1044

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Increase of
pay for re-
enlistment.

mutation thereof at a rate not exceeding forty cents per diem;
provided, that on the re-enlistment of any enlisted man within
one week of the expiration of his previous enlistment, he shall
receive an increase of ten per cent, of his pay in his preced-
ing enlistment; and the officers, according to their rank, shall
be entitled to pay at the same rate per diem that officers in the
service of the United States receive; and the officers detailed
for inspection of said force as above provided shall be entitled
to transportation and pay for the time so occupied, such as
officers of their rank would receive in the service of the
United States; provided, however, that all of said allowances
or pay shall be paid only out of the general appropriation for
the militia then already existing, and none of said allowances
shall be made, unless there is sufficient money of said appro-
priation on hand and otherwise unused; but in order to pro-
vide a fund for the said encampments and cruises, it shall not
be required that any portion of the appropriation unexpended
for one year shall be turned back into the Treasury, but such
unexpected appropriation may be applicable to the expendi-
tures and encampment of the next fiscal year.

When neces-
sary to aid. in
preventing
riots, disor-
ders, etc.

34. Whenever the Board of Police Commissioners of the
City of Baltimore or the sheriff of any county shall require a
portion of the Maryland National Guard to aid in preventing
threatened disorder or opposition to the laws, or in suppress-
ing riots or disorders on election days or at any other times,
the said board or the said sheriff shall apply in writing or by
telegraph to the Commander-in-chief, setting forth particu-
larly the necessity for such aid, and if the emergency requires,
the said board or the said sheriff may, without waiting for a
reply from the Commander-in-chief, forthwith apply in writ-
ing or by telegraph to the commanding officer of the military
or naval organization most accessible, and all commanding
officers in such cases, whether ordered out by the Com-
mander-in-chief or applied to as aforesaid by the said board
or the said sheriff, shall forthwith assemble their command and
take such action as the exigencies of the case may require
to prevent the threatened disorder or opposition to the laws,
or to suppress the riot or disorder.

Appropriation
by State.
How dis-
tributed.

36. Whatever sum of money is now or may hereafter be
appropriated by the General Assembly of Maryland for the
militia known as the "Maryland National Guard" shall be
distributed and applied on warrant of the Adjutant-General
under and by direction of the Governor and Commander-in-
chief to the respective organizations constituting said Mary-
land National Guard, so as to promote the military efficiency