LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1834.

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entitled to half pay ; and the same shall be paid to him by thg
treasurer of the western shore, in the manner and under the re-

Entitled to
half-pay.

gulations prescribed for like cases, in and by an act of the gene-
ral assembly, passed at December session, eighteen hundred and
fourteen, chapter one hundred and thirteen.
SEC. 53. Relates to the uniform, which is modified by 1835, ch. 213.

Payment
directed.

SEC. 54. And be if enacted, That the governor, by and with
the consent of the council, for the accommodation and support
of the militia at any time called into actual service, may appoint
such commissaries and staff officers as may seem proper, and
shall have power to adopt such measures as may be deemed
necessary for procuring, transporting and issuing all requisite
supplies; and until supplies shall be so provided for any militia

Supplies;
commis-
saries
and staff.

called into actual service, the officer commanding them, shall
have full power and authority to procure, transfer and issue
necessary supplies to the corps under his command ; and when-
ever calls are made upon the militia, by the governor, such calls
shall be made upon such commanding officer in any division, as
the governor shall select.

Commander
authorized.

SEC. 55. And be it enacted, That if it shall be deemed
necessary by the governor and council to make, in any year, a
second draught of militia, to serve a tour of duty, such draught
shall be ordered by the governor, and be made by the proper
officers, as soon after the same shall be so ordered, as may be
practicable, observing the same rules, and subject to all the obli-
gations and penalties imposed by this act, as well as upon
privates as upon officers, non-commissioned officers, for neglect
of duty ; but such second draught may be dispensed with in any
county or in the city of Baltimore, in the ratio that uniform
militia corps shall volunteer to perform such tour of duty, and
their offer may be accepted by the governor.

Second
draft.

SEC. 56. And be it enacted. That the militia in Allegany
county may all be trained as riflemen, and shall be called out
only in company meetings, one day in each year, in the month
of September; and that the militia on Kent and Assetauge
Islands, and those on Hooper's Straits, and those in Somerset
county, who reside in the district within which William
Waller's company was formed, and those living near to, but
westwardly from Hancock, in Washington county, shall be re-

Allegany
county mi-
litia and
other.

quired to meet only in companies for inspection and drill, on the
days aforesaid, but the said militia shall in other respects be
subject to the provisions of this act.

Special
exceptions.

SEC. 57. And be it enacted, That in case of invasion, in-
surrection, or opposition, or threatened invasion, insurrection or
opposition to the laws within this state, any officer commanding
any company, squadron, battalion, regiment or brigade of uni-
formed volunteer or draughted militia, may order the corps under

Order into
service.