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court martial as the case may require ; and such new bonds
shall under the like penalties be given by the officers aforesaid,
if it shall afterwards appear as before provided, that such arms
and accoutrements are in the regiment} or are held by the com-
pany, as the case may be, or for such part thereof as may so
appear to be in the regiment or company, for which part a release

shall be given by endorsement on the bond previously

Penalty for
not keeping
in order.

given for the same ; and the non-commissioned officers and pri-
vates of each company in whose hands such arms or accoutre-
ments shall be left as aforesaid, shall, for suffering the same or
any part thereof to be out of order, be liable to be fined not ex-
ceeding ten dollars, in the discretion of such court martial as

Penally for
not inspect-
ing and
reporting.

the case may require ; and the commanding officer of such
company shall, under the like penalty, to be imposed in the
discretion of such court martial as the case may require, at any
parade examine the condition of the arms and accoutrements,
and report all violations of this provision to such court martial
as he shall appoint for the purpose.

Place of
deposite of
arms.

SEC, 72. And be it enacted, That the commanding officer of
each regiment is hereby authorized to provide and establish
some secure and convenient place of deposite for the public
arms and accoutrements held by his regiment, and he is hereby
empowered, if he shall deem it necessary and proper, to order
the said arms and accoutrements to be returned to said place of
deposite after the review and each of the parades as established
by this act, or if taken out on any other occasion, and it shall be

Quarter-
master's
duty.

the duty of the quarter-master of said regiment to attend to the
receipt and delivery of said arms and accoutrements, when
required to be used as aforesaid, and to take charge of the same,
and cause them to be kept in good order, the expenses whereof
to be approved by the said commanding officer, shall be paid

Penalty for
neglect.

Penalty for
not deposi-
ting arms.

out of the fines of said regiment; any if any quarter-master
shall neglect or refuse to comply with any of the duties required
of him in this section, he shall be liable to be cashiered or fined
not exceeding one hundred dollars, in the discretion of such
court martial as the case may require, and if any non-commis-
sioned officer or private, shall neglect or refuse to return the
said arms and accoutrements to such place of deposite when
so ordered by his commanding officers, he shall be fined not
exceeding ten dollars, in the discretion of such court martial as
the case may require.

Penalties
for using
the arms
illegally.

SEC. 73. And be it enacted, That if any person shall within
the limits of said division sell or buy unless by the authority of
the state, any of the public arms, or give or receive the same in
pledge or barter or as a gift, knowing them to be public, or
shall injure or destroy such arms or accoutrements, or use them
for any other than military purposes, or shall carry or convey