The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-06-23


and any non-commissioned officer or
private who shall wilfully or wantonly
injure or destroy any property, be-
longing to the state, or to the regi.
ment, battalion or company, and re-
fuse to make good such injury, or loss,
who shall sell, dispose of. secrete, or
remove the same, or who shall fail
within six days after being notified to
return the same to the state or his
commanding officer, shall be tried by
court martial and sentenced TO pay
fine of not more, than fifty dollars or
undergo imprisonment in the county
Jail Of not more, than sixty days, and
all clothing, camp and garrison equip
age, ordinance, ordinance stores and
quartermaster stores issued by the
state or fabricated from material issued
by the state, and charged against the
company allowance or for which COM
mutation has been paid shall be the
property Of the state of Pennsylva-
nia.n
IF any person shall knowingly or
willingly purchase or receive i'm pawn
or pledge any arm, accoutrement arti-
Gle of military clothing or equipment,
tent or fly or any quarter,naster or
ordinance stores, the property of the
state of Pennsylvania, he shall be
guilty of misdemeanor and being con-
victed thereof in any court of quarter
sessions of the proper counties shall
he sentenced to an imprisonment not
exceeding one year aud fine not ex-
| ceeding three hundred dollars.
The publication according to mill
tary usage of the written or printed
orders from or through regiment or
battalion headquarters by the COM
pany commander or prescribed by the
by laws announcing the duty to be
performed, shall be sufficient warning
to the officer or sCldier directed to per-
form such duty.
That military duty shall require the
attendance of commissioned officers,
, non-commssioned officers, musicians
and privates on all occasions of drills,
parades, encampments and active SER
vice ordered by the commanding Off
GERS of the company, regiment, battal-
ion, brigade, division or the comman-
der-in-chief, or provided for by the
company bylaws, unless excused
therefrom by the officers having au-
thority to grant sach excuses, and that
while OH such duty, or going to and
returning from the same, obedience
shall be rendered to all rules, regula-
tions, usages, customs and require
ments of the army of the United
States and of the code and regulations
of the state of Pennsylvania.
That all iues anl penalties I'M
posed and collected through the sem
into the treasury of the common
wealth.
That the keepers and wardens Of all
county jais are required to receive
and contine all military offenders
when delivered under the proper cer-
tificate of commitment of general or
regimenial courts martial or q field
officers court.
That no bill or allowance authorized
by the provisions of this act or the act
to which this is supplement shall ne
approved by the military board and
paid by the state treasurer, unless the
said bill or allowance is itemized aud
its correctness duly sworn 10 or af-
| firmcd before an officer authorized by
law to administer oath5 and affirma-
tions; provided, that the appropria-
| ton for the annual current expenses
| of the National Guard under the pro-
visions of this act and all previous
acts of Assembly shall not exceed the
sum of two hundred and twenty
thousand (22O, ,0O0. .OO) dollars.
That section seven of the act ap-
proved May IA, 1874, providing for the
appointment of regimental paymaster
and commissaries and the same is
hereby repealed and the Adjutant
| General is directed to Immediately
discharge such officers from the SER
vice. 3e''
That all acts or parts of acts incon-
sistent with this supplement are
hereby repealed. Approved the Sth
day of June, 1881.
HENRY NJ. HoYT.