| 1817.
CHAP. 228. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
may cause such offender to be confined for the day, and may fine
him not exceeding fifty dollars; and the returns thereof for collection
shall be made as other fines imposed by such courts. |
| Officers, &c. removing. |
44. AND BE IT ENACTED, That any commanding
officer removing
out of the limits of the city of Baltimore, or if a cavalry or field
officer, or brigadier general, out of the county, with an intention
of making a permanent change of his residence, shall on such removal
be deemed to have resigned his commission; and it shall be
the duty of the commanding officer of the regiment, or extra battalion,
to which he belonged, or the major general of his division,
in case of such removal of a brigadier general, to make such vacancy
known to the governor and council as soon thereafter as
conveniently may be; and in case of neglect or refusal to comply
with the provisions of this section, the said commanding officer
shall be fined in a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, in the discretion
of such court martial as the case may require. |
Militia men not to
reserve without
notifying officers. |
45. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any militia
men shall remove
out of the district in which he was originally enrolled, into another
district, or shall become a member of any uniformed volunteer company,
he shall be subject to all the fines and forfeitures which shall
be incurred in the district where first enrolled, until he produces
to the commanding officer of the said district a certificate from the
commanding officer of the district into which he shall have so removed,
or from the commanding officer of said volunteer company,
stating that he has been enrolled in said district or volunteer company;
and no person shall be permitted to leave his company, except
in the cases aforesaid, or unless he shall remove out of the
limits of the said brigades, or unless commissioned in some other
corps, without the consent of his commanding officer, under a
penalty not exceeding twenty dollars, in the discretion of
court martial as the case may require. |
Resignations, how
to be made. |
46. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all resignations
of company and
regimental and extra battalion staff officers, shall be made through
their commanding officers of regiments or extra battalion, as the
case may be; and all resignations of commanding officers of regiments,
battalions, and extra battalions, and brigade staff officers,
through their respective brigadier generals, and at least sixty days
prior to the regular field days, except in the case of removal, and
that otherwise no officer shall be considered as having resigned;
which officers shall, within ten days, after receiving such resignation,
transmit a notification thereof to the governor and council,
under a penalty not exceeding twenty dollars, in the discretion of
such court martial as the case may require. |
Officers must be
citizens and take
the oaths, &c. |
47. AND BE IT ENACTED, That no person shall
be commissioned
under this act unless he shall be a citizen of the United States, and
of this state; and each commissioned officer already appointed, and
having accepted such appointment, who may have neglected to take
the oaths required of him, or to have them endorsed on his commission,
shall forthwith take the several oaths prescribed by the
constitution of this state, and also take the following oath, or affirmation:
" I, A. B. do swear or affirm, as the case may be, that I
will be true and faithful in the state of Maryland, and that I will
diligently and faithfully do and perform the several duties assigned
me as _____ in the militia of the state of Maryland, according |
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