ART. 65] MARYLAND NATIONAL GUARD. 1533
1896, ch. 89, sec. 32. 1900, ch. 657.
34. Whenever any' of said organizations shall be ordered
into camp or on a cruise, as aforesaid, or whenever ordered
out by the commander-in-chief, each enlisted man shall receive
the following pay for each and every day of service, viz: Non-
commissioned staff and first sergeants, one dollar and seventy-
five cents; sergeants, one dollar and fifty cents; corporals, one
dollar and twenty-five cents; musicians and privates, one dollar;
musicians, seamen, ordinary seamen and landsmen of the naval
brigade, one dollar; warrant and petty officers of the naval
militia according to their relative rank, as determined by the
commander-in-chief; and in addition to said pay each enlisted
man shall receive rations, as prescribed by the United States
army and navy regulations, or commutation thereof at a rate
not exceeding forty cents per diem; provided, that on the
re-enlistment of any enlisted man within one week of the
expiration of his previous enlistment, he shall receive an
increase of ten per cent, of his pay in his preceding enlistment;
and the officers, according to their rank, shall be entitled to
pay at the same rate per diem that officers in the service of
the United States receive; and the officers detailed for inspec-
tion of said force as above provided shall be entitled to trans-
portation and pay for the time so occupied such as officers of
their rank would receive in the service of the United States;
provided, however, that all of said allowances or pay shall be
paid only out of the general appropriation for the militia then
already existing, and none of said allowances shall be made,
unless there is sufficient money of said appropriation on hand
and otherwise unused; but in order to provide a fund for the
said encampment and cruises it shall not be required that any
portion of the appropriation unexpended for one year shall be
turned back into the treasury, but such unexpended appropria-
tion may be applicable to the expenditures and encampment of
the next fiscal year.
1896, ch 89, sec. 33.
35. In case any officer or enlisted man shall serve for the
full period of three years, he shall be entitled to a certificate
of that fact, signed by the commanding officer of the brigade,
regiment or separate organization to which be belonged, which,
at his option and only in case he claims such exemption, shall
exempt him from jury duty for the full period of three years
after the expiration of his term of service.
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