MILITIA.

and tenth days of March in each and every year, in regimental
orders, to be published in at least three daily newspapers, give
notice of the time and place of parade as appointed by lav, and
designated in division orders, and also of the place at which
the court of appeal for his regiment shall meet, on the second
Monday after each parade, at three o'clock, P. M.

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SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That the commanding officer of
each regimental in the first light division, shall, within five
days after receiving the proceedings of a regimental court of
appeal, where any fines are imposed, place, or cause to be
placed in the hands of each commanding officer of a company
in his regiment, a list of the fines imposed on the members of
that company, certified by said commanding officer of regiment
to be a correct list, and said commanding officer of a company
as aforesaid, shall, within five days after receiving said list of

List of
fines.

fines, appoint and employ some suitable person to collect said
fines, in the manner now prescribed by law, and said fines '
when collected, shall after deducting the expenses of collection,
be paid over to the commanding officer of the company, for the
use thereof; and all fines imposed by company courts martial
in said first light division, shall in like manner be collected and

Collection
thereof.

paid over for the use of the company; Provided nevertheless,
that all fines imposed by brigade courts of appeal, or by division,
brigade or regimental courts martial, shall continue to be col-
lected and paid over, as now directed by law.

Proviso.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That the summons required by
the twelfth section of the act of eighteen hundred and thirty-
five, chapter two hundred and ninety-five, shall warn the party
summoned that he is liable to an execution against him for
militia fines, at the suit of the state of Maryland, for the use of
the first light division or the third division, as the case may be,

Summons.

and the justice of the peace shall receive for issuing, and the
constable for serving the said summons, the same fees re-
spectively, they now are or may from time to time, be entitled
to for issuing or serving a summons for a witness.

Feo

therefor.

SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That any order required to be
published, or any duties required to be performed in either of
the aforesaid divisions, earlier than the first day of May, shall if
published or performed on or before that day, be as effectual
during the present year as if the same had been published or
performed within the time prescribed by law, for such publica-

This yearj
orders, &c.
valid.

tion or performance of duty, as the case may be ; Provided
nevertheless, that no officer who may be found delinquent in the
performance of his duty shall be allowed to plead this act in
justification of his delinquency.

Proviso.

SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That any commissioned officer
in either of said divisions, failing to perform any duty prescribed
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Division .
officers
failing in
duty.