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eleven company districts, ten of which shall constitute the
sixth regiment of infantry, and ten the twenty-seventh regiment
of infantry ; and all such part of the said city as lies west of
said line and south of the basin, shall be divided into two equal
parts as nearly as practicable, and each of said divisions shall
be laid off into eleven company districts; ten of which shall
constitute the thirty-ninth regiment of infantry, and ten the
fifty-second regiment of infantry ; and the four remaining com-
pany districts laid off as above directed and not allotted to the
said regiments of infantry, shall be, and are hereby attached to
and form a part of the second regiment of artillery. .
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Brigade of
artillery.
Rifle
regiments.
Twelfth
regiment of
cavalry.
Field and
staff officer
to be com-
missioned,
fee
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the first and second re-
giments of artillery shall be, and are hereby formed into a
brigade, to be called the first brigade of artillery, with the usual
field and staff officers.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the first and second batta-
lions be, and are hereby formed into regiments to be called the
first and second regiments of riflemen, with the usual field,
company and staff officers.
SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the four companies of ca-
' valry authorized by the act of 1822 to be raised and attached to
the fourteenth brigade, be, and are hereby formed into a re-
giment to be called the twelfth regiment of cavalry, with the
usual field, company and staff officers.
SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the governor and council
• shall issue commissions for the field and staff officers of said
regiments of riflemen and cavalry as aforesaid, or any of them,
whenever the commanding officer of the brigade to which they,
or any of them, are attached shall apply for the same, provided
that such application shall not be made for either regiment
of riflemen unless it has six or more companies, or for said
regiment of cavalry unless it has four companies equiped
agreeably to the provisions of this act ; and until any of the
said regiments shall have such complement of companies, it
shall and may be lawful for the governor and council upon the
application of the commanding officer of the brigade to which
they, or any of them are attached, to issue commissions for
officers for such portion of any of said regiments as may already
be raised, or which may hereafter be raised according to the
following rule, viz: for any number of companies in either of
said regiments of riflemen more than and less than six ; and
for any number of companies in said regiment of cavalry less
than three, a full complement of field and staff officers, with
the exception of a colonel, and the said officers respectively
shall execute all the duties required by this act, in the same
manner and under the like penalties as if said regiment had its
full complement, and if any of the said regiments should not be
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