ART. 63.] MILITARY.

manner prescribed in the constitution for the audit and
payment of claims against the state, and he shall per-
form such other duties as may properly belong to his
office, or which may be prescribed by the commander-
in-chief, and to aid him in the discharge of his duties
he shall be allowed such clerical force as may be neces-

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sary, provided the amount of salaries does not exceed
the sum of two thousand dollars.

Proviso.

16. The chief of ordnance shall, when directed by
the commander-in-chief, and under his direction and
with his approval, provide all ordnance and ordnance
stores which may be required for the purposes men-
tioned in this article, and shall receive no compensation
therefor, except when on service by command of the
commander-in-chief, and mustered in with the troops.

Ordnance

stores.

17. The other officers of the general staff of the
militia of this state shall, when directed by the com-
mander-in-chief, and under rules and regulations to be
prescribed by him, perform such duties as may pro-
perly belong to their several offices, or which may be
prescribed by the commander-in-chief, and they shall
receive no compensation therefor except when on ser-
vice by command of the commander-in-chief, and mus-
tered in with the troops.

Duties of offi-
cers of general
staff.

18. The commander-in-chief, within the limit of the
appropriations by act of the general assembly, and, in
the manner prescribed in the seventeenth section of
this article, shall authorize the adjutant general to fur-
nish such companies of cavalry, artillery and infantry,
when duly organized under this law, as he may deem
necessary for the proper enforcement of the laws, at
the expense of the state, with such uniforms, arms
and equipments as are required for military duty,
and upon the proper written requisition of the com-
manding officer of such companies respectively, and
the commanding officer of each company shall give a

Furnishing
uniforms,
arms, &c.

good and sufficient bond to the state of Maryland, to
be approved by the adjutant general and the comman-
der-in-chief, for the safe keeping and return of such
uniforms, arms and equipments.

Bond for safe
keeping.