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Article, provided their numbers shall not consist of less than forty nor more than eighty persons. The Captain elect shall thereupon transmit to the
Adjutant General the original agreement signed by the members proposing to organize said company, together with the proceedings of the meeting held of the election, duly attested by its chairman and secretary; and whenever the said officers elect are commissioned by the Governor as provided in sec- tion ten, and the oaths of office as provided in sec- tion twenty-three of this Article, shall have been taken and subscribed by the members thereof, said organization shall be a legally organized volunteer company of the militia of this State, subject to the requirements, and entitled to all the benefits and privileges of this Act, 6. The General Staff of the militia shall consist of an Adjutant General, with the rank of Major General, and salary at the rate of two	Make applica- tion.
thousand dollars a year, and a Quartermaster General, a Commissary General, a Chief Engi- neer, a Chief of Ordnance, a Chief of Artillery, a Chief of Cavalry, an Inspector General, a Paymaster General, a Surgeon General and Judge Advocate General, who shall have the rank of	General Staff.
Brigadier General, and shall he appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Sena'te, and hold office until the appointment and qualification of their successors, or until removed in pursuance of the sentence of a court- martial; and the Governor is hereby empowered to appoint such number of Aides-de-Camp, with the rank of Colonel, as may be necessary to the discharge of his duties as Commander-in-Chief. 7. The duties of the Adjutant General shall	How ap- pointed.
he as follows, to wit ; He shall issue, sign and transmit all general or special orders of the Com- mander-in-Chief to the several military officers through the proper channels, and shall keep a record of the same; he shall enter on record a description of the divisions, brigades, regi- ments, battalions, squadrons, batteries and compa- nies, which are or may hereafter be formed, and every alteration thereof, showing the name, rank, number and date of commission, office and residence of each officer and member, and shall revise said	Duties of Ad- jutant General