Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-06-14
LAWS OF OHIO.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
mo. COL AN ACT
To amend the act entitled san act for
the further organization and dis
cipline of the militia and volunteer
militia" passed March %, 1859.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by the Gen.
eraz Assembly Of the State Of Ohio, That
the second brigade of the first division
shall include within its bounds the
townships of Anderson, Springfield,
Sycamore, Symmes and Columbia; and
that the third brigade shall include
within its bounds the townships of
Millcreek, Spencer and Cincinnati.
Sec. 2. That the new military divis-
ion of the territory of the state, pre-
scribed in the sixth section of the act
to which this is an amendment, shall be
carried into effect by the adjutant gene
raj as soon as vacancies, for any cause,
shall occur; and failure of commissioned
officers to uniform within the time en-
joined by law, shall be deemed to have
created, and shall create, such vacancy;
and the new divisions shall correspond
to the judicial districts, and the new
brigades shall correspond to the judicial
sub. districts. Provided, that the com
mander n-chief may attach contiguous
counties Of different divisions, tenn
porarily, when he shall deem the same
best, and reduce the number of brigades
in the tenth judicial district to two
Provided, that the present number of
brigades of Hamilton county shall re-
main, and that this change shall not de-
prive general officers, who have already
fully uniformed, from retaining the COM
mand of so much Of their new district as
accords with the said new territorial di-
visions of the state.
Said section six of an act entitled 'san
act for the further discipline of the
militia and volunteer militia" passed
March %, 1859, is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. That the field musicians and
bands shall be enlisted in
their respective corps, be inspected and
returned, and be subject to the same
laws and regulations that govern the
other members of the volunteer militia
Sec. 4. That the general regulations
hereto fore authorized by law, for the
better organization of the militia, and
such as are issued pursuant thereto,
shall have the same force and effect as
the provisions of the statutes passed for
that purpose.
SEC 5. That the commander-in chief
may, if he shall deem the same advis-
able, order camp of instruction to be
held, once year, for four days, during
the period of legal encampments, at
which time the officers of the volunteer
militia, or the officers and all other MEN,
oers of said militia shall be drilled in
the school of the soldier and the details
of their respective duties, and Section 3
of the act entitled :'an act for the further
discipline of the militia and volunteer
militia, passed March %, 1859, and
provi ing camp of instruction for
officers only, is hereby repealed
SEC. 6. This act shall take effect on
its passage.
RICHARD C. PARSONS,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives
ROBERT G. KIRK,
President of the Senate.
Passed April 13, 1861
mo. 81. AN ACT
Relating to the militia of Ohio mustered
into the service of the United States
under any requisition of the Presi-
dent thereof
SECTION /. Be 1t enacted by the Gen.
eral assembly Of the State Of Ohio, That
all companies of infantry, ght infantry
or rife, organized in this state to volun-
teer into the service of the United States
under any requisition of the President
thereof, shall consist of not less than
seventy men rank ank file; and all com
panies of cavalry 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 commissioned officers
thereof, one captain, and one first and
one second lieutenant.
SEC. 2. The companies so volunteer
ing shall be organized into regiments
consisting of not less than ten compa-
nies each; every such regiment shall be
composed exclusively of infantry, light
infantry or rifle cavalry or artillery, to
be oficered according to the laws regu-
lating the militia, in force at the time,
and in the absence Of any law of the
United States to the contrary, shall be
apportioned by the governor into brig
AIDES and placed under the command of
such brigadiers general in commission
within the brigades from which such
regiments may be organized, as the gov
ernor shall designate. And the gov
ernor shall also have power to organize
such brigades into division or divisions,
and to designate the major general or
majo generals from among those in
commission to take the command Of
such division or divisions.
SEC. 3. The militia accepted by the
governor under provisions of this act
shall, from the time Of such acceptance,
draw the same pay as the like grades Of
rank in the army of the United States.
SEC. 4. This act to be in force from
and after its passage.
RICHARD c.. PARSONS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
ROBERT G. KIRK,
President Of the Senate
Passed April II, 1861.