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BALTIMORE CITY.

commanding officer of the company from which they were col-
lected, after deducting the expenses of collection, for the use of
said company ; and if any officers shall neglect or refuse to
execute any of the provisions of this section as required of

Penalty.

him, he shall be fined a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars
in the discretion of such court martial as the case may require.

Volunteer
enrolment

SEC. 41. And be if enacted, That the fifth and fifty-first regi-
ments of infantry, the first and second regiments of artillery,
the first and second regiments of riflemen, and the fifth regi-
ment of cavalry and none others, shall be, and are hereby
authorized to keep up their respective complement of men by
the enrolment of volunteers from the different districts within
the limits of said city ; and no commander of an uniformed
volunteer company shall command a company district.

Volunteer
companies;
privileges
granted
them.

SEC. 42. And be it enacted. That it shall and may be lawful
for any person above the age of twenty-one, (or between the
age of eighteen and twenty-one, with the consent of his parents,
guardian, master or mistress,) to join any uniformed volunteer
company willing to receive him as a member thereof; and a
majority of any such uniformed volunteer company, shall have
power to determine and declare what and how many days of
training it shall have throughout the year, over and above the
days herein before appointed, for its exercise and training,
notice whereof shall be given to such company by the com-
manding officer thereof, and to impose and inflict such fines and
penalties on any member of such company who may refuse or
neglect to attend on such stated extra days of meeting, as may
be fixed and agreed on by the by-laws of such company ; Pro-
vided, that no fine or forfeiture for any one violation of the
by-laws of such company shall exceed ten dollars; which fines
and forfeiture shall be collected in the manner as herein after
directed, for the use of said company, by such person as the
commanding officer of the company may choose to appoint:
And provided, that no part of the by-laws of said uniformed
volunteer company shall infringe or be inconsistent with this
act or the laws of the state.

Uniform.

SEC.. 43. And be it enacted, That the major-general and the
brigadier-generals of said division, or a majority of them, shall
establish and alter whenever it shall appear to them proper, the
uniform that shall be worn by said officers, as well as their re-
spective staff officers; and the regimental field officers of each
uniformed volunteer regiment, or a majority of them, shall
establish and alter whenever it shall appear to them proper, the
uniform that shall be worn by said officers, as well as their re-
spective staff officers ; and the company officers, non-commis-
sioned officers and privates of each uniformed volunteer com-
pany, or a majority of them, shall establish and alter whenever