LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1834.

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form a tour of duty as aforementioned, and he shall accept the
same, the governor and council shall order a company to be

draughted from each of said regiments of artillery, and from
each battalion of infantry or riflemen, and from each regiment

Draft
ordered.

of cavalry ; which draughts shall be made by lot, from the
whole number of persons composing said battalions and regi-
ments respectively, who are twenty-one years of age or upwards,
and liable to do militia duty; but excluding therefrom such
persons as may have been draughted to perform a tour of duty
in any year, not exceeding four years antecedent thereto ; and
such persons as may have volunteered to perform a tour of duty
in the year for which said draught is to be made, or who may
have so volunteered, in any year not exceeding four years ante-
cedent thereto, and whose offer shall have been accepted;

From whom

which order shall be transmitted by the adjutant-general, in
duplicate, one copy thereof by mail, directly to the command-
ing officer of the battalion or regiment from which the draught
is to be made, and the other copy to the brigadier-general, to
whose brigade such battalion or regiment belongs, who shall
safely and immediately transmit the same to the commanding

Order how
transmitted.

officer of such battalion or regiment, and forthwith report by
mail to the adjutant-general, that he has so transmitted the

Report
required.

same; and it shall be the duty of each commandant of each
regiment and battalion, from which a draught is ordered to be
made, to summon the commanding officers of the companies of

Duty of
comman-
dant.

his battalions or regiments, to meet him at a suitable place
within ten days after he shall receive such order, when and

To order
meeting.

where he shall by lot, .draught at the hour appointed, a com-
pany, out of the whole number of persons subject to said

And to draft

draught; and make duplicate lists of the persons who shall be
then and there by him so draughted ; and he shall transmit one
of said lists, by mail, immediately, to the adjutant-general's
office, to be there filed ; and he shall deliver the other, without
delay, to the brigadier-general, from whom he received the
order to make said draught; and the persons who shall be so

Report lists
of drafted.

draughted, shall be notified thereof; and they shall perform, at
any time within a year from the date of said draught, in case
of need, a tour of duty of three months, to be computed from
the day or days on which they shall be called into service ; and
such other duties as are directed in and by this act on their part
to be done.

Notify the
persona
dratted.

Tour of
duty.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That the governor and council
shall select, appoint and commission from the district militia
officers of each regiment or battalion, one captain and two lieu-
tenants to command each company of infantry and riflemen ;
one captain and two lieutenants to command each company of
artillery, and one captain and two lieutenants to command each

Officers to
be commis-
sioned for
the corps
drafted.