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CHAP. 182. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
to be by him appointed; and the said field officers, or a majority of
them, when so met, shall revise and make any alterations that may
be deemed necessary in the arrangement and bounds of their several
regiments and extra battalions; and each brigadier shall, as
soon thereafter as may be, make return of such alterations to the
adjutant-general's office, to be therein recorded; and the said several
commanding officers of regiments and extra battalions shall
from time to time, (as the case may be necessary,) convene the majors
and commanding officers of companies in their respective regiments
or extra battalions at some convenient place and time to be
by them appointed, who, or a majority of them, shall revise and
make any alterations that may be deemed necessary in the arrangements
and bounds of their several battalions and companies; and a
return, in writing, of such alterations, shall be made by the commanding
officer of the regiment or extra battalion, to the inspector
of their brigade. And whereas considerable changes have taken
place in the population since the arrangement of said districts, the
brigadier-generals are hereby required, under a penalty of fifty dollars,
to order a meeting of the colonels and majors within their several
brigades, (except such as from their remote situation are hereafter
by this act exempted,) previous to the first of May next, at
some convenient place, who, or a majority of them, shall revise
and fix the bounds of their several districts; and the commandants
of regiments, battalions and extra battalions, are hereby required,
under a penalty of thirty dollars, to order a meeting of the company
officers within their several districts, (except such as from their
remote situation are exempted from meeting in regiment or battalion,)
previous to the fifteenth of May next, at some convenient
place, who, or a majority of them, shall revise and fix the bounds
of their several districts, and make return thereof to the proper
officers, as in this section heretofore directed.
By 1817, ch. 228, the city of Baltimore
is formed into two brigades, and regulations
respecting the militia therein. |
Penalty on officers
neglecting to arm
within a certain
period. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That each commissioned
officer appointed
by the governor and council, and accepting, or having accepted
such appointment, who shall not within three months after
the passage of this act, and each commissioned officer who may
hereafter appointed under this act, who shall not within three
months after such appointment, arm, accoutre and provide himself
as is directed by the act of congress of the United States (a), entitled,
An act more effectually to provide for the national defence,
by establishing an uniform militia throughout the United States,
if a company officer he shall be fined at the discretion of a court
martial, in a sum not exceeding twenty dollars, nor less than five
dollars for each neglect, and a further sum not exceeding twenty
dollars, nor less than ten dollars for every year he shall continue
such neglect; and if he be a field or staff officer, he shall be fined
at the discretion of a court-martial, in a sum not exceeding fifty
dollars, nor less than twenty dollars for such neglect, and a further
sum not exceeding fifty dollars, nor less than thirty dollars, for every
year he shall continue such neglect.
(a) Passed the 8th of May, 1792. |
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The following articles, rules and regulations, shall
be those by
which the militia of this state shall be governed. |
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