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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

not exempt by the laws of the United States,
except the Comptroller, the Treasurer, the Sec-
retary of State, Judges and Clerks of Courts of

Exempt.

Eecord, Registers of Wills, Sheriffs, and Min-
isters of any religious denomination. And it
shall be the duty of the different Officers of Regis-
tration throughout the State to furnish annually
to the Adjutant General a list of all persons in
their respective districts composing the Militia as
aforesaid.

2. In case of war, rebellion, insurrection
or threatened invasion of this or any neighbor-
ing State, the Governor, as Commander-in-Chief,
is hereby authorized to order out for actual ser-

In case of war
order out.

vice, either by calling for volunteers, by draft
or otherwise, as many of the Militia as the exi-
gency may in his judgment require; and in such
case he is hereby vested with the full power
and authority to make all needful rules and regu-
lations therefor, which rules and regulations shall
have the force of law.

3. At all times the Commander-in-Chief
is hereby authorized to make and publish all

Rules and
regulations.

needful rules and regulations for the control,
discipline, armament and equipment of the Mili-
tia, to carry out the provisions of this Act, which
rules and regulations shall, as far as practicable,
conform to the laws and regulations governing
the organizing of the United States volunteer
forces, their discipline, armament, equipment and
officers, and which rules and regulations shall
have the force of law.

4. The enrollment and organization of the

Organization.

militia of this State into divisions, brigades,
regiments, battalions, squadrons, batteries and
companies, as numbered and recorded in the office
of the Adjutant General shall continue, subject to
be altered by the Commander-in-Chief from time
to time, as he may direct.

5. Whenever a sufficient number of the mili-
1ia shall meet together and declare their pur-

Form a Com-
pany.

pose in writing to form a volunteer company,
by subscribing their names to an agreement, to
that effect, they may proceed to elect company
officers as provided in section nine of this