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ART. LXV] MILITIA. 46T
Commander-in-Chief. The Adjutant General shall be appointed by the
Governor from the officers of the National Guard, 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 commissions 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.
1916. ch. 311. sec. 18. 1917. ch. 27, sec. 18.
16. 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 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 laws of this State and of the United States, (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 fif-
teen days thereafter, to the Governor, including a detailed statement of
all the receipts and expenditures for military purposes during the year,
(b) 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 successor, (c)
The Adjutant General may have one Assistant to the Adjutant General,
whose salary shall be fifteen hundred dollars per annum, and the said'
sum is hereby appropriated for that purpose annually, and the Comp-
troller 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 exceeding four, and as many
laborers as may be required from time to time. He shall be appointed
by the Governor upon the recommendation of the Adjutant General.
The clerks and employees shall be appointed and the laborers hired by
the Adjutant General. The Assistant to the 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 Adjut-
ant General, perform all or such portion of the duties of the Adjutant
General as the Governor or Adjutant General may expressly and law-
fully delegate to him. (d) All battle flags turned over to the Governor
shall be under the care and custody of the Adjutant General.
1916, ch. 311, sec. 19.
17. The Adjutant General, as Acting Quartermaster General may
have one Assistant, who shall be a Quartermaster with rank of Captain,
who shall also be the military storekeeper, and perform such other
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