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CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS FOR MILITIA AND MILITARY
The maryland manual makes the following statement regarding the "Military Department": ". . . The present military establishment of Maryland conforms to Title 32, U. S. Code and regulations issued pursuant thereto and to the Militia Law of Maryland (Mo. code ann. art. 65). The adjutant general is appointed by the governor with the consent of the Senate and serves until his successor is appointed and qualified. . . . (const. 1867, art. IX, § 2). The ranking line officer is the head of the Military Department and exercises all his powers and duties under the Militia Law of Maryland. ... In time of war or other national emergency, when the National Guard is absent from the State, the governor, as commander-in-chief of the militia, has the power to organize the Maryland State Guard. Such forces are separate and distinct from the National Guard. . . ."2 1965 Appropriations: $ 780,065 General Funds 62,800 Special Funds 224,000 Federal Funds $1,066,865 2 Maryland Hall of Records Commission, Maryland Manual 1965-1966, at 109 (1966). 313 |
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