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MILITIA. 91
within twenty days after the decision appealed from, is made known to the
person appealing.
Of Regimental and Battalion Courts of Assessment.
Power of court, 8
A fine imposed by a court of assessment, shall
not prevent an officer from being cashiered,    9
Court may mitigate or remit fines,
Appeal may be taken within thirty days,
Fine may be remitted or mitigated,
President of court shall be notified,
Paymaster required to settle at court,
Maybe required to give additional security,
Court of assessment,
Shall assemble, when,
Vacancies may be filled,
And new courts ordered,
Members of court .shall take oath,
Senior officer president, o
Reeord of proceedings, ib
Junior member shall vote first, ib
Delinquents shall be summoned, 6
Return, how made, 7
§ 1. The commandant of each regiment and separate battalion shall, on
or before the fifteenth day of October in every year, appoint a regimental
or battalion court of assessment, to consist of seven members, five of whom
shallbe a quorum, and the senior, if practicable, shall be a field officer or
captain and shall be appointed president thereof.
§ 2. The court shall assemble on the fourth Monday in November in
each year, and when convened, may adjourn from time to time; as shall become necessary for the transaction of business; but the whole session of the
court, from the day on which it shall convene, until its. dissolution, shall not
exceed two weeks.
§ 3. In case any vacancy shall happen in the court, or a new court shall
be required, the officer ordering the court, or his successor in command, may
fill such vacancy, or order a new court.
§ 4. The president and judge advocate, and each member of such court,
before he shall enter on his duties as such, shall take the oath, prescribed for
president and judge advocate, and members.
§ 5. The senior member, appointed on any court martial, court of enquiry, or court of assessment, shall be president thereof; and the judge advocate appointed on such court, shall keep a record of the proceedings of
such court, which shall always be subject to the approval of the officer ordering the court, and shall perform such other duties as the custom of courts
uisuch cases require. In taking all votes, the youngest or junior members,
shall vote first, and so on according to rank, to the president, and a majority
of the votes shall decide.
§ 6. The commandants of companies shall direct a non-commissioned officer, or other fit person or persons, to be by him designated, to summon all
delinquents and parties accused, to appear before the said court of assessment, arid the court may, if they deem it expedient, allow such compensation for their services as shall be just and equitable.
§ 7. Such non-commissioned officer or other person so designated, shall
make the like return, and with the like effect, as commissioned andnon-com-
"ussioned. officers.are authorized and required to make in case of notice to a
company or regimental parade, and shall be subject to the like penalties of
9 8- The court, when organized, shall have the trial of all delinquents
and deficiencies in the regiment or battalion for which it shall have been
called, and shall have power to impose and direct to be levied, all fines t»
which commissioned officers of companies, and non-commissioned officers
01 Pnvates, are declared to be subject in the eleventh article of this law.
Identifier LAWS_9th_1836-1838_0091.tif
Transcript MILITIA. 91 within twenty days after the decision appealed from, is made known to the person appealing. ARTICLE IX. Of Regimental and Battalion Courts of Assessment. Section l 2 3 ib 4 Section Power of court, 8 A fine imposed by a court of assessment, shall not prevent an officer from being cashiered, 9 Court may mitigate or remit fines, Appeal may be taken within thirty days, Fine may be remitted or mitigated, President of court shall be notified, Paymaster required to settle at court, Maybe required to give additional security, 10 11 ib ib 12 ib Court of assessment, Shall assemble, when, Vacancies may be filled, And new courts ordered, Members of court .shall take oath, Senior officer president, o Reeord of proceedings, ib Junior member shall vote first, ib Delinquents shall be summoned, 6 Return, how made, 7 § 1. The commandant of each regiment and separate battalion shall, on or before the fifteenth day of October in every year, appoint a regimental or battalion court of assessment, to consist of seven members, five of whom shallbe a quorum, and the senior, if practicable, shall be a field officer or captain and shall be appointed president thereof. § 2. The court shall assemble on the fourth Monday in November in each year, and when convened, may adjourn from time to time; as shall become necessary for the transaction of business; but the whole session of the court, from the day on which it shall convene, until its. dissolution, shall not exceed two weeks. § 3. In case any vacancy shall happen in the court, or a new court shall be required, the officer ordering the court, or his successor in command, may fill such vacancy, or order a new court. § 4. The president and judge advocate, and each member of such court, before he shall enter on his duties as such, shall take the oath, prescribed for president and judge advocate, and members. § 5. The senior member, appointed on any court martial, court of enquiry, or court of assessment, shall be president thereof; and the judge advocate appointed on such court, shall keep a record of the proceedings of such court, which shall always be subject to the approval of the officer ordering the court, and shall perform such other duties as the custom of courts uisuch cases require. In taking all votes, the youngest or junior members, shall vote first, and so on according to rank, to the president, and a majority of the votes shall decide. § 6. The commandants of companies shall direct a non-commissioned officer, or other fit person or persons, to be by him designated, to summon all delinquents and parties accused, to appear before the said court of assessment, arid the court may, if they deem it expedient, allow such compensation for their services as shall be just and equitable. § 7. Such non-commissioned officer or other person so designated, shall make the like return, and with the like effect, as commissioned andnon-com- "ussioned. officers.are authorized and required to make in case of notice to a company or regimental parade, and shall be subject to the like penalties of neglect of duty. 9 8- The court, when organized, shall have the trial of all delinquents and deficiencies in the regiment or battalion for which it shall have been called, and shall have power to impose and direct to be levied, all fines t» which commissioned officers of companies, and non-commissioned officers 01 Pnvates, are declared to be subject in the eleventh article of this law.