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share in any appropriation made for the support of the national
guard.

5. MARYLAND NATIONAL GUARD RETIRED.

1900, ch. 657, sec. 50.

52. There shall be a retired list to be known and designated
as the "Maryland National Guard, Retired," admission to
which shall be as follows : Any commisioned officer who,
after the 10th day of April, 1900, shall complete nine years
of continuous service in the Maryland National Guard may,
upon the acceptance of his resignation, be placed upon the
retired list by the commander-in-chief, with the rank of the
grade held by him at the date of his resignation, and any
officer of the Maryland National Guard who shall have been
found by a military board physically unfit to perform the
duties of a soldier may be placed upon the retired list by the
commander-in-chief. Officers placed upon the retired list are
authorized to wear their uniforms and equipments on occasions
of ceremony. They will wear the insignia of this grade, but
not the designation of the particular organization to which
they belonged when in the Maryland National Guard. Retired
officers shall be amenable to court-martial for military offenses
to the same extent as officers of the Maryland National Guard.

6. ROSTER.
1900, ch 657, sec. 51.

53. The adjutant general shall keep a complete roster of the
names and addresses of all officers on the retired list.

7. REWARDS.
Ibid. sec. 52.

54. To promote efficiency, and as a reward for continuous
service, the commander in chief shall have power, under regu-
lations to be prescribed by him, to issue service medals, of
appropriate designs, to enlisted men of the Maryland National
Guard who shall complete three or more consecutive terms of
enlistment therein, and to all officers who shall complete a con-
tinuous service therein for a like period or periods of time.

Ibid. sec. 53.

55. Whoever shall secrete, sell, dispose of, offer for sale, or
in any manner pawn or pledge, receive in pawn or pledge, or
buy, any service medal, or imitate or cause to be imitated, or