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MILITIA- [ART. 18.

to that of the officer examined; the commander-in-chief may also,
when in his opinion it is necessary, call boards of officers for set-
tling military questions, and for other purposes of good order or
discipline.

Id s 20.
Pay and
rations

20, The militia when called into active service shall be allowed
the same pay and rations as the regular troops of the United States
Army; and the rations when commuted shall be fixed by the army
regulations in force at the time.

Id s 21
Armories

21, The commander-in-chief may authorize the commanding offi-
cers of such regiments, batteries, battalions, squadrons or compa-
nies, of the volunteer militia, duly organized and uniformed, as he
shall think fit. to rent suitable and convenient places for armories
and places of drill and deposit, and safekeeping of arms, equip-
ments and other property, furnished by the State for military pur-
poses to said regiments, batteries, battalions, squadrons or compa-

Bent

nies; provided, the rent to be paid per annum shall not exceed the
following sums, viz.: For each regiment the sum of four hundred
dollars, for each battery, of four pieces of artillery, the sum of four
hundred dollars; for each battalion the sum of two hundred dollars;
for each squad ion the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars; and for
each independent company the sum of one hundred dollars; pro-
vided, that no rent shall be paid for any regiment having a less
number of rank and file than three hundred; for any battalion hav-
ing a less number than one hundred and fifty, for any company
having a less number than forty, or for any squadron having a less
number than eighty, of rank and file, uniformed and fit for active
duty, and provided that said payments shall be chargeable only to
the appropriations made by law for military purposes, and the ac-
counts shall be audited and settled at the treasury, as is now pro-
vided for contracts and expenditures for military purposes.

Id s 22
Certificate of
membership.

22, All certificates of membership of any legally organized vol-
unteer company of the militia shall be signed by the commanding
officer thereof, which certificates shall be issued on or before the
first day of April in each year, to such persons as may then com-
pose the uniformed and active members of said company; every

Honorary
members

such company may receive and have as many honorary members as it
has active and uniformed members, and no more, on payment in
advance by each person desiring to become such honorary member,
of not less than ten dollars per annum, which said money shall be
received by the commanding officer of the company and be by him
applied to the payment of armory rent or the purchase of uniforms
for the rank and file of the active members of his company, or to
such purposes as may be authorized by the by-laws of said com-
pany; and the commanding officer of every company shall, on or
before the first day of June and December of every year, render to
the adjutant-general an account of the money so received and ex-
pended by him, and every such honorary member shall be entitled

Certificate.

to receive a certificate of honorary membership of the company, to