteer Militia
I. BE Il cnarted by the General As
OF the State Of Ohio, That section four
ye Of the act entitled tan act TO organ
a lisciplne the militia and volunteer
e, 1" passed March ~. 1851, providing ior
uolmont By township assessors OF those
Il 70 DO military duty, and payment there.
. aud the same Il hereby repealed.
asa. That beside the blank forms now
rcd Of the adiutant general, there shall
sued from time to time, under the author
I the oOmmander.n chief, such general
iations concerning the organization and
rnmeut uf the malida, as viii better pro-
tho discipline and order thereof, aud SUP.
ueh practical details as are needed to
that organization systematic and com.
G. .. That the comma nder-in chile ( may,
shall deem the aamo advisable, order a
Of instruction 10 be held once year,
our days, during the period OF legal en-.
pments, AZ which time the officers of the
inteer militia shall be drilled in the school
The soldier and The details Of their com.
ud.
sec. l. That the prooeeda of sales Of use.
; arms and equipments horeaftur received,
all be applied 10 the alteration and repair
such collected arms as are OF old pattern,
a worth alteration aud repair; and II there
. any balance, the samo shall be applied 70
e purchase OF camp equipage, propOrlioncd
B The number Of arms 10 use BY the state.
Sos. That al arms In possession Of vol
ateer companies shall be kept Ia armorcs,
q shall not be t,ken iherefrom except for
iilitary purposes.
Sec. 6. That IA all cases where no elec.
ons have been held for generals OF division
2 hdgada or qaoancles SHAH hereafter arise
Trough failure 20 elect, the counties forming
aeh diviiion or brigade territory shall bo AZ
,ched e other divisions OF brigadeS by order
Z the committee In chief, until the divisions
ball be 80 reduced aud defined as 10 CORES
ohd sith the nihe constitutional Judicial dis
lic;s. snd che number og brigades 10 that Of
he iudicial sub. districts; provided, that no
nch absorption shall lessen the present mum
er Of bdgades IN Hamilton county, nor affect
be command Of ofiecn who have been al
eaiy commissioned.
See. 7. That the adjutant general shall
ieep The records, volumes and papers of that
apartment IN an Oiiice at the state house
lhich he shall hold in common with the quar-
er- master general and he shall be allowed fol
be clerical labor Of that Office, the sum Of foul
ipndrod dollars annuallyi TO be paid semi-an
luaily, as tbe salary Of the adjutant general 4
nv paid. lie shall make annual rdpo-t o
N mat era coming within his department
which report shall Le submitted 10 The COVER
ior before each meeting of the general Assem-
VI he shall also, 40 FAR as practicable Inspect
nd IN the absence Of uio commander in ol'ioi
IegioW "A brigade encampmenia, make repoT
hereof and keep aeeurato accounts Of The ae
l1al eapthses therein ineuned, which shall b
paid from the contingent fund appropriated 3
iia Office, but without further compensation
loF suck sefrice.
Sec. g. The commAnder-iR-chief shall oaus,
two thousand copies Of tho acts coscernin
public arms and thc organization Of the mill
IA, with an index thereto, and all Aoede
ioGnanhd blanks, 10 be printed 80 pamphlC
form and iiatdbnlcd, under the direction q
re adluanl general, Of which number on
ioutlh shall DO hOund with substantial oove
lir etohunCe with other states, and for The az
Of general officers and c0mmandanta Of reg
menu baiialiiOno and compaEies, and the X
mainins iliFes fonrtha nhall be bound With p
rsg Only.