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CHAP. 182. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
be kept by the sheriff of the county, for the space of twenty-four
hours, in close confinement, as other persons in execution for debt
are kept; and the said constable, or other person appointed as
aforesaid, shall quarter yearly account for, and pay over to the
commanding officer of the company, all money by him received as
aforesaid, under the penalty of thirty dollars for every refusal or
neglect so to do, and the further sum of five dollars for every ten
days thereafter he shall continue such neglect or refusal; which said
fine or fines, imposed as aforesaid, upon said constable, or other
person appointed as aforesaid, shall be recovered by the paymaster
before a single magistrate as small debts are recoverable in the name
of the state of Maryland, and to be paid into the hands of the paymaster
of the regiment or extra battalion, as the case may be; and
the said constable, or other person appointed as aforesaid, shall receive
ten per centum on all monies by him collected; and the said
constable, or person so appointed, before he proceed to collect said
fines and forfeitures, shall give bond to the commanding officer of
the company, with such security as he shall approve, conditioned
that he will well and truly account for, and pay over to the said
commanding officer, all sums of money by him collected and received
under the provisions of this act; and the accounts of such
company shall be examined and settled once in every year by a
committee of three persons, members thereof, to be chosen by ballot
at a meeting of the company, which the commanding officer is
hereby enjoined to do sometime in the month of May annually, and
give notice to his company of such intended settlement at the meeting
next preceding. |
Sentences of regimental
courts
martial to be returned
to commanding
officers
of regiments. |
42. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the president
of each regimental
court-martial shall, within five days after the passing of the sentence
of such court-martial, return in writing, to the commanding
officer of the regiment, the sentence of such court-martial, with a
list of the fines imposed by the same, under a penalty of ten dollars;
and it shall be the duty of the commanding officer of the regiment,
and he is hereby enjoined, within thirty days thereafter,
under the penalty of twenty dollars for every neglect or refusal, to
make out three lists of such fines and forfeitures, (which by him
are not remitted,) under his hand, one of which lists he shall deliver
to the paymaster of his regiment, another he shall retain himself,
and the third list he shall, before the first day of March in
each and every year, deliver to the sheriff of the county, which
said sheriff shall receive the said list, and collect the said fines and
forfeitures in the same manner, at the same time, under the same
terms, penalties and conditions, that he or the collector of the
county collects taxes and levies, and the same, when collected,
shall pay over to the paymaster of the regiment or extra
battalion, as the case may be. |
Sentences of brigade,
division and
general courts-martial
to be returned
to commanding
officers. |
43. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the president
of each brigade,
division, and general court-martial shall, within twenty days after
the passing of sentence on any delinquent, return in writing, to the
respective commanding officers appointing the same, the sentence of
such court-martial, under the penalty of thirty dollars for every
neglect or refusal so to do; and it shall be the duty of the respective
commanding officers appointing each court-martial as aforesaid,
before the first day of March in each and every year, to cause a |
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