Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-12-30
LAWS OF VERMONT, A. ID. 1872.
Designated By the Secretary of State for
publication IN the newspapers.
An Act for recognizing the militia

publication IN the newspapers.
An Act for recognizing the militia.
His hereby enacted By tie General as
Sembly Of the state Of Vermont:
SEC. l. Each and every able-bodied
male citizen of this state. between the
ages of eighteen and forty-fve years, ex-
cept as hereinafter provided, shall be liza
BILE to perform military duty and shall
be enrolled in the militia of this state
1t shall be the duty of the listers or as
SCISSORS of each town and city within this
state, to make such enrolment at such
time and times, and in such manner, and
In accordance with such rules and regu-
lations as the Communicating may
prescribe. And if such listers or as
SCISSORS shall neglect or refuse to perform
the duties required of them by this, sec
ton, the commander-in-chi shall forth
with cause the same to be performed by
such person as he shall appoint, at the
expense of said town or city; and such
listers or assessors, for such refusal or
neglect, shall forfeit and pay the sum of
one hundred dollars, to be recovered by
action of debt in the name of the Adju-
tant and Inspector General, which action
it is made his duty to institute.
SEC. 2. The Vice President of the
United States, the members of both
Houses of Congress, all postmasters, all
sworn mail carriers actually engaged in
the conveyance of the United States
mail, all telegraph operators while actu-
ally engaged as such, all engineers of To-
comotives on railroads while actually
engaged as such, all engineers and pilots
of steamboats, while actually engaged as
such, which carry the United States
mail, and all persons exempt from mill
tary duty by the laws of the United
States on account of service, shall be ex-
empt from the performance of military
duty.
SEC. 3. All tavern keepers, keepers cf
boarding houses, persons having board
ers in their families, and any master or
mistress of any dwelling house, shall,
upon the application of any person au-
thorized to make such enrolment give
information of the names of all persons
residing or lodging in such house liable
to be enrolled, as the person making such
enrolment may demand and if any per-
son, of whom information is so required,
shall refuse to give such information as
he may possess. or shall knowingly give
false information, he shall forfeit the
sum of ten dollars for each item of in.
formation so withheld or falsely stated
and every person who shall refuse to give
his own name and proper information
when applied to by any person author
lied to make such enrolment, or shall
give false name or information, shall
forfeit like sum; such penalties to b.
recovered In any court of competent
jurisdiction, by suit in the name of thu
town in which the penalty was incurred
for the benefit of such town and it shall
be the duty of the person making sucl
enrolment to institute suits against al
persons who may incur any penalty I'm
der this section.
hIES' HO
hereby authorized and directed to organ
lie IN this state one regiment of volun
teer infantry consisting of twelve com
panies, to consist of fifty-one officers AM
men, to be organized armed, drilled AM
disciplined under such regulations as h
may prescribe.
SEC. 5. Said regiment shall be com
posed of twelve companies selected b
the commander-in- chief from the presen
organized militia of the state, and eac
company so selected shall maintain ii
present company organization.
SEC. 6. The forces so organized shal
be differed as similar organizations {
the same arm of service are officered ur
der the laws of the United States, an
the officers shall be elected or appointe
and be commissioned agreeably to tn
constitution of this state, subject to sue
rules and regulations as the commando
in chief shall prescribe.
Sec. 7. There shall be brigade con
mander with the rank of brigadier-gel
eral, an adjutant and inspector gener;
with the rank of brigadier general,
quartermaster general with the rank
brigadier general. and judge -advoca
general with the rank of brigadier gel
eral, who shall each be elected biennia
ly by the General Assembly. The
shall be also surgeon general with Il
rank of brigadier general, and four aid
de-camp to the commander in-chief, al
he may also appoint such additional aid
camp, with same rank, as he shall
any time deem necessary.
SEC. s. The right to exemption fro
military service for physical disabili
and other causes shall be determined
such officers, and in such manner, al
under such rules and regulations as t
cOmmander-in-chief shall prescribe.
SEC. 8. The adjutant and inspect
general shall issue, sign and transmit {
orders of the commmander-in-chi a.
all regulations which may be establishe
and obey all orders from him relative
carrying into execution the laws of t
United States and this State. He sh
be charged with all the correspondence
tween the commander and O
GERS of the several states and territori
the secretary of war, the adjutant-gen
al of the army, and other persons in of
ial stations, on the subject of militia
affairs, and keep record of such corr
pondence. He shall keep record of
orders and regulations, and cause
same to be published whenever the co
mander-in-chief shall direct. He sh
keep roster of all the militia of t
State, with their residence, rank a
the corps to which they belong, the nu
Der and date of commissions of all co
missioned officers, and the time wi
issued, the number and date of all q
charges, removals, deaths and pror
tiOns. He shall enter of record the NJ
Der, name and limits of each regim
and company and every alteration the
of He cba11 pooIa oDJ ;ec,,o