ART. 18. ] MILITIA.

be signed as aforesaid, and bearing date at the time of its issue;
which certificate of membership, whether of uniformed and active

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members or of honorary members, shall exempt the person therein
named from jury duty, for the period of one year from the date of
his said certificate; provided, he files his said certificate with the
clerk of the court before the drawing of the jury.

Exemption
from jury duty.
33 Md 207

23. Every commissioned officer, non-commissioned officer and
private, before he enters upon his duties, or exercises any command,
shall take and subscribe, in such manner and before such person as
the commander-in-chief may direct, the following oaths or affirma-
tions, viz.: I, A. B., do solemnly swear, or affirm, that I will bear
true allegiance to the State of Maryland, and will support the Con-
stitution thereof, so help me God. I, A. B., do solemnly swear, or
affirm, that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform
all the duties incumbent upon me, according to the best of my abili-
ties and understanding, agreeable to the Constitution and laws of the
State of Maryland, so help me God. I, A. B., do solemnly swear,
or affirm, that I will support the Constitution of the United States,
and the laws made in pursuance thereof, so help me God.

Id s 23
Oaths

24. The officer before whom the oath or affirmation was made,
shall furnish to the party making it, a certificate of the following
form, viz.: This is to certify that A. B., commissioned as within on
this —— day of —— A. D. ——, personally appeared before me
and made the oaths or affirmations, as required by the laws of the
State of Maryland and of the United States, to qualify him to dis-
charge the duties of his office.

Id s 24
Certificate

25. Whenever the board of police commissioners for the city of
Baltimore, or the sheriff of any county, shall call out any portion of
the militia to aid in preventing threatened disorder or opposition to
the laws, or in suppressing riot or disorder on election days, or at
any other times, as provided in section eight hundred and thirteen,
of article four, code of public local laws, as amended by act of As-
sembly of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, chapter three hundred
and sixty-seven, said military force shall be deemed to be on de-
tached service, while under the orders of the said board or sheriff,
and the commanding officer thereof shall not be subject to the
orders of any superior officer whatsoever, except the commander-in-
chief..

Id s 25
Militia when
called out by
board of police
or sheriff, sub-
ject to their
orders

26. All arms and equipments not issued to the militia, and now
on hand, shall be stored in the State armories at Annapolis and
Easton, put in proper condition, by the commander-in-chief, for the
safekeeping and storage of said arms and equipments.

Id s 26.
Armories at
Annapolis and
Easton.

27. In all cases where any member or members of the military
companies of this State shall have served for the full term of enlist-
ment of three years, and shall have failed to return his or their uni-
forms to the captain or captains of his or their respective commands,
the bond or bonds of said captain or captains are hereby released

1872, c 431
Release of cap-
tains' bonds.