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soldier, may impose fines not exceeding twenty-five dollars for any single
offense; may sentence non-commissioned officers to reduction to the ranks;
may sentence to forfeiture of pay and allowances. The proceedings of such
court shall be informal, and the minutes thereof shall be the same as pre-
scribed for summary courts of the Army of the United States.
1922, ch. 490, sec. 39.
41. All courts-martial of the organized militia, not in the service of
the United States, including summary courts, shall have power to sentence
to confinement in lieu of fines authorized to be imposed; provided, that
such sentences of confinement shall not exceed one day for each dollar of
fine authorized.
No sentence of dismissal from the service or dishonorable discharge,
imposed by a court-martial, not in the service of the United States, shall
be executed until approved by the Governor.
In the organized militia, not in the service of the United States, presi-
dents of courts-martial and summary court officers shall have power to
issue warrants to arrest accused persons and to bring them before the
court for trial whenever such persons shall have disobeyed an order in
writing from the convening authority to appear before such court, a copy
of the charge or charges having been delivered to the accused with such
order, and to issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum, and to enforce
by attachment attendance of witnesses and the production of books and
papers, and to sentence for a refusal to be sworn or to answer as provided
in actions before civil courts.
1922, ch. 490, sec. 40.
42. Upon the finding of any such court-martial imposing any of said
fines, and upon the approval of the findings by the officer appointing the
court, the fine or fines so imposed shall be and become at once payable,
and in case any officer or enlisted man, upon whom a fine has been imposed
in accordance with the provisions of this section, shall fail, refuse or neg-
lect to pay the fine so imposed upon him within ten days after he shall
have been notified thereof, the said fine may be collected in the name of
the State before any justice of the peace having criminal jurisdiction
in the county or city where the delinquent resides, in the same manner as
other fines or offenses against the general police regulations of the State
are collected, upon the certificate in writing of the proper commanding
officer, setting forth the findings of the court-martial and his approval
thereof, upon the production of the said certificate before the said justice
of the peace, and upon the arrest and production of the offender before
the said justice of the peace, the said justice shall forthwith adjudge and
require the fines so certified as having been imposed and approved, to-
gether with all the costs of the proceedings before him, to be paid, and in
default of payments of said fines and costs as aforesaid, said justice shall
commit the delinquent to the jail of the city or county where the said
delinquent resides, for one day for every dollar of the said aggregate
amount of fine and costs, but in no case shall the period of imprisonment
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