444 MILITIA. [ART. 65

same and shall not be discharged from his obligation therefor-
until he has properly accounted for said arms and equipments
or other property, either by receipt from his successor in com-
mand or some other officer authorized to receive the same, for
the articles received by him in good order and condition,
reasonable use and wear excepted, or by satisfactory proof to
the adjutant general that any article not so accounted for has
been properly expended in the service, or defaced, injured,
lost or destroyed, without any default or neglect on his part;
and if lost, defaced or destroyed through the misconduct of
any person, that reasonable efforts have been made by him to
recover or prosecute for the same; and it shall be the duty of
the adjutant general to enter suit on the bond of any officer,
in the name of the State of Maryland, for the value of such
property as may have been defaced, injured, lost or destroyed,
after being received by such officer, and which has not been
properly accounted for by him as aforesaid; and the officer
succeeding to the command of the company or of any separ-
ate organization shall be required to file a bond to the State, as
hereinbefore prescribed, for the safe keeping and return of all
property of the State in the possession of the said company or
separate organization, upon the terms and conditions imposed
upon the officer by whom said property was received.

1896, ch. 89.

44. Whoever shall wilfully or maliciously destroy, injure or
deface any arms or other article of military property belong-
ing to the State, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding double the amount of
the value of the property so injured or defaced, to be recovered
on complaint of the adjutant general or the commanding officer
of the regiment, company or separate organization to which such
arms or other article of military property shall have been issued,
in the same manner as is prescribed for the collection of fines in
section 27 of this article, or by imprisonment in the county or
city jail for not less than two weeks nor more than two months.

Ibid.

45. Whoever shall secrete, sell, dispose of, offer for sale, or in
any manner pawn or pledge, or receive in pawn or pledge, or