The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-06-16

tia may organize themselves into com.
panies as hereinafter provided; aud each
company may ordain and establish such
bylaws, rules and regulations as they
may deem necessary and proper for
their good government, and as may not
be inconsistent with this act or tho con-
stitution Of this State and Of the United
States.
Section 3. Thatin each Of said coun-
ties, companies may unite and form a
battalion to be composed Of not less
than two nor more than Eve companies,
which companies shall be designated by
the numbers ], 2, 3, 4 and 5, and shall
consist Of not less than forty C4O) nor
more than one hundred (1O0) men, rank
and file; and in addition to It's compile
mont Of officers and men on the active
roll, each company may receive and en-
roll from forty (40) to one hundred
(lOO) contributing members, who shall
be subject to such contributions, duties
and service as may be prescribed by the
rula aud regulations Of the company.
Ihe members Of each company shall
havl power 10 elect one captain, a frst
Lieutenant and such other officers as
may be necessary; and when two com
panies shall have been duly organized
and united, they shall have power to
elect a major, an adjutant, a quarter
master, a pay.master and a surgeon; and
when four companies shall have united,
they shall have power to elect q lieuten-
ant colonel; and when more than FIVE
companies shall have been duly organ
lied and united, they may form and or
ganiEe themselves into a regiment and
elect a full complement Of regimental
officers; all Of which said officers so
elected shall be commissioned and quail
fed as officers of like grades in the vol
unteer militia Of the State; and at any
meeting OF parade the senior officer pre-
sent shall preside or have command.
Section L. That said companies OF
other organizations as herein provided
shall be separate from and independent
Of any and all other military organiza-
tions and commands whatever in the
State, and shall be subject solely to the
direct call Of the governor of the State
and of the regularly constituted civil
authorities, for the suppression of in
surrection and riot, or the repelling Of
invasions or the enforcement of the exc
cution of the laws according to the pro-
visions Of the constitution and laws Of
the State, and in all cases of demand OF
requisition for q military force by the
sheriff or mayor, it shall be by applica-
ton to the superior commissioned off
Ger in rank at the time present in the
city, town or county where such service
is required.
Section 5. All such companies, bat
talions and regiments when organized,
shall be armed and drilled as near as
practicable in accordance with the sys-
tenn of the United States army for like
organizations; and while in actual SER
vice, shall be governed by the princi-
pies Of the military laws of the State
and the rules and articles of war of the
United States.
Section 6. Every battalion or rogi-
ment shall, Immediately upon its or
ganization, fix certain days not less than
three in number, upon which. in each
and every year, and at such hours as
may be specified, it shall meet for pa
rade and military exercise.
Section Z. Every battalion or re-
giment shall, once in each year during
the months Of July, August or Septem-
bcr, hold an encampment to continue
not less than three days; and the officers
and soldiers forming such encampment,
shall be drilled in accordance with the
requirements Of the rules and usages Of
the United States army; and when prac-
ticable to be inspected by the adjutant
general, and the commandant shall
cause Eve days public notice to be given
of the time and place of such encamp-
ment.
Section 8. Every active aud con
tributing member Of such independent
companies shall, while a member Of
such company, be exempt from labor on
the public highways Of this State and
from service as jurors; and every mem
Der who shall have been held to duty,
during a period of FIVE years, shall be
entitled to certificate from his COM
mandant showing such service, and shall
be exempt from military duty in time
of peace.
Section 9, Such independent COM
panies shall be entitled TO the use Of
public arms Of the State, subject to the
same obligations and restrictions as
those imposed upon other military or
CARNATIONS in the State.
Section TO- The style of the uniform
shall be such as each company may
adopt, provided that the uniform of all
companies organized into q battalion or
regiment shall be one and alike, and
the uniform Of battalion and regimen.
tai officers shall correspond Herewith
WILLIAM B. WOODS,
Speaker oftbe House Of Representatives
MARTIN WELKER,
President Of the Senate
March &c, 1859.
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