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BALTIMORE CITY.

serving on
court.

pany court martial, or any other court as established under the
provisions of this act, who shall refuse or neglect to attend at
the time and place appointed, shall be fined a sum not exceed-
ing one hundred dollars in the discretion of said court, unless
he can give a reasonable excuse for such non-attendance; and
any non commissioned officer or private required to attend
as a member of any snch court, who shall refuse or neglect to
attend at the time and place appointed shall be fined a sum not
exceeding five dollars in the discretion of said court, unless he
can give a reasonable excuse for such non-attendance ; and if
the members appointed upon said court do not attend so as to
form a quorum, each of the absentees shall be fined a sum not
exceeding one hundred dollars in the discretion of such court
martial as the case may require ; which said fines shall be
returned for collection to the officer ordering said court, except
in cases of division courts martial, when the fines shall be
returned to the commanding officers of the brigade to which
the offender belongs in the same manner under the like penalty
and within the time as is directed in this act for the return of
other fines.

Appoint*
ment of
persons to
collect fines

SEC. 37. And be it enacted, That the commanding officer of
each of the said brigades shall on or before the first day of July
next, and from time to time thereafter as may be necessary, ap-
point some suitable person or persons, on such terms as he may
deem advisable, to collect all fines that may be imposed by or
under the provisions of this act, upon all generals and their
respective staff officers, and upon all regimental field officers
and their respective staff officers within his brigade, or upon
the major-general and hb staff officers, if the fines incurred by
either of them should be handed over to either of the officers of
his brigade, and the commanding officer of each regiment shall
on or before the first of April next, and from time to time there-
after as may be necessary, appoint some suitable person or per-
sons on such terms as he may deem advisable, to collect all
fines that may be imposed upon all company officers, non-com-
missioned officers, privates and musicians of his regiment or on
other persons by or under the provisions of this act; and if any
officer shall neglect or refuse to comply with any of the provi-
sions of this section as required of him, he shall be fined a sum
not exceeding one hundred dollars, in the discretion of such
court martial as the case may require.

Return of
sentences of
courts.

SEC. 38. And be it enacted, That the president of each court
martial or other court, created under the provisions of this act,
shall within three days after the passing of any sentence of
such court, return such sentence in writing certified by said
president to be the correct sentence of the court, to the com-
manding officer of the division, brigade, regiment or company