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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1834.

Adjutant-
general
shall fur-
nish blanks
for reports.

SEC. 24. And be it enacted, That the adjutant-general shall
provide and furnish the several corps of militia of this state,
and the proper officers thereof, with all necessary and proper
forms and blanks, and according to which they shall make all
the returns and reports that are directed to be made by them, or
any of them, under this act, or any law of this state ; and the

Payment
therefor.

governor and council shall draw on the treasurer of the western
shore for the costs of said forms and blanks, when the same
shall be certified to be reasonable, correct, and due, by the
adjutant-general.

Bales.

SEC. 25. And be it enacted, That the following articles, rules,
and regulations, shall be those by which the militia of this state
shall be governed.

Officer mis-
demeaning
on parade.

Article 1. If any field or other commissioned officer, at any
regimental, battalion, squadron, or company meeting, or on any
other occasion, when the regiment, battalion, squadron, or com-
pany, to which he may belong, or in which he holds a com-
rnand, is paraded, shall misdemean himself, or appear in an

Cashiered
or fined.

unofficer-like manner, he shall, for such offence, be cashiered or
punished by fine, at the discretion of a brigade or regimental
court martial, as the case may require, in any sum not exceed-
ing one hundred dollars, nor less than five dollars ; that, for

Offences
against the
militia law,
Court mar-
tialed.

offences against the militia law of this state, all company com-
missioned officers shall be tried by a regimental court martial,
but in cases of cashiering, they may have an appeal to a brigade
court martial ; all field and staff officers shall be tried by a bri-

By what
court.

gade court martial ; and all general officers shall be tried by a
division, or a general court martial; and that the proceedings of

Case of
cashiering
proceeding
reported.
Non-com-
sioned offi-
cer or pri-
vate misbe-
baring, &c.

every court martial, in case of cashiering, shall be transmitted
to the commander-in-chief, for his approbation ; and if any non-
commissioned officer, private, or musician, shall, at the time of
parading the company to which he belongs, appear drunk, or
disobey orders, or use any reproachful, insulting, or abuseful
language, to his officers, or any of them, or shall quarrel him-
self, or promote any quarrel among his fellow soldiers, he shall
be dismissed and pat under guard, by order of the commanding
officer present) until the company is dismissed, and shall be
fined in the discretion of a company court martial, in any sum

Penalty.

not exceeding ten dollars, nor less than one dollar ; Provided,
that if, on field days, any non-commissioned officer, private, or
musician, shall use any reproachful or insulting language to the

Disrespect;
disobe-
dience, &c.
Court mar-
tialed.

commanding officer, oppose his orders, or promote an opposition
to such orders among his fellow soldiers, he shall be tried by a
court martial chosen by the commanding officer, consisting of
three commissioned officers attached to the regiment, extra bat-
talion, or squadron, to which such offender or offenders may
belong, and he or they shall be fined at the discretion of said