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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

service by command of the Commander-in-Chief,
and mustered in with the troops.

Perform du-
ties.

Sec. 17. The other officers of the general staff
of the militia of this State shall, when directed by
the Commander-in-Chief, and under rules and reg-
ulations to be prescribed by him, perform such du-
ties as may properly belong to their several offices,
or which may be prescribed by the Commander-in-
Chief, and they shall receive no compensation
therefor except when on service by command of the
Commander-in-Chief, and mustered in with the
troops.

Furnish
uniforms, &c.

Sec. 18. The Commander-in-Chief, within the
limit of the appropriations by Act of the General
Assembly, and, in the manner prescribed in the
seventeenth Section of this Act, shall authorize
the Adjutant General to furnish such companies of
cavalry, artillery and infantry, when duly organ-
ized under this law, as he may deem necessary for
the proper enforcement of the laws, at the expense
of the State, with such uniforms, arms and equip-
ments as are required for military duty, and upon
the proper written requisition of the commanding
officer of such companies respectively, and the
commanding officer of each company shall give a
good and sufficient bond to the State of Maryland,
to be approved by the Adjutant General and the
Commander-in-Chief, for the safe keeping and re-
turn of such uniforms, arms and equipments.

Property of
the State.

Sec. 19. The uniforms, arms and equipments so
f furnished, shall remain and continue to be the prop-
erty of the State, to be used for military purposes
only, and shall be returned when called for by the
Adjutant General.

Account fol
articles.

Sec. 20. Any officer receiving, under the pro-
visions of this Act, public property for military
use, shall be accountable for the articles so received
by him, and shall not be honorably discharged
from the service until he has returned to the Ad-
jutant General a receipt from his successor in
command, or a proper accounting officer, for the
articles issued upon his requisition, in good order
and condition, reasonable use and wear thereof ex-
cepted, or shown to the Adjutant General, by sat-
isfactory proof, that any article not so accounted