1002 MILITIA—PAY—ARMORIES. [ART. 65.

1870, ch. 182, sec. 20.

20. The militia, when called into active service, shall be al-
lowed 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.

Ibid. sec. 21.

21. The commander-in-chief may authorize the commanding
officers of such regiments, batteries, battalions, squadrons or com-
panies of the volunteer militia, duly organized and uniformed, as
he shall think fit, to rent suitable and convenient places for armo-
ries and places of drill and deposit, and safekeeping of arms,
equipments and other property, furnished by the State for mili-
tary purposes to said regiments, batteries, battalions, squadrons or
companies; 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 squadron, the sum of one hundred
and fifty dollars; for each independent company, the sum of one
hundred dollars; provided, that no rent shall be paid for any regi-
ment having a less number of rank and file than three hundred;
for any battalion having 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 pay-
ments shall be chargeable only to the appropriations made by law
for military purposes, and the account shall be audited and settled
at the treasury, as is now provided for contracts and expenditures
for military purposes.

Ibid. sec. 22.

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