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BALTIMORE CITY.

general, in the seventh section of the act of eighteen hundred
and twenty-five, chapter fifty-six, the oldest commanding
officer in rank in said division, to give the notice for the meet-
ing of said officers for that purpose, and before any brigadier-

Brigadier-
general and
others.

general of said second light brigade or any division staff officer
of the first light division, or any brigade staff officer of the
second light brigade, or any officer of the fifty-third regiment
of volunteer infantry, shall be commissioned, each and every of
said officers, shall be recommended to the consideration of the
governor and council, in the manner directed in the aforesaid
seventh section of the act of eighteen hundred and twenty-five,
chapter fifty six, for the recommendation of officers of the seve-
ral grades therein mentioned.

Major,
when to be
commis-
sioned.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That whenever three companies
have been commissioned in said fifty-third regiment, the gover-
nor and council shall commission a major of said regiment, he
being previously recommended to their consideration as afore-
said, and when the number of companies in said fifty-third

And other
officers.

Rights of
first light
division.

regiment, exceeds five, the governor and council shall commis-
sion the usual field and regimental staff officers for said regi-
ment, they having been previously recommended to their consi-
deration as aforesaid.
SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That said first light division, and
the brigades, regiments and companies attached to it, shall con*
tinue to have all the rights and privileges, secured to uniformed
volunteer corps, by the act of eighteen hundred and twenty-
three, chapter one hundred and eighty-eight, or by any supple-
ment thereto.

At to pa-
rades.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That in lieu of the parades di-
rected by the said act of eighteen hundred and twenty-three,
chapter one hundred and eighty-eight, or by any supplement
thereto, the militia of the city of Baltimore shall in each and
every year hereafter parade for exercise, discipline and inspec-

First light
brigade.

tion, as follows: The first light division on the first Monday
in May, the first Monday in June, the twelfth day of September,

Artillery
brigade.

and the second Monday in October; the artillery brigade on the
first Tuesday in May, the first Tuesday in June, the twelfth
day of September, and the second Tuesday in October ; the

Third
brigade.

third brigade on the first Wednesday in May, the first Wed-
nesday in June, the twelfth day of September, and the first

Fourteenth
brigade.

Wednesday in October; the fourteenth brigade, on the first
Thursday in May, the first Thursday in June, the twelfth day
of September, and the first Thursday in October; and the said

Company
parades.
Regiment
parades.
Brigade
parades.

parades in May shall be company parades; the parades in June
shall be regimental parades, for inspection ; and the parades in
October shall be brigade parades, and shall take place at one
o'clock, p. m.; and the parades on the twelfth day of September