Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-05-17

state Legislature requires of them ad
ditional anl important duties, wh;c.
they Will learn by careful examiuas;o,
OF its provisions:
AN ACT
To enroll the Militia Of the State.
SECTION I. B., II enachri 81 the fira
eart -issem5ly Of the STATE # Ohio, Tha
the county auditors Of the several ccun
les, Of this state shall iastruct the as.
SCISSORS OF the several Townships, ani
Wards of cities, to pcrft,r,n all the duties
required Of them by this act
That it Shall he ths duty uf the town.
ship.asses.ors Of t;.c several townships
and the assessors Of the several wards OF
the several cities to prepare a list OF a u
persons subject to military duty, iu their
respective wards, townships or districts,
save and except members of uniform
volunteer companies, at the time Of ma :
king the annual assessment of the
property, in the year 1861, aud there
after at each tine OF taking the census
ofwhite male inhabitants, as provided
by law, which list should be deposited
in the auditor Office OF the proper
county; aud it shall be the duty of such
auditor annually, on or bscorc the first
day Of November, TO return an accurate
cupy efsoch records Of euruiinens to
the. adjutant general of the state, TO be
by hila Gled in his o.fce, and an abstract
of the aggregate nun,Ler of persons so
rsturned, shall be forwarded by the
adiu.ant general of the state to the war
department at Washington city, on or
before the first day Of January of each
year, Aid if any assessor shall neglect,
nr from any cause omit to perform his
duties, the ether assessors, or either OF
them, Of the city, town or ward, shall
perform such duties. All tavern keep
ers, keepers of boarding houses, persons
having boarders in their families, and
eser;ysmaster and mistress OF any dwell
ing house shall, upon the application of
any assessor, give information Of the
names Of all persons residing or lodging
in such house, liable to be enrolled, and
allzother information concerning such
persons as such assessor may demand
If any person OF. whom information is
required by any assessor, in order to en-
able him to comply with the provisions
ofthis act, shall refuse to give such in
formation, or shall give false information,
Ire e.shall forfeit and pay not more than
ten dollars for each efiense Any per-
son who shall refuse to give his own
name, and proper information, when ap-
paied to by any assessor, or shall give
false name or information, shall forfeit
and pay like sum: such penalties to be
recovered in any court of competent ju-
,isdiction, in the name of the State of
Oliio; and it is hereby made the duty of
the assessors TO report the names of ALL
persons who may incur any penalties in
this section prescribed, to the command
ant of the brigade in which they reside
Ali moneys collected under the provis-
ieiis of this act, shall be paid to the
county treasurer, and go to the military
fund of said county.
SEC. 2. That besides tie active militia, |
there may be organized from the militia
uf the state, enrolled under the last, or
any future enrolment militia of the |
reserve, as follows, viz: whenever forty |
or more members Of the enrolled militia
shall forward to the adj jutant-general |
their enlistment-roll, similar in general !
features to that for the organization of
the active militia, except it may be for
a'period not less than one year, he shall
make record of the same. and cause the /
brigadier-general Of the brigade wherein
said enrolled militia>sre citizens, to or
der an election for officers Of said COM
panies, aud said election shall take
plaee as provided for election for Off
GERS Of the active militia, except that
said company may elect their own judges
and clerk of election; and Immediately
upon said election. and its returns to
the adiutant general, commissions shall
issue to the officers elect. as Of the mill
tia of the reserve; and whenever the
public service requires larger force
ffikn the active militia, said militia Of
the reserve shall be the portion of the
enrolled militia first called into such
service
ssSEo. 3. When called into service,
said militia of the reserve shall be at
tached to such battallions or regiments
as the$cemman chief shall direct,
and upon being so attached and uni
formed shall De commissioned as active
militia, aud they shall rank as such
therelfom: Provided, that among differ
ent companies Of said militia of the re-
serve so called into service, their rela.
tive rank shall be determined by the
date of their first enlistment.
Sec. 4. That the transfer of companies
into the active militia shall be by order
Of the commander -in-chief to the
brigadier general of given brigade,
directing what companies within his
brigade limits shall be SO transferred,
whereupon said companies shall become
parts OF given regiments or battallions,
the same as if originally enlisted as ac-
tive militia.
Sec. 5. The officers Of said militia of
the reserve, and the active militia here
after commissioned, shall consist of the
following, viz: for infantry and cavalry,
OF one captain and tw1 lieutenants, and
tor artillery, one captain and one lieu
tenant.
SEC. 6. That division courts shall he
held during the month Of October Of
each year, for the assessment Of fines
and other cause, upon the same basis
prescribed for the brigade courts now
authorized by law, and with like powers,
two weeks notice being first given Of
the holding of said court; and in cases
where ne, eneampment has been held,
there shall also he brigade court called
upon like notice, during the month of
October, the same as in cases provided
Tor by law where an eneampment has
first been held.
SIC. z. 1t shall be the duty Of the ad-
infant general to furnish the auditor Of
each county Of this state with blank