2176 ARTICLE 65.

1922, ch. 490, sec. 10.

11. The Ranking Line Officer, as Quartermaster General, shall be
responsible to the Governor for the care, preservation and safe-keeping of
all military property. It shall be his duty to prepare returns of all Fed-
eral military property at the time and in the manner required by Regula-
tions of the War Department. He shall keep a just and true account of
all expenses incurred in the up-keep of the militia and such expenses shall
be audited and paid in the manner provided by law. He shall make such
purchases and issue such military property as the Governor may direct.
The regulations and orders of the War Department shall govern the Rank-
ing Line Officer, as Quartermaster General, in all matters not specifically
set forth herein in connection with purchase and care of military property.
The Ranking Line Officer, as Quartermaster General, may have one assis-
tant, who shall be a quartermaster, with the grade of captain, who shall
also be the military storekeeper and perform' such other duties as the
Ranking Line Officer may direct, whose salary shall be as stated in the
annual budget. This officer shall be appointed and commissioned by the
Governor upon the recommendation of the Ranking Line Officer, and at
the time of his appointment be a member of the organized militia of the
State. The Ranking Line Officer, as Quartermaster General, may require
the assistant to the Quartermaster General, to give bond as sufficient surety
to the State of Maryland, conditioned for the faithful performance of his
duties; such bond to be approved by the Governor and Comptroller and to
be filed in the latter's office, and to be paid out of militia funds.

1922, ch. 490, sec. 11.

12. The general appropriations for the militia shall be exclusively
applied to the necessary and contingent expenses of the office of the
Ranking Line Officer and to the maintenance and equipment and for the
general efficiency of the organized militia of this State, organized and
enlisted as provided for in this Article. No purchases shall be made,
debts incurred or money expended except by the direct authority of the
Ranking Line Officer. The Ranking Line Officer shall make rules and
regulations for receipts and expenditures of all moneys coming under
his control and he may require bond from such persons as he may desig-
nate. All bills shall be audited and paid by the Ranking Line Officer
and the general customs and methods of the Finance Office of the Army
of the United States shall be followed as nearly as possible.

1924, ch. 286.

13. The Ranking Line Officer is authorized and directed to take out
and thereafter maintain a policy or policies of insurance with the State
Accident Fund or with any stock corporation or mutual association au-
thorized to transact the business of Workmen's Compensation insurance
in this State, to secure compensation under the Workmen's Compensation
Law to all officers and enlisted men of the organized militia of the State
of Maryland. The Ranking Line Officer is authorized and directed to pay
the necessary premium or premiums for said policy or policies of insur-