1538 MILITIA. [ART. 65

erty as may have been defaced, injured, lost or destroyed, after
being received by such officer, and which has not been properly
accounted for by him as aforesaid, and the officer succeeding
to the command of the company or of any separate organiza-
tion shall be required to file a bond to the State, as herein-
before prescribed, for the safe keeping and return of all prop-
erty of the State in the possession of the said company or
separate organization, upon the terms and conditions imposed
upon the officer by whom said property was received.

1896, ch. 89, sec. 44.

46. Whoever shall wilfully or maliciously destroy, injure
or deface any arms or other article of military property belong-
ing to the State shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding double the amount
of the value of the property so injured or defaced, to be recov-
ered on complaint of the adjutant general or the commanding
officer of the regiment, company or separate organization to
which such arms or other article of military property shall
have been issued in the some manner as is prescribed for the
collection of fines in section 29, or by imprisonment in the
county or city jail for not less than two weeks nor more than
two months.

Ibid. sec. 45.

47. 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 equipment or other property furnished to any
organization of the Maryland National Guard, the property of
the State or of any such organization, without proper authority,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, on convic-
tion thereof in any court having criminal jurisdiction in the
State of Maiyland or before any justice of the peace of the
State of Maryland in the county or city where the offense has
been committed, 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 hun-
dred dollars to be recovered as provided in section 29.

Ibid. sec. 46.

48. The commander-in-chief may authorize the adjutant
general or the commanding officers of the regiments and sepa-
rate organizations, provided for in this article, under such
rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to rent suitable and