LAWS OF MAftYLAND.— 1834.

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ing to the tactics for exercise and instruction, adopted In the

United States service for infantry, riflemen, and artillery, and
according to instructions for cavalry, adopted and used by the
cavalry of the United States.

U. States'
discipline.

SEC. 39. And be it enacted, That at all the meetings for
inspection or drill, directed by this act to be held, the command-
ing officer of each company shall appoint a fit and proper per-
son, who shall, at the hour of ten o'clock, A. M. of the day
appointed for holding said meeting, call over the muster roll of

Roll call

the company, note those who are absent, and return the same
in writing to the said commanding officer, who shall cause the
same to be entered in his company book, within three days
thereafter, and who shall transmit, by mail, a copy thereof,
within ten days thereafter, to the adjutant-general's office, to be
filed therein ; and at every parade or meeting of each com-

Note, re-
cord, and
report ab-
sentees.

pany for inspection, the number and condition of the arms and
accoutrements inspected, and those possessed by absent mem-
bers, within the knowledge of said commanding officer, shall
be carefully noted ; and the said officers shall cause the same to
be entered in the company book aforesaid, discriminating such
as belong to the state from such as belong to individuals, within

Note, re-
cord, and
report arms
&c.

three days after such inspection; and shall also, within ten days
thereafter, transmit, by mail, a copy of such entry, to the adju-
tant-general's office, to be recorded therein.

General
record.

SEC. 40. And be it enacted, That all uniform companies and
corps that may be hereafter formed, and those which now exist,
and may retain their organization, shall adopt the uniform
hereby established ; the first when they form, and the latter at
the expiration of four years from the passage of this act; and if
any officer shall neglect or refuse to uniform himself, agreeably

Uniform
directed
and pre-
scribed.

to the provisions of this act, he shall be cashiered or fined, for
the first offence, not exceeding fifty dollars, in the discretion of
such court martial as the case may require, and a further sum of
fifty dollars for the like neglect, for every parade succeeding the
decision of the court martial imposing said fine ; and the com-
manding officer of any such company, shall forthwith erase the
name of each member thereof, who shall neglect or refuse to

Penalty for
not con-
forming.

adopt or provide himself with, and appear in the uniform of his
company, as required by this act, and the company by-laws
consistent herewith, for two succeeding parades ; and he shall
then forthwith hand over the names of such delinquents to the
commanding officer of the company district militia, or to serve
in the draughted company, in which he should serve, if he
should be a volunteer, under a penalty of twenty dollars for
each and every neglect of said officer, to be imposed on him by
such court martial as the case may require, and collected and
paid over by the proper sheriff, as other fines are directed to be,

Penalty for
not appear-
ing in.