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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

nine years of continuous service in the Maryland National
Guard may, upon the acceptance of his resignation, be placed
upon the retired list by the Commander-in-chief, with the
rank of the grade held by him at the date of his resignation,
and any officer of the Maryland National Guard, who shall
have been found by a military board physically unfit to perform
the duties of a soldier, may be placed upon the retired list by
the Commander-in-chief. Officers placed upon the retired list
are authorized to wear their uniforms and equipments on oc-
casions of ceremony. They will wear the insigna of this
grade, but not the designation of the particular organization
to which they belonged when in the Maryland National
Guard. Retired officers shall be amenable to court-martial
for military offenses to the same extent as officers of the
Maryland National Guard.

Roster of
officers.

51. The Adjuant-General shall keep a complete roster of
the names and addresses of all officers on the retired list.

Reward for
continuous
service.

52. To promote efficiency, and as a reward for continuous
service, the Commander-in-chief shall have power, under
regulations to be perscribed by him, to issue service medals,
of appropriate designs, to enlisted men of the Maryland
National Guard, who shall complete three or more consecutive
terms of enlistment therein, and to all officers who shall com-
plete a continuous service therein for a like period or periods
of time.

Unlawful to
dispose of, in
any way,
service medals

53. Whoever shall secrete, sell, dispose of, offer for sale, or
in any manner pawn or pledge, or receive in pawn or pledge,
or buy, any service medal, or imitate or cause to be imitated,
or issue, or sell any fac-simile or imitation of the same, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction
thereof in any Court having criminal jurisdiction in the State

Penalty.

of Maryland, or before any justice of the peace of the State of
Maryland in the county or city where the offense has been
Committed, be punished by imprisonment in the county or
city jail for not less than six months nor more than one year,
or by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred
dollars, or by both fine and imprisonment.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, This this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 10, 1900.