789 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

	CHAPTER 414. AN ACT to repeal an Act entitled "An Act to repeal Article sixty-three, Code of Public Gen- eral Laws, relating to militia, and Sections six hundred and fifty-two to seven hundred and seventy, both inclusive, of Article four, Code of Public Local Laws, relating to militia in the city of Baltimore," and to re-enact the same with amendments, and to enact the following in lieu thereof:
Repealed.	SECTION 1. Se it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Act of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, Chapter three hundred and thirty- seven, entitled "An Act to repeal Article sixty- three, Code of Public General Laws, relating to militia, and Sections six hundred and fifty-two to seven hundred and seventy, both inclusive, of Article four, Code of Public Local Laws, relating to militia in the city of Baltimore," and to re- enact the same with amendments, be and the same is hereby repealed, and the following Sections to be arranged in the Code of Public General Laws, under an Article to be entitled " Military," be and the same are hereby enacted in lieu thereof:
Militia.	Sec. 1. The militia of this State shall consist of all able-bodied white male citizens, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, and not ex- empt by the Laws of the United States, except the Comptroller, the Treasurer, the Secretary of State, Judges and Clerks of Courts of Record, Registers of Wills, Sheriffs and Ministers of any religious denomination.
Divided into two classes.	Sec. 2. The militia of this State shall be divided into two classes. The first shall be styled the Maryland National Guard, and shall consist of volunteer organizations as hereinafter provided, and iti case of war, invasion, insurrection or riots, or the reasonable apprehension of such, the first class shall be first called into service, unless the Governor, as Commander-in-Chief, shall otherwise direct, and the first division of the National Guard shall be farmed within the city of Baltimore ; the