The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-06-16

ana " snail De lhe uuty OF the AdJutant
General to take the necessary legal proceed.
iugs in the name of the State, as provided
in the proceeding sections of this Article,
unless the said property is properly account
ed for by said commanding officer, us pro
yided in section fourteen.
10. The Commander.in Chief may from
time, and Mt any time, appoint military
board of not less than three. nor more than
FIVE officers, whose duty il shall be to exam.
ineinto ths capacity, qualification, proprie-
ty of conduct aud efficiency of any commits
stoned officer who may be reported as n fit
subject for examination and upon the re-
port Of such board, IL adverse to such off.
Ger, and approved by the Commander in.
Chief the commission Of said officer may be
revoked provided always, that if practca
BILE two members at least of such board,
shall have military rank at least equal to
that of the officer examined the Comman.
der in Chief may, also, when in his opinion
it is necessary, call boards Of officers for
settling military questions and for other
purposes Of good order or discipline.
20. The Militia when cam,.cd into active
service shall be allowed the same pay and
rations as the regular troops of the United
States Army aud the raiions when com.
mitted shall be fixed by the army regula
tons in force at the time.
u. The Commander. in, Chief may au.
thoriZe the commanding officers of such
regiments, batteries, battaions, squadrOns,
or companies OF the volunteer Militia, duly
organized and uniformed, us he shall think
fit, TO rent suitable and convenient places
for armories and places Of drill and deposit
and safe keeping Of arms, equipments aud
other property, furnished by the State mill.
tary purposes to said regiments, batteries,
battalions, s1uadrons or companies; provi-
ded the rent to be paid per annum shall
not exceed the following sums, viz for
each regiment the sum OF four hundred dol
lars, for each battery of four pieces of ar.
tiery, the sum of four hundred dollars for
each battalion the sum of two hundred dol
lars for each squadron the sum of one
hundred and fifty dollars and for each in.
independent company the sum of one hun.
dred dollars provided, that no rent shall
be paid for any regiment having less mum.
ber of rank aud file than three hundred, for
any battalion having less number than one
hundred and fifty, for any company having
a less number that forty, or for any squad.
ron having n less number than eighty, Of
RANK and file, uniformed and fit foractiye duty;
and provided, that said payments shall be
chargeabe only to the appropriations made
by law for military proposes, and the nc
counts shall be audited and settled at the
treasury, as is now provided for contracts
aud expenditures for military purposes.
%. All certificates of membership of any
legally organized volunteer company of the
Militia shall be signed by the commanding
officer thereof, which certificates shall be is.
sued gu or before the first day of April in
each year, TO such persons as may then
compose the uniformed and active members
of said company every such company may
receive and have as many honorary members
as it has active aud uniformed members,
and no more, on payment, in advance, by
each person desiring TO become such hona.
rary member of not less than ten dollars
per annum, which said money shall be re.
ceived by the commanding officer of the
company and be by him applied to the pay.
ment of armory rent, or the purchase of
uniforms for the rank and file Of the active
numbers Of his company, or to such pur
poses as may be authorized by the by laws
of said company, and the commanding Off
Ger of every company, shall on or before
the first day Of June aud December of every
year, render to the Adjutant General an &C.
count of the money so received and expend.
ber shall be entitled to receive certificate
of honorary membership of the company,
to be signed as aforesaid, and bearing date
at the time of its issue; which certificates
of membership, whether Of uniformed and
active members or of honorary members,
shall exempt the person therein named from
jury duty, for the period of one year, from
the date Of his certificate: provided he files
his said certificate with the Clerk of the
Court beic7e the drawing of the jury.
%. Every commissioned officer, non
commissioned officer and private, before he
enters upon his duties, or exercises any
command, shall take and subscribe in such
manner, and before such person as the
Commander in Chief may direct, the fol.
lowing oaths or aiiirmations, viz: |, A. b.,
do solemnly swear Tor AFFIRM that | will
bear true allegiance to the State of Mary.
land, and will support the Constitution
thereof, so help me God. /, A. b., do
solemnly swear Tor Affirm that will faith
fully and impartially discharge and perform
all the duties incumbent upon me, accord.
ing to the best of my abilities and under.
standing a 'reeably to the Constitution and
Laws of the State Of Maryland, so help me
God. |, A. b.. do somemnly swear Tor
affirm, that | will support the Constitution
OF the United States and the laws made in
pursuance thereof, so help me God
"a, The officer before whom the oath or
affirmation was made, shall furnish to the
party making it certificate Of the following
form, viz. This is to certify that A. B., !,
commissioned as within, on this--day
of--A. D.. personally appeared and
made the oaths Tor afirmations) as required
by the laws Of the State Of Maryland, aud of
the United States, to qualify him to dis
charge the duties of his office, before me.
20. Whenever the Board of Police Com.
missioners for the City of Baltimore, or the
sheriff OF any county, shall call out any por-
ton Of the Militia to aid in preventing
threatened disorder or opposition TO the
laws, or in suppressing riot or disorder on
election days, or at any other times, as pro.
vided in section eight hundred and thirteen
of Article four, Code of Public Local Laws,
as amended by Act Of Assembly of eighteen
hundred and sixty. y.seven, chapter three hun.
dred and sixty-seven, said military force
shall be deemed to be on detached service,
while under the orders of said board or
sheriff, and the commanding officer thereof
shall not be subject to the orders Of any
superior officer whatsoever except the
Commander-in-C Chief
26. Az arms and equipments not issued
to the Militia, and now on hand, shall be
stored in the State Armories at Annapolis
and Easton and the Commander-in-C Chief
is hereby authorized to have said armories
put in proper condition for the safe keeping
aud storage of said arms and equipments,
provided the cost thereof does not exceed
the SUN of one thousand dollars; and the
accounts thereof shall be audited and set.
tied at the treasury, as is provided for con.
tracts and expenditures for military purpo.
ses, in section thirteen of this Act.