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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Dispose of, or
offer for sale,

17. Whoever shall secrete, sell, dispose of,
offer for sale, or in any manner pawn or pledge,
or receive in pawn or pledge, or buy any arms
or equipments, or any part or parts thereof, the
property of the State, shall be deemed guilty of
misdemeanor, and shall on conviction thereof be
punished by imprisonment in the city or county
jail for not less than six months nor more than
one year, or by a fine of not less than fifty nor
more than one hundred dollars, to be recovered
as provided in the preceding sections.

18. Upon the disbandment of a volunteer com-
pany which has received arms, equipments or
any other property of the State, for military pur-
poses, the commanding officer of such company
shall be responsible for the return of the same

Disbandon-
ment.

to the custody of some duly authorized officer of
the State., and it shall be the duty of the Adju-
tant General to take the necessary legal pro-
ceedings in the name of the State, as provided
in the preceding sections of this Article, unless
the said property is properly accounted for by
said commanding officer, as provided in section
fourteen.

19. The Cornmander-in-Chief may, from time
[to time,] and at any time, appoint a military
board of not less than three nor more than five

Military board

officers, whose duty it shall be to examine into
the capacity, qualification, propriety of con-
duct and efficiency, of any commissioned officer
who may be reported as a fit subject for examina-
tion; and upon the report of such hoard, if ad-
verse to such officer, and approved by the Com-

Adverse re-
port.

mander-in-Chief, the commission of said officer
may be revoked; provided, always, that if prac-
ticable two members at least of such board shall
have military rank at least equal to that of the
officer examined; the Commander-in-Chief may
also, when in his opinion it is necessary, call
boards of officers for settling military questions,
and for other purposes of good order or discipline.

20. The Militia when called into active ser-

Pay and ra-
tions.

vice shall be allowed the same pay and rations
as the regular troops of the United States army;