THOMAS W. VEAZEY, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1835.

SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That no volunteer divi-

sion which has for two successive years less than two

CHAP. 295.

brigades: no volunteer brigade which has for two suc-

Want of cample-ment

cessive years less than two regiments, and no volunteer

regiment, which has for two successive years less than

four such companies as are authorised by the act of

assembly of December session, eighteen hundred and

twenty three, chapter one hundred and eighty-eight, or

by any of the supplements thereto, or by this act shall

continue, and if from the returns or other good autho-

Investigation

rity, the commanding officer of the division shall sus-

pect that the division, or either of the brigades or re-

giments under his command, has not such complement,

he shall cause the same to be investigated, and if it shall

be established to his satisfaction that the said divi-

sion, brigade or regiment has not the said complement,

he shall forthwith report the same to the Governor and

Report

Council, who shall thereupon revoke the commissions

Revoke commis-sion

of the general and staff officers of said division or bri-

gade, or of the field and staff officers of said regiment.

SEC. 21. And be it enacted, That so much of the act

Act repealed par-tially

of eighteen hundred and twenty-three, chapter one hun-

dred and eighty-eight, or of any other act as authori-

ses the second regiment of riflemen, the fifty-first re-

giment of infantry, and the twelfth regiment of caval-

ry, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

SEC. 28. And be it enacted. That any clause, matter

Inconsistent acts repealed

or thing in the act of December session, eighteen hun-

dred and twenty-three, chapter one hundred and eigh-

ty-eight, or in the supplement thereto, or in the seve-

ral militia raws of this State, which shall be found in-

consistent with, or repugnant to the provisions of this

act, are hereby repealed, so far as relates to the city of

Baltimore; Provided, however, that whenever the mi-

Proviso

litia of the city of Baltimore, or any part thereof shall

be called into actual service, they shall in all respects

be subject to the like regulations and orders, as the

other militia of the State.

SEC. 23 And be if enacted, That nothing in this act

Confined to Baltimore

shall be construed to extend to any part of the militia

of this State, except within the limits of the city of

Baltimore, nor shall it be construed to impair the pri-

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