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of life ahall, in any case, be inflicted
except In time Of actual war. Invasion
only after approval by the governor
ets baeh tPan h
guardhouse shall be executed in jails
or prisons designated by the governor
dersd into the active service Of the
not bs liable. civi IES' or crininally, Tor
any act or acts done by them while on
duty and in the proper discharge of
| vided in this act; and no person be-
| longing to the militia ir active service
of the state shall be arrested on any
ing. at. or returning from any place at
winch ne may be required to attend
for miiitary dnties Any portion Of
in : any n, street or higSwas through
a ns e a Gnfea states %s a tns
| the progress and operation Of fire on-
zines and Are departments shall not
Guard of this State shall lie be N exempt
while he is such member of the Ma
| poH tax and from service on any jury,
and from all poll tax after he shall
| have secured three .enllstments and re-
| service.
8 IS. The Adjutant Generall. The
the ay sha ae in o. tSa
state, and subordinate only to the gov
ernor in matters pertaining to said de-
psfamsnt He WI Wil 2peirferm such duties
the, other chiefs of staff departments
under the regulations and customs Of
erintend the preparation of ali returns
and reports required by the United
States stats =, from on the state. and win per
in this military code.
officers a Of the militia Of the state, and
pers required to be kept and filed
therein, and make a report on or be-
fore the thirty first day of December
| ing a detailed statement of ali the ex-
| penditures for military purposes dur
| ing that year.
relics of the. state except when in law
| ful use, shall be under the control of
| the adjutant general. and it shall be
| OF the same.
Il, He shall, at the expense of the state,
he the Of militia the stas
/ and the articles of war of the United
States States =, to be printed. indexed. and
| bound In proper compact form, and dis
tributed to the commissioned officers.
| sheriffs, county auditors and county
| treasurerS of this state, at the rate of
! one copy to each; and to each COM
missioned officer and headquarters he
| shall issue one copy of the necessary
text books and of such annual reports
| may direct
,sl He shall ~, cause to be prepared and
forms. and notices required to carry
into full effect the provisions of this
act. All such books and blanks shall
be and remain the property of the
The seal now used in. the office Of
the adjutant general of this state
shall be delivered r by him 1 to i his s ano
cesser.
The adjutant, general may have such
department and the other various de-
partments of which he Is the head.
and as many laborers as may be. re
the approval OF the governor. The as
sistants in the various departments
under the adjutant general shall be
governor upon the recommendation OF
titled to all the rights and privileges
Guard in this act The clerks and en-
pleyes shall be appointed and the lab
The general staff officers appointed by
| the governor as herein provided, si,a II
h hold such rank not above that Of col
ton and duties and as recommended
by. the atiiutaut i5=s.=z 81. zsz.5.
IN eras nat At ne bsn Mat9n GuaGa
provided by congress it shall be. the
duty of the. adjutant general of the
state to submit plan of proposed
fold or camp service OF Instructions
for the. ensuing year with an estimate
Of funds required for payment, sub
"a an tb Of the
pating therein; said estimate to furn-
| ish the details and to be made out in
the form required by. the instructions
| from the secretary of war.
He shall make such regulations per-
tanning to the preparation of reports
and returns and to the care and pres
poses. whether belonging to the state
or to the United States, as in his opin-
lations to be operative and in force
when promulgated in the form Of gem
eral orders. circulars, or letters of in
The adtutant general shall also be
quartermaster general
As quartermaster general he may
members of the National Guard, to
such an amount as, he shall deem suf-
ditioned for the faithful performance
of oroi their =, duty such bonds to be "a ap.
| of the secretary OF state.
| He shall attend to the care, preser
walton, safe keeping and repairing OF
| inc arms, ordnance, accOutrementS.
equipments, and all other military
property belonging to the state or is
sued to tho state by the government
of the United States for the purpose
| of arming and equipping the organ
lied militia; All military property Of
| the state which, after proper inspec-
| ton, shall be found unsuitable for the
| use Of the state, shall, under the direc-
| ton of the governor. be disposed Of by
the quartermaster. general at public
auction after suitable advertisement
Of the sale, daily for ten days; II at
| in the city or county where the sale
| is to take place; or the same may be
sold at private sale when so ordered
| by the governor. He shall bid in the
property or suspend the sale when
ever, in his opinion, better prices may
or should be obtained. He shall from
time to time render to the governor a
just and true account of the sales
| made by him, and shall deposit the
proceeds of all sales so made with the
state treasurer to the credit of the
special militia fund
| He shall be responsible for all the
arms. ordnance, accoutrements, equip
| ments and other military property
| which may be issued to the state by
| the secretary Of war in compliance
with law; and IT shall thereafter be
his duty. to. prepare returns Of said
arms and other nronertv ne tba T1nifa1