750 MILITIA. [ART. 65

68. Military courts; courts-martial. 76. Pay of officers and men; rations. 81. Appropriations ; use and allotment of; warrants; provisos. 83. Immunity from arrest ; militia not to be excluded from places of

amusement because in uniform ; penalty. 90. Veteran corps ; fifth regiment. 91A. Old guard, fourth regiment. 92. Repealed. 97A. Who may be placed on retired list.

1908, ch. 103, sec. 8. 1912, ch. 851, sec. 8.

7. The staff of the Governor shall consist of the Adjutant-General,
who shall be chief of staff and acting Quartermaster-General, and shall
have the rank of Brigadier-General, and whose salary shall be three
thousand dollars per annum, and the said sum is hereby appropriated
for that purpose annually and the Comptroller is directed to draw his
warrant on the Treasurer who is hereby directed to pay the same in
equal monthly instalments; and a Quartermaster-General, a Chief of
Ordnance, an Inspector-General, a Surgeon-General, a Judge Advo-
cate-General; all of whom shall have the rank of Brigadier-General,
shall be appointed by the Governor; and the Governor is hereby empow-
ered to appoint such number of aides, not exceeding ten, with the rank
of Colonel, as may be necessary to the.discharge of his duties as Com-
mander-in-Chief, and the Assistant Adjutant-General. The Adjutant-
General shall be appointed by the Governor from the officers of the
National Guard from those who have served in the National Guard
as officers, or from officers of the United States Army above the rank
of Captain, and he shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges
granted to other officers in the National Guard in this article. All of
these staff officers shall be appointed by the Governor and shall hold
office during his pleasure, and their commission shall expire with the
term of office of the Governor appointing them, with the exception of
the Adjutant-General, who shall hold office until the qualification of
his successor.

1908, ch. 103, sec. 15. 1912, ch. 851, 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 per-
taining 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
superintend the preparation of all returns and reports required by
the United States from the State, and will perform all the duties pre-
scribed 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 30th of September in each year, within fifteen
days thereafter, to the Governor, including a detailed statement of all
the receipts and expenditures for military purposes during the year.