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MILITARY. [ART. 63.

Uniforms, &c.,
property of
state.

19. The uniforms, arms and equipments so fur-
nished, shall remain and continue to be the property
of the state to be used for military purposes only, and
shall be returned when called for by the adjutant
general.

Officers to
Recount for
property,

20. Any officer receiving, under the provisions of
this article, public property for military use, shall be
accountable for the articles so received by him, and
shall not be honorably discharged from the service
until he has returned to the adjutant general a receipt
from his successor in command, or a proper accounting
officer, for the articles issued upon his requisition, in
good order and condition, reasonable use and wear
thereof excepted, or shown to the adjutant general, by
satisfactory proof, that any article not so accounted for
has been properly expended in the service, or defaced,
injured, lost or destroyed, without any de&ult or ne-
glect on his part, and if lost or wilfully defaced or
destroyed, through the misconduct of any person, that
reasonable efforts have been made by him to recover or
prosecute for the same, and, in addition, he shall be
liable to make good to the state all such property so
defaced, injured, destroyed or lost by any neglect or
default on his part, and for the recovery of which he
has made no reasonable effort, and it shall be the duty

Suit on bond.

of the adjutant general to enter suit on the bond of
said officer, in the name of the state of Maryland, for
the value of such property so defaced, injured, destroyed
or lost, and the officer succeeding in command of the
company shall, before being commissioned, be required
to file a bond, to be approved as hereinbefore required,
for the safe keeping and return of all military property
of the state in the possession of said company.

Arms, &c ,
deposited in
armories.

21. All arms, equipments and military property of
every description, which shall be furnished to the sev-
eral companies under the provisions of this article,
shall, when required by the commanding officer of the
company, battery, battalion, squadron or regiment, be
deposited in the armory of said company, battery, bat-
talion, squadron or regiment, and the possession of any