The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-07-17
~ .ACT

al Laws, relating 10 Militia, ana sections
six hundred and fifty-two TO seven hum
dred and seventy, both inclusive, of Arti-
Gle four, Code Of Public Local Laws, re-
lating to Militia in thecitY of Baltimofs,@
and to reenact the same with amendments,
and to enact the following in lieu thereof;
Sec. 1. BE 1t enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland, That the Act of eigh'
teen hundred and sixty-seyen, chapter three
hundred and thirty seven, entitled An Act
to repeal Article sixty three, Code of Public
General Laws relating TO Militia, and sec
tions six hundred and fifty-two to seven hum
dred and seventy, both inclusive of Article
four, Code of Public Local Laws, relating to
Militia in the city of Baltimore, and to re-
enact the same with amendments he and
the same is hereby repealed, and the follow.
ing sections to be arranged in the Code OF
Public General Laws, under an Article to be
entitled Military" be and the same are here
by enacted in lieu thereof. ais4al lia7 "
Sec l. The militia of this State shall con-
sist of all able-bodied white male citizens be-
tween the ages of eighteen and forty-tive
years, and not exempt by the laws of the Uni
ted States, except the Comptroller, the Treas,
denomination
Sec 2, The militia ofthis State shall be
divided into two classes; the first shall be
styled the Maryland National Guard, and
shall consist of volunteer organizations as
hereinafter provided, and in case of war, in
vasion, instruction or riots, or the reasona-
BILE apprehension of such, the first class shall
be first called into service, unless the Govern.
or as Commander in Chief shall otherwise d.
rect, and the first division of the National
Guard shall be formed within the city of Bal
timore; the second class shall be styled the
Reserves" and shall be called out either in
mhn opt no.
from the causes aforesaid shall be so immi-
nently endangered as to require, in the opin-
ion of the Commander in Chief, larger
force than the National Guard can immedi-
ately supply. s...te
Sec. 3. In case of war, rebellion, insurrec-
ton or threatened invasion of this or any
neighboring State, the Commander in Chief
is hereby authorized to order out for actual
service, either by calling for volunteers. by
draft or otherwise, as many of the militia rs
the EFFICIENCY ofthe case may in his Judgment
require, and in such case he is hereby vested
with the full power and authority to fill up
the National Guard, by draft, and to make
needful rules and regulations therefor, which
rules and regulations shall have the force of
law
Sec. 4. Every person Sable to militia duty
in this State is hereby required either to join
the National Guard as q volunteer or pay to
the State the sum of two dollars each year,
the said sum to be collected asfnes and pen
alties are collected, under the tortieth Article
of the Code of Public General Laws, and
the payment of which sum shall exempt him
from militia duty for one year from the date
of such payment, subject however, To a call
of the Reserves, rendered necessary as afore-
said, and subject also to his liability to draft
as aforesaid, to fill the ranks of the National
Guard ,-r-. 1870.
Sec 5. Every commissioned and non-com-
missioned officer and soldier Of the National
Guard shall be held to service therein for the
term of three years, unless he shall sooner ar
rive at the age of forty-fiyc years, on be disa-
bled or dishqgel-; and thereafter he shall
be entitled jtAh Certificate Of sucli service
from the Adjdlant General, and heexempted
from further military duty in time OF
peace. ugh
Sec. 6. The Commander In Chief shall be
empo wered to appoint such D rsons IN each
military district as are in his Judgment re-
quired to act as enrolling officers Of their re-
spective districts, who shall, when directed
by the Commander in Chief and under such
rules and regulations MS he may prescribe,
proceed to enroll the persons liable To milf
tary duty either as members OF the National
Guard, or as members OF the Reserves of this
State, and who shall receive an amount not
exceeding ten per cent. on collections made
by them in the city Of Baltimore Aand not
exceeding twenty-five per cent on collections
made by them in any of the counties of the
State from such persons asmay elect to join
the Reserves, and no other compensation,
and who shall give good and sufficient bond
to the Adjutant General for the faithful per-
Torrance of their duty, TO be approved by the
Commander in Chief
Sec. a. Every person called upon 10 he en-
rolled who shall refuse TO declare his true
name and age, or the name and age of any
person or inhabitant of his house, with whom
he is acquainted, to the best of his knowledge
shall for each offence, forfeit or pay the sum
of ten dollars, to be recovered by order and
upon certificate of the enrolling officer. as
fines are collected under the fortieth Article
Of the Code of Public General Laws.
Sec. 8. The amount collected from the Re-
serves, and fines collected under any section
Of this Article, shall be paid over TO Tie Adj
jutant General and by hin.to the Treasurer
OF the State, who shall keep a separate ac-
count of oil moneys which shall be collected
for the State military fund, showing all the
sources and districts FROM which it may be
derived, and whether paid as communication
or as fineor penalty ;and all fines and
penalties imposed by civil courts or Justices
Of the Peace for any violation of any portion
of this Act shall be deemed to be a portion
Of the military fund Of this State, aud shallbe
collected and accounted for as such.
Sec. 8. No person shall be excused from
militia duty on account ofcorporeal iIlfrmity
unless he shall obtain from tile surgeon of his
military district, if any,or if none, from such
respectable pllysiean-sfthe neighborhood or
county to which he belongs as the command
ing officer Of the district may. name, certi-
iicate of such inability, and The same be en-