Litchfield enquirer., 1861-07-18
CHAPTER I.

An Act to provide for: the Organization ana
 Eouinment of Volunteer Militia, and to pro-
 vide for the Public Defence.
 Be n enacted by the Senate and House ct Repre-
 sentatires in General Assembly convened:
 Sec, 1. The Governor is hereby authorized and empowered to accept the services and cause to be enlisted, enrolled and mustered into the ser. vice of the State, for such time as he may deem expedient volunteers in his discretion as to the number, not to exceed ten thousand men to be oficered, organized, armed and equipped in such manner as the Governor shall order and direct, said force hereby authorized being in addition to the present Military organization of the state and part of the Militia thereof.
 Sec. 2. The officers and men of this force shall receive the same pay and rations while i'll ser vice under the provisions of this Act, until mus tered into the service of the United States as officers and men of the same rank ana arm oi service in the army of the United otates' anu shall be at all times liable to be turned over service of the United States, on the oroer ol the Governor, as part of the Militia ol tlis 1La.e upon the requisition of the President Of the Uni ted States.
 Sec B. The officers and men of the sad force, except when in actual service shall be paid only for the time actually spent in their organization drilling and instructions.
 Sec f. The force hereby created, when enlist ed and accepted shall be subject to all the rules and articles applicable to the troops in the ser- vice of the United States, but no volunteers un- der this act shall be discharged from service anywhere, except in the County where they were they were organized unless by his or their re- quest ,.
 Sec. 5. All expenditures for arms, supplies, equipments, transportation, and all other eSpeh- ditures necessary to prepare the 1orce hereoy authorized to be raised for actual service snail be made under the direction of the Governor
 H.. e. nrdIt audited by the Governor, Treasurer and Comp troller, and upon their certificate of the correct ness of such bill, the comptroller shall draw hls order on the Treasurer for the amount thereof
 Sec 6. All acts and proceedings of the Cover nor heretofore, in calling for accepting and pre- pairing for service the volunteer Militia, are hereby ratified and confirmed; and all expenses incurred thereby shall be audited and paid in the same manner as expenses incurred under this act. And all officers and volunteers, which have been accepted by the Adjutant General, but which have not been and may not be ordered to rendezvous, shall receive the same compensation for services and expenses until discharged by the commander in-chief, as they would have re- ceived if they had been rendezvoused.
 Sec. 7. There shall be paid from the Treasury of this state, to the order of each non-commis- stoned officer, musician, artifcer private, en- listed and accepted into the service of this State or the United States under the provisions of this act, or under any regulations hereby ratified and confirmed, the sum of ten dollars per month as additional compensation to that herein before provided for the service of each soldier, for such time as he shall serve, pursuant to such enlist ment, and in case of death during such term of enlistment, the same pay shall continue during said term to the widow and minor children of such soldier under the age of sixteen years and in case there shall be no widow or minor child ren as aforesaid then to his legal representa- tives; the first months pay to be made when such soldier shall have been accepted and re- celved into the service at the place of rendez- 1 vous, and the remaining months pay at such time and in such manner as the Governor shall ! prescribe.
 Sec. 8, The several towns and cities in this 1 state be and they hereby authorized and en- powered at any legal meeting specially warned 1 for that purpose, to appropriate such sums of | money as they shall direct for the purpose of organizing, arming, equiping or providing any soldiers, company or companies of soldiers that | may be enlisted in or from such towns or cities | and to make such provisions for the families of such soldiers during the term of enlistment as said town or city shall direct and all the acts ot the several towns and cities ill this state in l meeting specially warned for that purpose. by | which money shall have heretofore been appro- | prlated for the purposes specified in this section or provisions made for soldiers or their families are hereby ratified and confirmed; provided, that the provisions for extra compensation spec lhed Tn this act shall be in lieu of the extra pay heretofore provided by towns and cities.
 Sec. B. The sum of two millions of dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated to defray the expen- | oltures authorized by this act, or any other ex- penses Of mastering the militia of this state or any part thereof into the service of the United Slates' and the treasurer is hereby authorized to borrow from time to time such sums of money as may De necessary to defray the expenditures herein authorized
 Sec 10. This act shall take effect on tba dow of it's passage. '' ''' 'n' N"'
 Approved, May 9th, 1861.