1480 MILITIA. [ART. 65

shall be non-suited, or have a verdict or judgment rendered against him,
the defendant shall recover treble costs.
See sections 69 and 83.

1908, ch. 103, sec. 15.

14. The adjutant general shall be in control of the military depart-
ment of the State, and subordinate only to the governor in matters
pertaining to said department. He will perform such duties as pertain
to the adjutant general and the other chiefs of staff departments, under
the regulations and customs of the United States army. He will super-
intend the preparation of all returns and reports required by the United
States from the State, and will perform all the duties prescribed for him
by the militia law of the State, (a) He shall keep a register of all the
officers of the militia of the State, and keep in his office all records and
papers required to be kept and filed therein, and make a report as of the
31st of December in each year within fifteen days thereafter to the gov-
ernor, including a detailed statement of all the receipts and expendi-
tures for military purposes during the year. (b) He shall, at the
expense of the State, when necessary, cause the militia law, the military
regulations of the State and articles of war of the United States to be
printed, indexed and bound in proper and compact form and distributed
to the commissioned officers of the national guard, sheriffs, clerks of
circuit courts of the counties, and to the clerk of the superior court of
Baltimore city, one copy to each; and to each commissioned officer and
headquarters he shall issue one copy of the necessary text-books and of
such annual reports concerning the militia as the governor may direct,
(c) He shall cause to be prepared and issued all necessary blank books,
blank forms and notices required to carry into full effect the provisions
of this article. All such books and blanks shall be and remain the
property of the State, (d) The seal now used in the office of the adju-
tant general shall be the seal of his office and shall be delivered by him
to his successor, (e) The adjutant general may have one assistant adju-
tant general of the grade of colonel, whose salary shall be fifteen
hundred dollars per annum, and the said sum is hereby appropriated
for that purpose annually, and the comptroller is hereby directed to
draw his warrant on the treasurer, who is hereby directed to pay the
same in equal monthly instalments; and the necessary clerks and em-
ployees, not exceeding four, and as many laborers as may be required
from time to time. The assistant adjutant general shall be at the time
of his appointment an officer in active service in the militia of the State,
or shall have served in the National Guard for at least three years. He
shall be appointed and commissioned by the governor upon the recom-
mendation of the adjutant general, and shall be entitled to all rights
and privileges granted to officers of the National Guard in this article.
The clerks and employees shall be appointed and the laborers hired by
the adjutant general. The assistant adjutant general shall aid the adju-
tant general by the performance of such duties as may be assigned to