JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

of all of said respective organizations, without distinction, as
the same may be needed by them, respectively, except that
the amount appropriated for the naval brigade, and that
amount only shall be distributed and applied as aforesaid to
and for the use of said naval brigade, so as to promote the
the efficiency and discipline thereof; and it shall be the duty of
the commanding officer of each regiment and separate organi-
zation to receive or to designate and appoint some other officer
as treasurer or fiscal officer to receive such moneys as may
be alloted to such regiment or separate organization, respec-
tively, 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 disburse-
ments 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
officer 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 efficiecy of said regiment or separate organiza-
tion; 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.

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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the following additional
sections be added to Article 65, of the code of Public General
Laws, title "Militia," as re-enacted by Chapter eighty-nine
of the Acts of Assembly of 1896, and by this Act to be known
and designated as Sections 14A, 50, 51, 52 and 53, to read as
follows:

Additional
sections.

i4A. Every applicant for enlistment in the Maryland
National Guard shall be physically examined in accordance,
with such standard of examination as may be prescribed by
the Commander-in-chief. And to each enlistment certificate
shall be attached the certificate of the examining surgeon,
certifying that the enlisted man, therein designated, has suc-
cessfully passed the physical examination required by this
Article.

Applicants for
enlistment.

50. There shall be a retired list, to be known and desig-
nated as the "Maryland National Guard, Retired," admission
to which shall be as follows: Any commissioned officer, who,
on and after the date of the passage of this Act shall complete

Retired list.
Admission to.