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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-commissioned officer or private shall
neglect or refuse to return the said arms or. accoutrements to
such place of deposit when so ordered by his commanding officer,
he shall be fined not exceeding ten dollars, in the discretion of
such court martial as the case may require.

742. If any person shall within the limits of said divisions
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 them out of the limits
of said division, except when on duty, he shall for every such
offence forfeit and pay ten dollars; and if such arms or accoutre-
ments shall by any such means be lest or rendered useless, he
shall forfeit and pay the sum of fifteen dollars; said forfeiture
shall be recovered at the instance of any commissioned officer of
said division discovering the same, and the amount paid over to
the paymaster of the division to be accounted for to the corps,
when ascertained, by which such arms or accoutrements were
held, for the purpose of replacing or repairing the same.

743. Whenever any of the public arms or accoutrements shall
within the limits of the said division be found in the possession
of any person except as herein authorized, the same may be
demanded by any commissioned officer, and if refused to be
delivered up, on proof of such demand and refusal before any
justice of the peace, such justice shall at the instance of said
officer, by warrant in the name of the State, cause the person to
be brought before him, and examine into the facts, and upon it
appearing to said justice that the arms and accoutrements so
claimed belonged to the State, he shall order them to be delivered
up to said officer, and the person holding them to pay costs; and
may, if necessary, commit said person to prison until said order
is Complied with;'and if he shall decide otherwise, said officer
shall pay costs, which shall be reimbursed out of the fines of the
regiment to which he is attached; and the arms or accoutrements
so recovered shall be delivered to the commanding officer of the
regiment, to be delivered to the corps, when ascertained, by
•which they were held; and if any officer shall neglect or refuse
to comply -with the duties required of him by this section, he