Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-04-23
. 0DODGEVIILE, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, April %, 1868

master-general, who shall Immediately
notify the officer making such applica-
tion, that the arms, accountrement or
stores mentioned in such application, or
any portion thereof, are ready for issue ;
and there-upon it shall be the duty of
each [such officer to give such bonds
and security as may be deemed requisite
by the quartermaster-g general to secure
the state from loss by reason of the
misapplication of such arms or accoun-
tremets, or equipments, or stors, or gross
negligence Of such officers, or any mem.
bers of his company in relation thereto ;
and such bonds being given to his salts
, faction, and on receiving duplicate re-
ceipts from such officer, the quartermas-
ter general shall make the issue, and
shall file one copy Of such receipts in
his office, and transmit the other to the
secretary of state. 3 y,
Sec. Is. The commander chief may
permit the members Of any organized
volunteer company to furnish, at their
own cost suitable riffs, accountrements
and uniforms, subject to his approval,
and may designate such company as rifle
men or sharp-shooters, and may assign
the same to a battalion or regiment and
every member thereof who shall have
furnished his own rifle, equipments and
uniform, shall be entitled to receive
from the general fund Of this state, the
sum of two dollars per annum for the use
of the same, to be audited by the board
of military auditors, upon the certif-
cate of the quarter-master- general
that such member has kepthis said rife,
equipments and uniform in good condi-
ton, and that the same are fit for ser
vice provded, hoareUcr, that the pro-
visions of this section shall not apply to
more than two companies within any one
congressional district Of this state.
Sec II. The board Of supervisors of
each county in which there shall be one
or more organized volunteer companies,
upon application Of the captain or com
manding officer Of the same, may, in
their discretion, provide for each com
pany in said county, an armory, safe and
suitable for the drill Of squads in the
school of the soldier, and an armorer to
take charge Of the same, and also at each
of its sessions audit and allow and cause
to be paid, the necessary incidental ex-
penses Of said company previously in
cured : proridcd, that the total amount
for all the purposes above mentioned
shall not exceed twenty-five dollars per
month for each company
Sec. IS. The commander-in- -chief
shall have authotity to demand and re-
coiye back from amy portion Of the mill
tary force of this state, any arms, equip
ments, military stores or other property
belonging to the state, which may in
possession of any such military force
and when such arms, equipments, mill
tary stores or other property shall again
come into the possession of the quarter
master general, or other officer designat-
ed by the governor toreceive them from
such military forces to which they have
been issued, as above provided, it shall
be the duty of the quartermaster gener-
al or officer shall be in duplicate, one
copy to be filed in the Office of
the quartermaster general, and the
other in the Office of the secretary of
state.
See 49, All arms, equipments and
military stores issued as hereinbefore
provided, shall at all times be subject to
examination by the inspector and ord
ance officers of the state, and of any 9th
er officer designated by the commander
in-chief for that purpose; and if such
officer shall find any Of such public
property out of repair, injured or de-
fective, he shall Immediately notify the
facts, and report the same through the
proper channels to the conlmander-in
chief, who, if the damage shall not be
prepared, and the defects or losses sup
piled within reasonable time, may
order the company or other organization
having the same in charge to be dis
banded.
Sec. 20. The transportation Of troops
and all arms, equipments and military
stores issued to troops, or received by
the state under this act, shall be con
tracted for under the direction Of the
commander-in-chief, by the quartermas
ter general, and the vouchers for such
transportation, which audited by the
secretary of state, shall be paid from the
general fund on his warrant.
Sec. 21. No public arms, equipment,
or military stores of any kind, shall
hereafter be issued to any person not |
member of the organized militia, excep
in time of war, insurrection or publi
danger SO imminent that the com
mander-in-chief shall consider that thu
public salty requires him to make sucl
| issue, in which case an accurate accoun
shall be taken Of such issues, and t
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