Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-07-17
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS

forces Of this State shall without un-
necessary delay be surrendered to the
military or police forces OF the state III
which they are taken or to the United
States. The surrender of insurrectiOnists
or saboteurs to the military or police
forces of such other State shall not
constitute a waiver by this State Of its
right to extradite or prosecute such
insurrectionists or sabOteurs for any
crime committed In this State.
5SG. Permission to Forces Of Other
States. Any military forces or Organiza
ton, unit or detachment thereof, Of
another State who are In fresh pursuit
of insurrectionists, saboteurs, enemies
or enemy forces may continue such pur
suit into this State until the military or
police forces of this State or the forces
of the United States have had rea-
sonable opportunity to take up the pu-.
suit or to apprehend or capture such
insurrectiOnists, saboteurs, enemies or
enemy forces and are hereby authorized
to arrest or capture such persons WITHIN
this State while in fresh pursuit. ANY
such persons who shall be captured OF
arrested by the military forces Of such
other State while in this State shall
without unnecessary delay be surren.
dered to the military or police forces OF
this State or to the United states to b"
dealt with according to law This SEE
ton shall not be construed so as to
make unlawful any arrest in this state
which would otherwise be lawful, ami
nothing contained in this section sha'l
be deemed to repeal any OF the pro-
visions of the Uniform Act on the Fresh
Pursuit of Criminals.
Ssh. Federal Service. Nothing in this
Act shall be construed as authorizing
such forces, or any part thereof TO De
called, ordered or In any manner draft
ed, as such. into the military service OF
the United States, but no person shall
by reason of his enlistment or commits.
SION in any such forces he exempted
from military service under any law OF
the United States.
5S-I. Civil Groups. No civil organiza
ton, society club. post, order. fra
ternity. association, brotherhood, body,
union, league, or other comhiGation or
persons or civil group shall be enlisted
In such forces as an organization or
unit.
5SJ Disqualification No person
shall he commissioned or enlisted Ia
such forces who IL not citizen OF the
United States or has been expelled or
dishoncrably discharged from any mill
tary or naval organization of this State,
{ or of another State, or of the United
5SK. Oath of Oficers. The oath to be
taken by officers commissioned In Bucn
forces shall be substantially in the form
prescribed for officers Of the organized
militia, substituting the words Mary
land State Guard" where necessary.
59I,. Enlisted Men. No person shall
be enlisted for more than one year. but
such enlistment may be renewed. TIE
oath to be taken upon enlistment IN
such forces shall be substantially In the
form prescribed for enlisted men OF the
organized militia, substituting the
words maryland State Guard" where
necessary.
ISM. Resignation or Discharge. The
Governor Ia authorized to accept the
resignation of any officer or to gram
discharge to any enlisted man at any
time in his discretion.
hSN. Articles of war; Freedom from
Arrest.
(al Whenever such forces or any part
thereof shall be ordered out for active
service, the provisions of law governing
|. the organized militia of this State re-
iating to courts martial. their jurisdic,.
ton and the limits of punishment ana
the rules and regulations prescribed
Hereunder, shall be in full force ana
effect.
M No officer or enlisted man of such
forces shall be arrested on any war
rant, except for treason or felony, while
going to, remaining at, or returning
from a place where he is ordered 10
attend for military duty.
See q And be ii further enacted by
the General Assembly OF Maryland, That
| IL any provision of this Act or the ap-
| plication thereof to any person or cir
| cumstances is held invalid, such invalid
| ity shall not affect other provisions or
| applications of the Act which can be
| given effect without the invalid Prov
| sion or application, and to this end the
| provisions of this Act are declared to Dn
| severable.
Sec. s. And be 1t further enacted
That IL any clause, sentence. paragraph
| or section of this subtitle shall, for any
reason, be adjudged by any court 81
competent jurisdiction to be unconsti.
| tutional and invalid, such judgment
shall not affect, impair or invalidatt
| the remainder thereof, but shall be con-
| fined in It's operation to the clause
sentence, paragraph, or section thereof
SO found unconstitutional and invalid
| Sec. 4. And be 1t further enacted
That this Act Is hereby declared to be
an emergency law and necessary for the
| immediate preservation of the public
health, morals, safety and welfare. and
| upon being passed by a yea and nay
vote supported by three hfths Of all OF
| the members elected to each of the two
| Houses Of the General Assembly, the
same shall take effect from the date OF
its passage.
| Approved: February IA, 1871.