ART. 65] MARYLAND NATIONAL GUARD. 1535

urer or fiscal officer to receive such moneys as may be allotted
to such regiment or separate organization, respectively, and
such commanding officer or treasurer or fiscal officer designated
by him as aforesaid shall make quarterly reports under oath,
with vouchers, to the adjutant general through the regular
channels, setting forth the details of the disbursements of the
said moneys; provided, that all warrants for such moneys
shall pass down through the regular military channels, and
that no warrant shall be issued to any regiment or separate
organization, except on the requisition of the commanding offi-
cer thereof, and provided further, that such requisition shall
be approved by the superiors in rank in regular order of the
officer making the requisition as proper and necessary for the
maintenance or efficiency of said regiment or separate organi-
zation; proper allowance, however, shall be made to the head-
quarters of the brigade and of the respective regiments and
separate organizations for necessary and proper outlays and
expenses in inspecting said commands, and in the maintenance
of discipline and efficiency.

1896, ch. 89, sec. 37.

39. The commanding officer of each regiment or separate
organization, or such other officer as may be by him designated
as treasurer or fiscal officer thereof as above provided, shall
give a good and sufficient bond to the State of Maryland, to
be approved by the adjutant general, for the full and true
performance of his duties under section 38 of this article as
disbursing officer.

Ibid. sec. 38.

40. If the said disbursing officer shall fail to fully and
properly report to the adjutant general said quarterly payment
to him by the succeeding quarter day, then it shall be the duty
of the governor, the commander-in-chief, to direct the with-
holding of any further payment of said money to said com-
manding officer until said officer shall report as aforesaid to
the adjutant general.

Ibid. sec. 39.

41. The adjutant' general shall keep accounts showing the
disposition of all moneys by him received and disbursed, whether
out of the appropriation made by the general assembly of
Maryland, or out of the appropriation received from the United
States government, as follows: General payments and expenses,