Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-07-04
The New Ohio militia Law.

The New Ohio militia Law.
The following isa synopsis Of the Militia Law
OF this State, passed ut tie last session of the
Legislature. As the law Is designed to be ear.
red into immediate elect, we c6il the attention
OF the pblic 10 its provisions.
Section FIST provides for The enrolment
OF all white male citizens between the ages
OF lS and 45.U s.tui l' bfaf7
The second section directs the Assessor
to prepare two rolls Of all persons enrolled
and place one in in the Clerks Office of their
respective townships, audit otlfertin the
Auditors Office Of the proper county. Aud
II is the duty Of the Auditor Annually on
or before the FIRST Of june to return q true
copy Of such eurollment to the Adjaiaat,
General, who will reportto the Was, De,
partmeDt on The Isl Of January aw IL any
person OF whom Information 10 required by
any assessorin order 10 enable him TO com
ply With the provisions of this act, shall re.
fuse TO give such information, or Shall give
false information, he, She, or they shall ,for-
felt and pay not nDre than ten nor less
than three dollars for, each olfense., the
money MOI to 80 TO the military fund OF said
county,,,5 ,t trgr,. ~. s,,,,,- 6lsods noise,
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within the sbouudj of W ho Sc company any
person liable to perform military duty may
come 10 reside, within ten days after he
shall be informed ofsuch residence, Is. re- re-
quired to eurolI such persons also, all per I,
sons who may from time to time arrive al
| the age OF eighteen. r.t .ei,r .fels -if. Iiqy
Section three provides that the Town.
ship Clerk shall within ten days after ere.
eeiyihg said list of eurollment, give Written
notice thereof by posting the same within
hye public places within said township.
which notice shall also state that The Town.
ship Trustees will hear aad determine clans
for exemption from military duty, within
tweuty days next ensuing Each person
Claiming exemption, shall, before be is ex.
cused iron said military duty produce to
the Trustees of the Township the certif.
cate of a surgeon Of acknowledged skill,
stating clearly that such person is physi.
cally unable to perform military duty. aud
such other evidence in the case as the
Trustees may require, Said evidence to be
produced wnhiu twenty days after the post.
Ing up OF said written notice. And on salts.
factory evidence OF disability, the Trustees
shall give certificate of exemption, which
shall be valid SO long as the disability shall
continue, and no louger After organize.
lion, The commmandauts are to hear and
deiermne7claims for exempi ion. ID .i3laqsl
Section five requires Trustees to form
company districts, and FIX upon place for
the election TO be held on the first Satur.
OF July next, (4th,) the poll book to be
returned forthwith 10 the Sheriff of the
county, n s.,ro.i ya1 i1-tttg.I atf 80 ia
Section eight makes itthel duty of the
4 Sheriff, on OF before thetl0tli of July ne x,,
to organize the several companies within
ms county into regiments of not less d than
eight nor more than ten companies each,
and TO report to the Adjulant. @ General.
LIS also the dutyof the Sheriff to order
elections for field officers I'D haB ,aoitas
| Section eighteen allows each company or
battery to,adopt its own constitution and
bylaws, which shall be bindiug1 on all the
members, Il, a.a9i sil rga .li1l sluh1,1f
Sectiou9 nineteen requires commandants
of volunteers to make returns to the Ada.
tant General, on or before the first day of
November in eaeh.yes,. iac6 haa .aefs1. @
Section twenty Que fixes the term of five
| years for every commissioned aud non CON.
misSioned officer and soldier of any voluu.
teer company or battery, to be held to
duty. .iis,.og c.1 1s rro-,-, sid'T
lection twenty Weight proyid IS for mus
ter OF the militia OF The State by companies
within their respective bounds, on the Lost
Saturday Of, September ia each year and
each volunteer company and battery shall,
| besides such muster, have two or more
additional musters each year and also in
each year one squadron, battalion or regi3
mental muster on the next Tuesday follow.
in the last Saturday in September. That
at all musters, the officers aud .privates
shall appear, on their respective master
grounds on the day appoint cd cat 10 o'clock,
A. NJ, and each absentee, non-com, aission.
ed officer or private shall pay the sum of
one dollar and FIFTY cents, and each com,
missoned officer, for such refusal or neglect,
shall pay the sum of not less than three
dollars nor more than FIVE. to be collected
as other debts. Any member of the enroll.
ed militia, excepting volunteers and com.
msscned officers, may commute for oil fines
| for non.attendance at muster, TO which he
may be soubjected IN the course of the
year, by paying into the county, treasury,
| to the credit Of the military fluid, on or be.
fore the 10Th Of September the sum Of two
dollars. ...,...-,.... ,.,, 81, ~ B..
Each volunteer company, organized, uui
formed and equipped under the provisions
of this act. shall be entitled to receive
annually the sum Of two hundred dollars
as campany fund, for the care of arms,
rent Of armories, aud other incidental. ex.
Epenses Of said company. said sum 10 be-
paid out of the military fund of districts
where the company is located, No muster
of parade Of the militia shall be held on the
day during which general or special elec
tion shall be held. nor, within Eve days
previous to such election except 10 cases of
riot invasion or insurrection, or imminent
danger thereof. '- ..,....',, - Il.
Commissioned and non.commissiened OFF
GERS, and each and every member of any
company, to receive one dollar per day, or
one dollar per night, or two dollars for
each day and night together, when serving
under the order Of Sheriff Of the county,
or the order Of the Mayor, to suppress riots,