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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. 12. 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 Rank-
ing Line Officer and to the maintenance and equipment and for the gen-
eral efficiency of the organized militia of this State, organized and en-
listed as provided for in this Article. No purchases shall be made, debts
incurred or money expended except by the direct authority of the Rank-
ing Line Officer. The Ranking Line Officer shall make rules and regu-
lations 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.

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
any wise be considered a removal from office or affect the rank of an officer
or enlisted mail so transferred.

An. Code/1924, sec. 14. 1922, ch. 490, sec. 12.

14. No officer of the militia shall incur any expense whatever to be
paid by the State, except such as authorized in this Article, without first
obtaining the authority of the Ranking Line Officer. In extreme emergen-
cies, however, the commanding officer of any organization or detachment of
the organized militia may purchase such necessities as are absolutely re-
quired for the immediate use and care of his command, taking receipts
in triplicate therefor; a report of such action, containing a statement of
the articles purchased and the price thereof, with the receipts attached,
must be made forthwith through the. regular channels to the Quartermas-
ter General. The Comptroller, of the State shall be the auditor of all
accounts for property purchased by the Ranking Line Officer. All other
military accounts payable by the State shall be audited by the Ranking
Line Officer. Military accounts thus audited shall be paid by the Treasurer