The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-08-28
LAWS OF FLORIDA
CONTINUED FRO PAGE EIGHT.
- ~ L. LeRislatnre.

aAHO DE L4le l4eglStdllre-
Sec. IS. The commanding officer at
every station Of the troops may when
authorized by the Adjutsnt- General.
rent an armory for the use Of the troops
az his station; and if there be two or
more organizations in the same city or
town, they shall be quartered in the
same aTmOrv. each armorv must con-
tain an assembly room OF suitable pro-
portions. individual lockers for all men
10 Toe QUartered therein. and sufficient
secure storing room to accommodate all
public property issued for the use Of
the troops Of that station. No armory
shall be rented or accepted for use by
any commanding officer until a plan or
description Of the building showing di-
mansions and appointments shall have
been submitted 20 and approved by the
Acknowledgement.
Sec. 50. The Adiutant-General shall
have control OF ali srmoTies and shall
prescribe the regulations governing the
same. All State and United States prop
erty must be kept therein. and the COM
manoerS Of troops using the armOries
VIII he held responsible Tor the safe
keeping and proper care Of such prop
erty and its protection against misap-
preparation or loss. Armories, while oc-
cupied by troops, shall be considered
military posts and be under exclusive
control and jurisdiction of the officer
commanding the post.
Sec. 50. The Commander in Chief
may from time TO time require inSpec-
lions 10 be made by the Inspector Cen
erSl or other officer or officers Of the
Florida state Troops. or by any officer
or officers of the United States Army
who may he detailed by the Secretary Of
War. And II from the report of any
such inspection il shall appear that
any public property already distributed.
or which may hereafter be distributed
10 any company. has not been safely
kept. or properly housed. or that It has
been injured or loaned, or used for 9TH
or than military purposes he shall cause
the Judge Advocate General. or other
proper officer, to prosecute the bond
given by the responsible officer, and
may. in his discretion. disband the or
Ea'-.E3tion.
50. 81. Any officer or enlisted man
on military duty who shall disobey the
orders of his superior, or misbehave
or demean himself in a manner not be-
coming an officer or soldier, shall be
Immediately placed under arrest and
# an enlisted man, shall be disarmed
and placed under guard. and shall ba
tried and punished by a military court
martial according to law and military
usage.
Sec. 60. If any person shall inter-
"a
or behavior. any officer or enlisted man
while in the performance Of his military
duty. he shall be Immediately put IN
der guard and kept at the discretion
Of the commanding officer of Che forces
engaged in such military duty until the
setting Of the sun on the day on which
the offense shall have been committed.
and may then be turned over to the
proper civil authorities and shall bs
subject to punishment by any court Of
competent jurisdiction for a breach OF
the peace.
Sec. So. ANY member OF the Florida
State Troops who. while in active ser
vice. under Section IS Of this Act, Is
wounded or disabled. shall be taken
care Of and provided for At the expense
Of the county in which the riot unlaw-
full assembly or breach Of the peace oc-
CURED. during such disability; and in
case Of death or permanent disability
in consequence of such wounds. he. or
his widow and children, n any or his
dependent mother, shall receive Il pen
sion. the amount ard manner Of pay
ment 20 be the same as is now or may
hereafter be fixed by law for soldiers
who served in the Confederate States
Army.
Sec. 81. The Adjutant- General shall
receive a salary OF two thousand dol
lars a year. ard al orders and instruc-
tons emanating from the Commander
in-Chief and all general regulations.
shall be communicated TO the troops
and to the individuals in the military
service through him, and he shall be
the organ Of all written communiCati tons
from the Florida State Troops to the
Chief. He shall attend
the Commander in Chief when required
In reviews Of the Florida State Troops,
or whenever ordered in the perform
ance of military duty, and shall obey
and issue such orders in relation there
70 and TO all other military matters. as
the Commander-iu-C Chief may give He
shall be the custodian OF all military
stores and property and munitions Of
war not issued to the troops: shall use
ell necessary care and diligence in the
safe keeping thereof and shall turn over
the same 70 his successors or other au-
thorized person. He shall keep in his
office an accurate account Of all
State and United States proper
" in possession OF the militia.
and shall make up the return of
the United States property issued TO
the state. He shall cause TO he pre-
pared and issue TO the different organ
izationS of the organized militia all
necessary books and blanks for reports.
records. returns. and general admins
tratiOn, and shall. ST the expense Of the
State. cause the military laws military
code and regulations. 20 be printed
bound in proper form, and distributed,
one copy to each commissioned officer.
and 10 each Sheriff and County Clerk.
10 be turned over by them to
their successors In office. and
shall procure and Supplv all
necessary text books of drill and in
struction. He shall prepare. attest and
distribute all military commissions is
sued by the Governor. and shall keep a
record Of the same. and of all changes
occurring in the commissioned force.
. He shall enroll the names of all en-
listed soldiers and shall keep and file
I'm his Office al euliStmeuts and descrip-
tive lists. discharges Official bonds, the
reports and returns of troops and heads
OF military departments. and all other
writings and papers which are required
10 be transmitted to and preserved at
the general headquarters of the State
militia
Sec. G.. The Adiutant- General shall
make returns to the Secretary of War,
AT such times and in such forms as the
latter shall from time 10 time prescribe.
81 the strength Of the organized mill
tia. and shall also make such reports as
may from time 10 time be required hv
the Secretary Of War. He shall annually
on or before the second Monday in
March. make and submit 70 the Com
mountaineering To he laid before the
Legislature. a detailed reDOrt Of the work
or his department. containing a state