MILITIA. 833

Ranking Line Officer be also appointed the Adjutant General, he shall
receive only the salary provided by law for the Ranking Line Officer; and
provided further, that, should the Ranking Line Officer be called or
ordered into the active military service of the United States, under the
Constitution and laws of the United States, the Governor may designate
an acting Ranking Line Officer, who will exercise all the duties of the
office during such period.

The Ranking Line Officer shall be in control of the military department
of the State, and subordinate only to the Governor in matters pertaining
to said department. He shall keep in his office all records and papers re-
quired to be kept and filed therein, and make as of the 30th of September
in each year, within fifteen days thereafter, to the Governor, a detailed
statement of all the receipts and expenditures for military purposes during
the year.

He shall be charged with the care, control and maintenance of all
armories, owned by the State of Maryland, and all buildings or other
property purchased, occupied, leased or rented by or in behalf of the State
Military forces, which may now or shall hereafter be authorized by law
and shall have all power and authority necessary or desirable for the pur-
pose aforesaid and with the right to make and enforce all reasonable rules
and regulations; provided, however, that when disapproved by the Rank-
ing Line Officer, applications to use the armories for non-military pur-
poses shall be subject to the review and approval of the Board of Public
Works, the Ranking Line Officer and the commanding officer of the unit
occupying the armory concerned.

He shall act as custodian of all battle flags and war records and is
charged with their proper care and preservation. He is authorized to
employ the necessary clerks and employees, and as many laborers as may
be required from time to time. The seal now used in his office shall be
the seal of the office of the Ranking Line Officer and shall be delivered by
him to his successor.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 11. 1922, ch. 490, sec. 10. 1931, ch. 161, sec. 11.

11. The Ranking Line Officer, as Quartermaster General, shall be re-
sponsible to the Governor for the care, preservation and safe-keeping of all
military property. He shall prepare returns of all Federal military prop-
erty at the time and in the manner prescribed by the Secretary of War.
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.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 13. 1924, ch. 286. 1931, ch. 161, sec. 13.
13. There shall be an Unassigned List exclusively restricted to officers
and enlisted men of the Organized Militia and none other, who are trans-
ferred thereto by the Governor; provided that such transfer shall not in
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