Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-05-21
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LAWS ON THE MILITIA,
Passed by the Legislature Of this State.
AN ACT

pubic arms IN the hands Oh volunteer c0mpa
nies.
SEC. l. BE IL enacted by the General Assem-
big Of the State Of Ohio, That each company oi
the Ohio volunteer militia which has given (or
shall hereafter give) bonds for public arms, and
otherwise complied with the laws and regua-
tions governing such companies, and the issue
Of public arms, shall, for the care OF said arms
and the rent Of armories required by law, be en-
uniformed member of said company, under the
provisions and limitations hereinafter establish
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SEC. 9. That the commandants of companies
shall, on or before the lst day of April OF each
year, furnish the Adutant-G General with the
name and postoffice address of each uniformed
member of said company, and report each add
tion 70 said company within one month after
said member is uniformed.
SEC. 3. That the commandants Of companies
shall record and report, In their returns required
by law, all attendances at legal days of muster
all unexcused absences, all arrearages In respect
to statutory fines, all abuses Of the public arms,
and all cases of intemperance when on duty, the
same to be embodied in the annual report of the
commandant Of brigade, and to be forwarded on
or before November lst of each year, to the
Adjutant. General. Said report shall specify oil
deaths and removals, and whether the interest
Of the State will be subserved by the retention
by said company of arms for the coming year
SIC. A. That the Adjutant General shall
check off all names not found upon his books,
all deaths and removals, all delinquents in re-
spect Of statutory fines, all who have been twice
absent without excuse from legal musters, all
reported as intemperate on day Of public
duty, and all who stand reported for abuse or
neglect OF the public arms in their charge, and
the sum Of five dollars allowed by the first Sec
ton shall not be paid in respect to the names
so checked off.
SEC. S. That the Adjutant. General shall
certify to the Governor the amount to which
each company it entitled, and upon such certi
icate, endorsed by the Governor, the Auditor oi
State shall draw his warrant for the amount.
SEC. 6. That the moneys 30 certified shall be
drawn by the commandants of companies or
their authorized agents, and to be paid into the
company treasury, to be laid out in care Of arms,
the rent of rooms, and the other expenses to
which each company is legally subjected: Pro.
vided, that where regimental organizations have
been effected, said regiment, its officers and
treasurer, shall enjoy all the privileges and
rights which herein belong to single detached
company.
SIC. Z. That IL shall be deemed misde-
mthuOEg uuutE buc dCb vi NdICu . 1000. ueuD-
ing grand larceny, for any person knowingly to
make false returns and procure the money
thereon.
SEC. 8. That no payment shall be made be
fore November lst of each year, and in case the
number then reported by the Adjutant-G General
shall not exceed the aggregate of elk thousand
men by more than forty men or one company,
the total number so reported shall be the mum.
Der entitled to the benefits Of this act, and shall
be paid In the order of their organization. As
soon as practicable after the passage of this act
the Adjutant General shall report TO the Com
mander-in- Chief the number Of existing organ
lied and uniformed companies of the volunteer
militia, and their aggregate of officers and men,
and the new companies shall be constituted Of
infantry, cavalry or artillery as the best inter
ests Of the service shall, in the judgment OF the
Commander-in-Chief, require. And upon the
passage of this act the Commander in Chief
shall apportion through the State the companies
to make said aggregate of six thousand men
as follows, viz: To counties having
q population Of 100, 900 and upward, not to ex.
ceed two regiments of infantry, taking the min
mum company standard of forty men as ba.
sis; to counties having population OF $4,000
and less than 100000 not to ex-
ceed one regiment of infantry; to counties hay
ing population of 10000 inhabitants, and less
than $4,000, not to exceed a battalion of five
companies OF infantry; to counties having a
population Of 80 900, and less than 40 600, not
to exceed battalion of three companies; and
to other counties in proportion to number and
density of population, based upon the census of
1860, and In such O manner as to secure repi.
mental or battalion organizations in each of the
divisions 30 far as practicable; and provided,
that after The first of April, 1861, when the re.
turns contemplated by this act are received oy
the Adjutant-G eneral, in case no county has
organized Its maximum number of companies,
and applications are made for the organization
of additional companies in counties not having
q full battalion organization, such additional
companies may be so organized until complete
battalion Is formed.
SEQ. Z. In the return Of artillery companies
consisting OF a full complement Of twenty men,
II the company and other legal parades have
been made, with full complement of horses as
well as men, such company shall receive the sum
allowed 10 the minimum number of men nee
essary for an infantry company, and in pro-
portion II their numbers are less than twenty
men, to meet the increased expense incidental
to the care OF cannon, rent Of armory and gun
room, and care of small arms to them is
sued.
SEc. 10. This act shall take effect on and from
Its passage.
ED. A. PARROT,
Speaker pro tenn. of House of Representatives.
.r ROBERT G. KIRK,
.,. President of the Senate.
Passed April l2, 1861.
AN ACT
Relating to tho Militia of Ohio mustered into
the service Of the United States under any
requisition of the President thereof.
SEo. I. Be IL enacted by the General Assembly
Of The State Of Ohio, That all companies of In.
fantry, light infantry or rife, organized in the
State to volunteer into the service of the United
States under any requisition OF the President
thereof, shall consist of not less than seventy
men, rank aud file; and oil companies Of caval-
ry organized for like purpose shall consist Of
not less than sixty men; and all companies of
artillery organized for like purpose shall con.
sist of not less than one hundred men. All such
companies shall be entitled to elect as the com.
missioned officers thereof, one captain, and one
first and one second lieutenant.
SEc.2 The companies so volunteering shall
be organized into regiments consisting of not
less than ten companies each; every such regi-
ment shall be composed exclusively OF infantry,
light infantry or rifle, cavalry or artillery, be
Differed according to the laws regulating the
militia in form at the time, and in the absence
of any law Of the United States TO the contrary,
shall be appointed by the Governor into brig
ades, and. placed under the command Of such
brigaders general in commission within the
brigadea from which such regiments may be or
ganized as the Governor shall designate. And
the Governor shalt also have power to organize
such brigades into division or divisions, and
to designate the major-general or major