ART. 18. ]

MILITIA.

189

ARMORIES.

28 Governor to appoint armorers.
20 Bond
30 Armorers to report number and quality of
arms, etc

31 Removal of arms, etc, to be reported.
32 Governor may appoint persons to take in-
ventory of arms, etc.
33 Salaries

1. The militia of this State shall consist of all able-bodied white
male citizens, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, and
not exempt by the laws of the United States, except the comptroller,
the treasurer, the secretary of state, judges and clerks of courts of
record, registers of wills, sheriffs, and ministers of any religious

1870, c. 182, s 1.
What militia to
consist of
20 Md 386,
33 Md 297

denomination. And it shall be the duty of the different officers of
registration throughout the State to furnish annually to the adjutant-
general a list of all persons in their respective districts composing
the militia as aforesaid.

Officers of regis-
tration to fur-
nish list annu-
ally

2, In case of war, rebellion, insurrection or threatened invasion
of this or any neighboring State, the governor, as commander-in-
chief, is hereby authorized to order out for actual service, either by
calling for volunteers, by draft or otherwise, as many of the militia
as the exigency may in his judgment require, and in such case he
is hereby vested with the full power and authority to make all need-
ful rules and regulations therefor, which rules and regulations shall
have the force of law.

Id s 2
Call for volun-
teers or draft

3- At all times the commander-in-chief is hereby authorized to
make and publish all needful rules and regulations for the control,
discipline, armament and equipment of the militia, to carry out the

Id s 3
Powers of com-
mander-in-
chief.

provisions of this act, which rules and regulations shall, as far as
practicable, conform to the laws and regulations governing the
organizing of the United States volunteer forces, their discipline,
armament, equipment and officers, and which rules and regulations
shall have the force of law.

Regulations to
conform to those
of the United
States.

4. The enrolment and organization of the militia of this State
into divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, squadrons, batteries
and companies, as numbered and recorded in the office of the
adjutant-general, shall continue, subject to be altered by the com-
mander-in-chief from time to time, as he may direct.

Id s 4
Existing enrol-
ment to con-
tinue.

5. Whenever a sufficient number of the militia shall meet to-
gether and declare their purpose in writing to form a volunteer com-
pany, by subscribing their names to an agreement to that effect,
they may proceed to elect company officers as provided in section
nine of this article, provided their numbers shall not consist of less
than forty nor more than eighty persons. The captain elect shall
thereupon transmit to the adjutant-general the original agreement
signed by the members proposing to organize said company, to-
gether with the proceedings of the meeting held for the election,
duly attested by its chairman and secretary; and whenever the said
officers elect are commissioned by the governor as provided in sec-
tion ten, and the oaths of office as provided in section twenty-three

Id s 5
How volunteer
companies
formed