ART. 65]

MILITIA.

749

ARTICLE LXV.

MILITIA.

7. Governor's staff; salary of adju- tant-general. 14. Adjutant-general; assistant. 17. National guard, how constituted; increase of force ; change of or- ganization of regiments, bat- talions, etc., to conform to or- ganization of army or navy of U. S. ; proviso. 18. Governor to fix strength of sev- eral departments, corps, etc. ; maximum strength in time of peace. 19. Repealed. 20. Repealed. 21. Repealed. 22. Repealed. 23. Repealed. 24. Repealed. 25. Repealed.

26. Repealed. 27. Repealed. 28. Repealed. 29. Repealed. 31, 33, 34. Officers to he commissioned by Governor ; requirements for permanent commission; exami- nation; failure to take or pass same. 41. Retired list ; court of inquiry. 46. Repealed. 48. Re-enlistment. 61. Camps of instruction and cruises for naval brigade. 62. Military laws, etc., to prevail; miltiary offenses and courts; punishments. 66. Orders and warnings for duty ; re- turns thereof. 67. Repealed.

The act of 1914, chapter 701, authorized the creation of a loan of $950,000 and
apportioned the proceeds in part as follows: $11,500 for the completion of the
state armory in the city of Frederick; $10,500 for the completion of the state
armory in Salisbury; $25,000 for the completion of the state armory and con-
vention hall in Annapolis; $60.000 for the acquisition of land and erection of
two state armories for the "First Regiment Maryland National Guard," and
$200,000 for the acquisition of land and toward the erection of a state armory
for the "Fourth Regiment Maryland National Guard." Chapter 791 further
authorizes the appointment of the Fourth Regiment Armory Building Commis-
sion, the State Armory Building Commission No. 1 and the State Armory Build-
ing Commission No. 2, and directs that the armories to be built by the two com-
missions last named shall be located in Elkton and Belair respectively. Chapter
791 further provides that upon the completion of said armories, the title to same
shall vest in the state. See article 31, section 45, et seq. and footnote.

The act of 1912, chapter 749, authorized the creation of a state debt of four
hundred thousand dollars, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars thereof to
be applied to the purchase of land and the erection of armories in the cities of
Annapolis, Frederick and Salisbury.

The act of 1914, chapter 672, strikes out the designation "Naval Brigade" wher-
ever it appears in article 65 of the code, and substitutes therefor the designa-
tion "Naval Militia."

As to the powers of the Governor over military officers, courts-martial, etc.,
see article 2, section 15, of the Md. Constitution.

The Governor is commander-in-chief of the land and naval forces of the state—
see article 2, section 8, of the Md. Constitution.

See article 28, et seq., of the Declaration of Rights, and article 9 of the Md
Constitution.