43 2 MILITIA. [ART. 65

person as the commander-in-chief may direct, the following oath
or affirmation, viz: "I, A. B., do solemnly swear (or affirm, )
that I will bear true allegiance to the State of Maryland, and
will support the constitution thereof, so help me God. "* "I, A-
B., do solemnly swear (or affirm, ) that I will faithfully and
impartially discharge all the duties incumbent upon me accord-
ing to the best of my ability and understanding, agreeably 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 pursu-
ance thereof, so help me God. "* "Which oath or affirmation shall
be duly certified by the person before whom the same is made,
and said certificate shall be forwarded to the commander-in-chief
through the proper channels.

1896, ch. 89.

16. All persons who shall have made the oath or affirmation
prescribed by the preceding section shall be deemed to be enlisted
and mustered into the Maryland National Guard, commissioned
officers until their commissions shall have been duly vacated,
and non-commissioned officers and privates for the period of three
years from the date of such enlistment, unless sooner discharged
by proper authority.

Ibid.

17. The resignation of commissioned officers shall be in writ-
ing directed to the adjutant-general and forwarded immediately
through all the intermediate commanders who shall endorse the
same with their approval or disapproval. No officer shall be con-
sidered out of service on the tender of his resignation, until the
same shall have been accepted by the commander-in-chief.

Ibid.

18. No officer shall be permitted to resign his commission who
shall be under arrest or against whom charges shall have been pre-
ferred for any delinquency; and no resignation shall be accepted
unless the officer tendering the same shall furnish to the adjutant
general satisfactory evidence that he has delivered all monies in
his hands as such officer and all books and other property of the

"Under the act of 1898, en. 113, these Imprecatory words should lie omitted.