Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1903-05-01

Who have attained a prescribed standard
in craftsmanship and who nay be Sc
regulations. At the conclusion of said
practice. and from the participants who
have developed unusual proficiency there,
in, rifle and gun teams may be formed
who, with the approval of the adjutant
general. may enter official competitions
with similar teams in or from 4ther
states under such rules and regulations
as the adjutant general may, prescrioe
or assent to. Provided. that. in ADDITION
to subsistence, the pay Of officers ana en- ~
competition shall be at the rate pre-
scribed for actual service; and frovldeo'
further. that the total cost of said spc-
ence OF the participants. and such med
ais and prizes as may be ofterea' o Nd
Gether with all the necessary help ana
other accessories, shall not exceed tho
sum Of three thousand dollars annually;
aS sse. tw $; That d isftio Of e said M sHnfaeS
c aod 1 be and the Same is hereby amend
ed by adding thereto the following:
provided, that there shall be allowed
annually two officers IN actual Hnans cor1 IN tha
administration of the affairs OF their
respective commands, the following
amounts:
ITO the brigadier commander. one hun
bred dollars; to the commanding officer
Of each regiment of infantry. two nun
bred and fifty dollars; to the ~ co anrns o.
artillery, one hundred and fifty dollars:
and to the commanding officer, of each
company or battery, one hundred dol
ers approved by the adjutant general
Sec. 6. That article seven % Of part
three 60 composed Of sections one hun
and twenty-seven d20. one hundred and
twen5y-ni1e d GSS}' S Sns h"ndrsd a and
thirty mso}, one hun ndn lb and thirty G321a
and one hundred and thirty-three .Q33),
Of chapter one hundred and eighteen
q1s). General Laws of 1897, known as
hereby repealed. Provided, however, that
section 8, Of chapter 1917. General Laws
of 1895: shall not be affected thereby,
90, three 90, four Hl, five 90, and six
60 of chapter tifty-four (54), General
suitable armories for the companies OF
the National Guard" approved April 20;
1891. shall hereafter be designated and
known as sections 1926. 49,, 129, 40, 132
and 1873. respectively. Of article I, part 3.
Of the Military Code.
Sec. $. That the second paragraph
Of section one hundred and ten dlol OF
said Military Code, as amended by section
one % of chapter thirty-three C33?, Gen
eral Laws of 1902. commencing with the
words For the purpose, Of providing,,,
and ending with the words use of such
armory by the national guard shall
hereafter be designated and known as
SECTION 12s of article :, part 3. of the
and thirty-one 13D. of said Military
Code. repealed as aforesaid, be and the
same is hereby superseded by the follow
ing provision:
Section 131. Armory Boards.-In cities
where one or more companies or bat
teries Of distinct regiments or arms OF the
service are located, the command and
management Of the arnory, and the ap-
pointment Of the necessary help, en-
ployed therein. will devolve upon a board
composed Of the senior field or line officer
and battalion or corps of artillery hay
ing a company or battery stationed In
such city. The board will act through
a member Of such board, when sub
mitted In writing, though not seconded,
minutes together with the action of the
board thereon. In case Of a tie vote, and
at the request Of any member of the
the brigade commander, who may there
upon cast the deciding vote and return
the papers to the board with his action
endorsed thereon. subject to an appeal
to the adjutant general"
Sec. 10. That section one hundred
and seventeen d1D Of said Military Code
be and the sans is hereby amended by
provided, further. that all enlisted
men. while in any service under orders
Of the commander-in-chief shall be en-.
pay as prescribed in this act. in ad-
dition thereto. for each period Of five
Years s. honorable service in the National
and Sic for IT.! III d4p se Of said MI Code
be and the same is hereby amended by
appropriations for the National Guard
made. by the several acts herein men
to or subsequent to this act. shall not
lapse with the end of any fiscal year.,
nor be Cancelled or turned over into any
appropriation and be available for the
purpose Of carrying out the provisions OF
the Military Code. and the amendments
thereto, until expended d;ln as therein ef n PRO- 4be
legislature; n
Provided, further. tina all disburse-
ments from any military fund, or from
ment of the National Guard, shall be
by the %adiutant general, and shall be
tor on the state treasurer in the manner
prescribed by section 115 of the Mill
tary Code"
Sec. -. That section one hundred
and six QO6) Of said Military Code be and
the same is hereby amended by adding
thereto the following:
The adlptant general shall nave
military reservations, and shall properly
care for and keep in good repair all state
buildings erected thereon, together with
thereon or laid by the state on any street
or highway leading to Or connecting
with said %n grounds; az and db all sf ether r. military MinnS,
sofa in or about. or used In connection
with said camp grounds, and ne may
make such further improvements thereon Snn
quire. Provided, that the total annual
cost Of the care, maintenance, extension
a and h management men a Of said f5eranns sh hnd
not exceed the sum of two thousand
Ave undred dollars"
Sec. 49,. That section .116 of said
Military Code, as amended, be and the
same is hereby further amended by add
ing thereto the following:
"Provided. that where said batteries of
composed Of more than two mounte
sections, there shall be paid to the COM
manding officers thereof, respectively,
fifty dollars, and to the commanding
officer of the battalion or corps the sum
Of one hundred dollars, for horse hire, at
vided.'
Sec. IA. Tha the additional sum Of
fifteen thousand dollars be and the same
moneys in the state treasury not other.
wise appropriated. for the current fiscal
year and annually thereafter. for the
purpose Of carrying out the provisions Of
the Military Code and the several amend
ments thereto. including the care, main
t%enance, Improvement and extension of
the state camp grounds and the buildings
thereon, the rifle and gun practice and
competition herein provided, the mainte-
nance and the camp expenses of the Ma
tional Guard, and the other provisions of
this act.
Sec. 10. This act shall take effect
II be in force from and after its pas
sage.
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