The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-04


nor more than one hundred dollars. All of
said fines to be assessed or imposed by a
brigade court, or court martial, as the case
may be, and to be collected as herein pro-
vided for. Hereafter, all and any fines inn
posed upon any commissioned staff officers
under the provisions of this act, shall be
collected before any justice of the peace in
whose township such delinquent may re-
side; and all such shall be brought Ia the
name of the State of Kansas: to Be distrib-
uted equally among the companies forming
such brigade, the said sums to Be paid for
their use into the county treasures of the
several counties wherein said eaHaanies re-
side, and to go into the military funds of the
several counties, for the above named pur-
poses.
MILITARY FUND.
Sec. 81 There is hereby created in each
county military fund, for the purpose of
fostering the volunteer companies of the
State; and to that end the power % leyy:aagg
a tax per capita on each and every member
of the enrolled militia of said county, is
hereby conferred on the county boards
of the several counties Provided, That the
amount annually collected shall not exceed
two dollars per capita. That when thus
collected it shall remain in the treasurer's
office, safely kept for the use of the volun-
teer militia of said counties wherein the tax
may be levied, and for no other purpose.
That whenever the said county boards shall
receive information deemed reliable by them
that any volunteer company or companies
in their respective counties are in need of
any munitions of war, or any thing else NEG
essary to their equipment and effectiveness
as a military company, it shall be their duty
to issue an order to this effect to the sew
eral treasurers, commanding them to collect,
or cause to be collected by the sheriffs of
the several counties, the tax above men
toned; provided, also, that the said treas
urer or sheriff shall, before proceeding to
collect the same, give to the said counties
bond with one or more good and sufficient
suretie. to be by the county attorney ap-
proved, in any reasonable sum they may
require, conditioned that said treasurer or
sheriff, as the case may be, will pay over all
sums of money into the treasures aforesaid
they may thus collect.
FINES FOR DISTURBING MUsTERs.
Sec. 90. II any non commissioned officer,
musician, private, bystander, or inspector,
at any officer, regimental, squadron, bat
talon or company muster or parade, or at
any meeting of officers authorized or re-
quired by this act, shall modest any officer
or soldier when on duty. the commanding
officer may order and require such peTsou
or persons to be put under guard during
the time of parade, and any officer or SOL
der appointed as guard, or placed upon
duty as sentinel, at any muster, parade or
encampment held under the provisions OF
this act, is hereby authorized and required
to discharge that duty, maintain his post
aud guard the lines, to protect the muster,
parade or encampment, by using such force
as will be necessary, and sufficient to effect
| the same.
FINES AND CIVIL AUTHORITIES.
| Sec. %. That in all cases where fines oil
penalties are incurred in accordance with
| the provisions of this act, the records Of
such company, regiment, brigade, or court
martial, shall be received as prima facie
evidence Provided, That in all cases, the
defendant on trial may prove in evidence any
| irregularities in the assessing of such fines,
or any other lawful matter of defense not
reacting back of the organization of such
company, or the enrolment of defendant.
CosTs-How PAID.
Sec. Cd. All costs made by virtue of any
suit brought to recover fines of any descrip-
ton, where the State fails, shall be paid Out
of the military funds of the several coun'
ties.
POWER OF sHERIFFs AED MAYORS IN RIOTS
RoUTs AND UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLIES.
Sec. 25. That in case of riots, routs, un-
lawful assemblies, Instructions or popular
outbreaks of an unlawful character, if any
commandant of volunteer company, squad
ron, battalion, regiment, brigade, or diyi
sion shall refuse to appear with such force
at the time and place that the proper sheriff
of the county or mayor of the city shall d.
rect, such officers shall be fined in any sum
not exceeding one hundred dollars nor less
than ten dollars, on complaint of any such
sheriff or mayor before any court having
competent jurisdiction or any non-com-
missioned officer, musician or private who
refuses or neglects to turn out, and appear
Immediately, on being notified by any prop.
err officer of his brigade, shall be fined in any
sum not exceeding ten dollars. to be col
lected as herein provided; the aforesaid
fines, when collected, to go into the military
| fund of the counties wherein the same is
collected: Provided, That in all cases OF
demand or requisition for military force
by the sheriff or mayor, it shall be by ap-
piication to the superior commissioned off
| Ger III RANK, al Tue tian0 present. III SdiO CITY
town or county where such service is re-
quired.
coMMANDANTs To CALL GUT TROOPS.
Sec. &c. Commandments of divisions, bri-
gades, regiments, squadrons and companies
shall have power, and are hereby required
to call ont their respective commands fol
the purposes mentioned in the preceding
section, and to the assistance of the civil
authorities in the execution of all laws,
State or Federal. when called upon so TO dc
1 by the proper authorities.
PAT WHEN UNDER ORDER OF CIVIL AUTHOR
! tiles
Sec. 81. All commissioned and non-com.
missioned officers of volunteer companies.
musicians and privates of the same, shall
receive one dollar and fifty cents per night,
or two dollars and half when serving IN.
der the order of sheriff of their county, to
be paid out of the county treasury. and
when under the order of mayors of cities
and towns 60 be paid out of the city OF
j town treasures.
/ CAMP EoUIPAGE AND coLoRs
Sec 98. Every volunteer company, and
and every field officer shall be furnished