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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 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.

1870, ch 182, sec. 2.

2. In case of war, rebellion, insurrection or threatened inva-
sion 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 needful rules and regulations therefor, which rules
and regulations shall have the force of law.

Ibid sec. 3.

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 provisions of this article, which rules and regula-
tions 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.

Ibid. sec. 4.

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 commander-in-chief from time to time, as he may direct.

Ibid sec. 6.

5. Whenever a sufficient number of the militia shall meet
together and declare their purpose in writing to form a volunteer
company, by subscribing their names to an agreement to that
effect, they may proceed to elect company officers, as provided in