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punished by a fine not exceeding double the amount of the value

of the property so injured or defaced, to be recovered on com-
plaint of the commander of the company, or by imprisonment in
the county or city jail for not less than two weeks nor more than
two months.

1870, ch. 182, sec. 17.

17. Whoever shall secrete, sell, dispose of, offer for sale, or in
any manner pawn or pledge, or receive in pawn or pledge, or buy
any arms or equipments, or any part or parts thereof, the property
of the State, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall,
on conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment in the city or
county jail for not less than six months nor more than one year,
or by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dol-
lars, to be recovered as provided in the preceding section.

Ibid sec. 18.

18. Upon the disbandment of a volunteer company which has
received arms, equipments or any other property of the State, for
military purposes, the commanding officer of such company shall
be responsible for the return of the same to the custody of some

duly authorized officer of the State; and it shall be the duty of
the adjutant general to take the necessary legal proceedings in the
name of the State, as provided in the preceding sections of this
article, unless the said property is properly accounted for by said
commanding officer, as provided in section 14.

Ibid sec. 19.

19. The commander-in-chief may, from time to time, and at
any time, appoint a military board of not less than three nor more
than five officers, whose duty it shall be to examine into the ca-
pacity, qualification, propriety of conduct and efficiency, of any
commissioned officer who may be reported as a fit subject for
examination; and upon the report of such board, if adverse to such
officer, and approved by the commander-in-chief, the commission
of such officer may be revoked; provided, always, that if practica-
ble, two members at least of such board shall have military rank
at least equal to that of the officer examined; the commander-in-
chief may also, when in his opinion it is necessary, call boards of
officers for settling military questions, and for other purposes of
good order or discipline.