Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-05-14

Liza w ~ - N1AN'AS9
PASSED BY THE
|GBNIRhL ASSEMBLY, on MARYLAND.
AT THE JANUARY SESSION, 1868
published BY AUTHORITY
CHAPTER 4lf's AN ACT
To repeal an Act entitled Gan Act to repeal
| Article sixty-three, Code Of Public General
Laws. relating to Militia, and sections SIX
hundred and fifty-two, to seven hundred ana
seventy, both inclusive, OF Article tour Code
| of Public Local Laws, relating to- Militia IN
| the city of Baltimore, - and to re-enact the
same with amendments, and to enact the 1ol-
| lowing in lieu thereof:
Sec. l. Be it enacted 5y the General Assembly
Of Maryland, That the act of eighteen hundred
and sixty-seven chapter three hundred ana tnir-
ty-seven, entitled IAN Act to repeal Arlcle
sixty-three. Code of Public General Laws, re-
lating to militia and sections six hundred and
| fifty-two. to seven hundred and seventy, both
inclusive. of Article four of the Code OF Public
Local Laws, relating to militia in the city OF
Baltimore and to re-enact the same with a.
| mendments, - be- and the same IS hereby re-
pealed, and the following sections to be arrang-
ed in the Code of Public General Laws, under
an article to be entitled military" be and the
same are hereby enacted in lieu thereof.
Sec /. The militia of this State shall consist
of all able-bodied white male citizens, between
the ages of eighteen and forty-five years. and
| not exempt by the laws of the United States,
except the Comptroller, the Treasurer, the Sec
4 retary- of State, Judges and Clerks of Courts OF
Record, Registers of Wills, Sherifs and Minis
tiers of any religious denomination.
Sec. 2. The militiaiQf this State shall be al,
vided into two classOY the first shall be styled
the Maryland National Guard and shall con-
sist of volunteer organizations as hereinafter
provided, and in case of war, invasion, insur-
rection or riots, or the reasonable apprehension
of SUCH the first class shall be first called into
service, unless the Governor as Commander-ln-
Chief shall otherwise direct, and the first dlyl-
sion of the National Guard shall be formed
| within the city of Baltimore; the second class
shall be styled the Reserves, and snail pe
called out, either in whole or in part, only when
the public safety from the causes aforesaid shall
be so imminently endangered as to require, in
| the opinion of the Commander-in-Chlef,a larg-
er force than the National Guard can lnmedf
Z ately supply.
Sec. 8. In case of war, rebellion, instruction
or threatened invasion of this or any nelghbor-
ing State, the Conlmander-in-chiefl is hereby
authorized to ofsser out for actual service, eth
er by calling for volunteers, by draft or other
wise, as many of the militia as the exigency may
in his Judgment require and in such case he il
hereby vested with the full power and authori
1 ty to fill up the Irrational Guard'' by draft
and to make needful rules and regulations there
for, which rules and regulations shall have thu
force of law. ,
Sec f. Every person liable to militia duty il
this State is hereby required either to join thu
sNational Guard as a volunteer or pay to thu
Al. no II
4 sum to be collected as fines and penalties ART
collected under the fortieth article of the Cod
of Public General Laws, and the payment O
which sum shall exempt him from militia duty
for one year from the date of such payment
subject, however, to call of the Reserves,
rendered necessary as aforesaid, andsubject al
so to his liability to draft aforesaid to fill tn
ranks of the 'sNational Guard nj
Sec. s. ,ESau and non-com
! ss.s = an in sooner sS5Ss q
1 bled or discharged; and thereafter he shall b.
entitled to a certificate of such service from tn
II Adjutant General, and be exempted from fur
ther military duty in time of peace.
Sec. 6. The Commander-in-chiefs shall be EN-
powered to.appoint such persons in each mill
tary district as are in his Judgment required tt
act as enrolling officers of their respective dis
tricts, who shall, when directed by the Com
mander-in-C Chief, and under such rules and re
gulations as he may prescribe, proceed to enrol
the persons liable to military duty either az
members of the National Guard or as mem
bers of the Preserves, y of this State, and who
shall receive an amount not exceeding ten pei
cent on collections made by them in the city O.
Baltimore, and not exceeding twenty-five pei
cent. on collections made by them in any of the
counties of the State from such persons as may
elect to join the Reserves" and no other com.
\ pensation, and who shall give a good and sufic
ent bond to the Adjutant General for the faithful
performance of their duty, to be approved by
/ the Commander-in-Chief.
Sec. Z. Every person called upon to be en-.
rolled who shall refuse to declare his true name
and age, or the name and age of any person OF
tinhabitant of his house, with whom he is &C
4 quainted, to the best of his knowledge, shall
for each offense, forfeit or pay the sum of ten
dollars, to be recovered by order and upon.cer-
tifcate of the enrolling officer, as fines are col
lected under the fortieth article of the Code o.
Public General Laws. q 3 .a
+ Sec. 8. The amount collected from the Re
serves, and fines collected under any section Of
this article, shall be paid over to the Adjutant
General, and by him to the Treasurer of the
State, who shall keep separate account of all
moneys which shall be collected for the State
military fund, showing all the sources and dis
tricts from which it maybe derived, and wheth.
er paid as Communication or as fine or penal
ty; 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 and
shall be collected and accounted for as such.
j Sec. 8. No person shall. be excused from mil
tia duty on account of corporeal infrmity un-
Hess he shall obtain from the surgeon of his mil
itary district, if any, or if none, from such re-
spectacle. physician of the neighborhood OF
county to which he belongs as the command
ing officer of the district may name, certificate
of such inability, and the same be endorsed by
said commanding officer 'f-a ..!
/, Sec. 10. The Adjutant General of the State,
shall, under rules and regulations to be pre-
scribed by the Governor as Commander-in-
Chief, divide this State into military districts,
and enroll and organize the militia of this State
into companies, batteries, squadrons, batta-
lions, regiments, brigades and divisions, and
by general and special orders to be approved
by the ommander-in-Chief make such rules
and regulations for their control, discipline, ar
mament and equipment as may be constitutional
and necessary, which rules and regulations
shall, SO far as practicable, conform to the laws
and regulations governing the organizing of
the United States volunteer forces, their disci-
pline,. equipment, armament and officers, and
which rules and regulations shall have the fore
! of law. - ''-
/ Sec. IL. Volunteer companies, the members
of which reside in different military districts,
will, with the approval of the COMMANDMENT
Chief be recognized as forming part of said