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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1834.

division shall approve thereof, and immediately transmit a re-

Report of
change, lie
Brigadier-
general un
der $100
penalty to
call meeting
of regimen
tal officers
to Revise
regimental
districts.

turn of the same, as herein before provided ; and it shall be the
duty of the brigadier-generals, and they are hereby severally
required, under a penalty of one hundred dollars each, to order
a meeting of colonels, lieutenant-colonels, and majors, of their
respective brigades, previous to the tenth day of June next, at
some convenient place within the bounds of their proper bri-
gades, who, or a majority of them, when so met, shall revise,
alter, and fix the bounds of their regimental, battalion, and
squadron districts, as to them may appear right and necessary;

Report of
changes.

and in case of any alteration being then so made, the command-
ing officer of the brigade shall approve thereof, and immediately
transmit a return of the same, as is herein before provided ; and

Comman-
der of regi-
ment, under
penalty $50
to call meet-
ings of com-
pany; offi-
cers to re-
vise com-
pany dis-
tricts.
Report
change, &c.

it shall be the duty of the commandants of regiments, extra
battalions, and squadrons, and they are hereby severally re-
quired, under a penalty of fifty dollars each, to order a meeting
of the company officers of their respective regiments, battalions,
or squadrons, previous to the fifteenth day of September next,
at some convenient place within the bounds of their proper
regiments, battalions, or squadrons, who, or a majority of them,
when so met, shall revise, alter, and fix the limits of their com-
pany districts, as to them may appear right and necessary ; and
in case of any alteration being then so made, the commanding
officer of the regiment, extra battalion, or squadron, shall ap-
prove thereof, and immediately transmit a return of the same,
as is herein before provided.

Officers ne-
glecting to
order meet-
ings, &c.
penalty $20
to $200, or
cashiered,
&c.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That if the commanding officer
of any division, brigade, regiment, battalion, squadron, or com-
pany, shall neglect or refuse to give orders for assembling his
division, brigade, regiment, battalion, squadron, or company, or
the officers thereof, when thereto lawfully commanded by his
superior officer, or at any time appointed therefor by this act, or
any law of this state, or shall, neglect or refuse to attend any
meeting that shall be ordered as is herein before provided, or in
virtue of any law of this state, he shall forfeit and pay such
fine as is or may be prescribed for such offence ; or, if none be
prescribed, he shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two

Non-com-
missioned
neglecting
to attend
meeting.

hundred dollars, nor less than twenty dollars, or cashiered, at
the discretion of a general court martial ; and if any non-com-
missioned officer, or private, subject to militia duty, shall neglect
or refuse to attend any meeting, or to perform any duty imposed

Penalty;
cashiered;
fine $2 to

$10

Private ne-
glecting;
fine $1 to
$5.

on him by this act, or lawfully commanded by his company
or superior officer, he shall, if a non-commissioned officer, be
cashiered or punished by a fine, in the discretion of a regimen-
tal, or battalion court martial, not exceeding ten dollars, nor less
than two dollars ; and if a private, by a fine, to be imposed in
the discretion of a company court martial, not exceeding five