ART. 65] MILITIA. 751

(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 Court of the counties, and
lo 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, (e) He shall cause to be pre-
pared and issued all necessary blank books, blank forms and notices
required to carry into full effect the provisions of the act of 1912, ch.
851. All such books and blanks shall be and remain the property of
the State, (d) The seal now used in the office of the Adjutant-General
shall be the seal of his office and shall be delivered by him to his suc-
cessor, (e) The Adjutant-General may have one Assistant Adjutant-
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 employees,
not exceding 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 said act.
The clerks and employees shall be appointed and the laborers hired by
the Adjutant-General. The Assistant Adjutant-General shall aid the
Adjutant-General by the performance of such duties as may be assigned
to him, and shall, in case of absence or inability of the Adjutant-Gen-
eral, perform all or such portion of the duties of the Adjutant-General
as the Governor or Adjutant-General may expressly delegate to him.
(f) In order that the National Guard of the State shall receive the
benefit of the funds provided by Congress, it shall be the duty of the
Adjutant-General of the State to submit to the proper United States
authorities a plan of proposed field or camps service of instructions,
prepared by the Governor and Commander-in-Chief for the ensuing
year, with an estimate of the funds required for payment, subsistence
and transportation of the National Guard participating therein, said
estimate to furnish the details and to be made out in the form required
by instructions from the Secretary of War. (g) He shall recommend
to the Commander-in-Chief regulations pertaining to the preparation
of reports and returns and to, the care and preservation of property
for military purposes, whether belonging to the State or to the United
States, as in his opinion the conditions demand, such regulations to be