The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-04-01

crasni.at lion eopipinent and discipline Of the
IE military forces of the Stste, approved Sep
leu tefnber 29 1862. 7isf nSssl5ts L3ssi-siA3
b 4 saactsd By tas Legislators Of tie State Of
.srcT 'e /. That the act to provide for the
\ organization equipment and discipline of the
| military forces Of the State, approved Septem-
Der % 1862, be and the same Is amended as
| follows, to wit; iesn 81 sfis aaI .s.-
- To the third division OF section !, title i add
mot exceeding my IN any one company any, Al
stoned officers In the militia in this State for at
| least the term of four years, and have been
hononbly discharged. q.sE
SEC. q. Amend section two (2), title one
q by repeating the following prov provision 81 in
from the military rolls I'M the Office OF the
/ county Auditors in the several counties from
year to year." E9s-aasseh -
SEC s. Section of title 8 is hereby repeal
ed, and the following section is enacted instead
Ito wit: 4al1 aL1biat) 5iaotA - Eals9 3
Isg2 Section 2. Any person who claims that he is
not liable 10 military duty on account of some
physical defect or bodily infirmity, shall go be-
| fore the regimental surgeon of the proper reg
irnent and be examined touching his defects
or infirmity, and If said surgeon shall find the
applicant not liable to military duty on account
Of such defect or infirmity, be shall give him a
certificate of such fact setting forth specifically
| the defect or infrmity, which certificate the
| applicant shall present to the commandant OF
| the proper company. on or before the first Sat-
| 'urday of June II, each year, who shall make
the proper endorsement on the muster roll of
ga ANY person who claims that he is exempt
from military duty by virtue of section one, of
title one, of the act to which this is an amend
ment, shall apply to the commandant of the
proper company before the first Sunday of
l June in each year, setting forth the grounds
| upon which he claims exemption, who shall,
4 fine finds the applicant entitled to exemption,
/ make the proper endorsement on the muster
roll of his company. SAG g'li.a
/ The exemption herein provided for shall be
| only for one year. ssai iii 49, H9-
SEC. 4. Sections z, 8, 8, 10, II, IL and 13,
| title 2, are hereby repealed and the following
amendment is enacted in lieu thereof. All va
capcies of commissioned officers occurring in
any company shall be filled at the first com.
pany muster held after the vacancy occurs, by
/ election as provided In section of title 2 of
| said act The commandant of the company
| shall forthwith notify the commandant OF the
regiment or battalion of the result of said elec
| ton. and the commandment of the regiment OF
battalion shall notify the commando chief,
| through the Adjutant General, who win give
| proper publicity to the fact. o Ed
SEC. 3. Section of title 8 is hereby repeal
ed, and the following section is enacted instead,
to wit: 6
Section 8. If any commandant shall refuse
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ed of him by this act, or If any military officer
shall wilfully neglect or refuse to perform such
| duties as are hereby required. he or they SHALL
| upon the finding of the proper Court Martial,
| be find in any sum not less than fifty dollars
4 nor more than one hundred dollars, in the dis.
erection of the Court Martial before whom he
may be tried, to be collected as hereinafter
provided.
SEC. s. Section three of title four is amend
| ed by adding the following thereto to wit:
| y All members of volunteer or unif rrn co m
1 panies shall be required to serve as members
! Of such companies, at least ten years, unless
| sooner discharged.
SEC. 6. Section IA of title 4, is amended by
adding the following, to wit:
Each c0mmandant of regiment shall ap-
point one Surgeon with the rank of Major,
| which appointment shall be reported to the
| Governor for commission.
SEC. z. Section of title 5, is hereby amend
ed by adding the following thereto to wit:
| Every commading officer shall drill and dis
/ cipne his company, not less than five hours
on each of said days Said drill shall be held
| at some suitable place that shall best accom-
modate the company.
Section /. Title five shall be amended as fol-
| lows: nft al gso
There shall be but one company muster or
| parade of each company during the year, which
| shall be on the first Saturday of June.
+ SEC. 8. The regimental parade or drill, pro-
vided for IN section 2, of title 5, of the act to
which this is an amendment, shall be held be-
tween the 10th of September and the first of
October, on such days as the Brigade com.
mander shall appoint of which day the Brigade
commander shall notify the Regimental COM
mander, before the first Saturday in Septem-
Der in each year. r g tgq
| ESSEC g. In the month of October in each
year, the CommaEdant of each Regiment or
Battalion, shall convene Court Martial to
consist of one Field Officer, one Captain and
/ fun iautap of xrh Of11 chall ha .IudOa
| Advocate, Ito be designated by the Command
ant of the Regiment or Battalion to hear and
4 try all offences and delnquencies under this
act, and the act to which this is an amend
ment, which may have been committed during
| the year past.
1t shall be the duty of the Captains OF COM
/ mandants OF each OF the companies in the reg
/ iment or battalion, to make return to the
court martial. provided for in this section, a
cerdfied list OF all delinquents in his company,
| at each OF the company or battalion drills held
during the year, md said court martial when
duly convened shall hear and determine all of
| fences and dellnquencies under the act to
which this is an amendment and especially
those under section g. title 8, and if no good
and sufficient cause shall be shown for such de-
linauency, the court shall fine such delinouents
according to the provisions of section
| The commandant of each company shall. at
least five days before the time for the meeting
of the annual court martial, cause each delin-
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be returned as a delinquent to said court mar
tial. and the return of the commandments of
companies shall he deemed and taken as prima
facie evidence OF such delinquencies.
For all offences. other than deIinauencies.
specific charges shall be preferred in writing
against the offender; copy of which shall be
served on him at least ten days before the
time of trial For the trial of any offences.
other than delinqueDcies, the court martial
may adjourn from time to time or the com
Mandant of the regiment or battalion may con-
vene court martial at any other time to try
the same. The said court martial shall pro.
coed to enter up their fines imposed by them
for all deiinquencies and offences that may be
brought before them. according to their find
ing which finding duly certified to by the
president Of the court and attcsted by the
Judge advocate and approved by the com
niandant of the regiment or battalion shall bt
handed over 10 some Justice of the Peace In ths
district, TO be designated by the commandan
of the regiment or battalion,) who shall pro
coed to issue execution thereon against each
one fined as Aforesaid and return to him, fo
the amount Of such fine and costs to be col
l,sc ed by constable as other executions ar
collected and in default OF payment of sucl
EXECUTION the Justice shall commit the defen