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ment; and the companies of the tenth, eleventh and
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twelfth wards, forming the second battalion of the se-
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Companies
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cond regiment; and each of said companies shall consist
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of not more than one hundred rank and file of members,
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of twenty-one years of age and upwards.
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Officers— election
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That said corps shall be
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of
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commanded by a Brigadier General; each regiment
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thereof by a Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, and a Major;
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and each company by a Captain, four Lieutenants, four
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Sergeants, and four Corporals; the Colonel, Lieutenant
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Colonel, and Major of each regiment, to be elected by
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the commissioned officers of the several companies of
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each regiment respectively; the Brigadier General by
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the field officers and commissioned officers of the com-
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panies, and the company officers by the companies re-
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spectively; and none but members of the Baltimore
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City Guards shall he eligible as officers, except for
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Brigadier General.
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Staff officers
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the Brigadier Gene-
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ral shall hare power to appoint a Brigade Major and
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Inspector, and such Aids as to him may seem proper;
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that the Colonel of each regiment shall have power to
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appoint an Adjutant, a Quarter-master, a Paymaster,
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a Surgeon and Mate, a Sergeant Major, a Quarter-
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master's Sergeant, and a Paymaster's Sergeant; and
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each company shall have power to appoint a Quarter-
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master, and a Quarter-master's Sergeant, and to make
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such by-laws for their own government, as they may
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deem proper, not repugnant to the provisions of this act.
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or to the laws made by the brigade council, according
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to the seventh section of this act.
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Commission
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SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the Governor and
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Council shall issue commissions to the present officers
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of the Baltimore City Guards, and to such as may
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hereafter he elected or appointed, as hereinbefore pro-
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vided.
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Parades
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SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That there shall be one
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brigade parade of the Baltimore City Guards, and no
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more, in each year, for inspection, on such day as may
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be appointed by the Brigadier General.
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Brigade council — powers of, &c.
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SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That there shall be a
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Brigade Council of the Baltimore City Guards, com-
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