FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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In addition to the said general account of geueral pay-

ments, he shall likewise keep separate accounts with

each regiment, battalion and independent company wherein

shall be specified only the money and material actually dis-

tributed to each respective organization. The adjutant-gen-

eral shall make annually, to the Governor, before the first day

of January of each year and likewise to the General Assem-

bly at each session, a detailed itemized report of all sums of

money disbursed by him to the said Maryland National

Guard, from whatever source received specifying the amounts

disbursed for the guard as a whole and to or for each regiment,

battalion and independent company and for what purpose so

paid and he shall likewise publish annually for the infor-

mation of said Maryland National Guard and of the public,

the said reports so by him to be made, as aforesaid. All

commissioned officers of the Maryland National Guard shall

have access at all reasonable times to said accounts and the

commanding officer of the brigade or any regimental, or

battaliou commandant applying through him to the comp-

troller of the State, shall have the right to ascertain from

the books of the State comptroller the amount of disburse-

ments made from time to time, and to whom made, and

upon what warrants the same have been paid.

43. The commanding officers of brigades shall transmit

the name of persons duly elected and approved, or appointed

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to offices in their respective brigades, to the commander in

officers.

chief to the end that commissions may be issued to them but

before making such trausmittal the commandant of brigade

shall require the persons so elected and may require those

appointed to be examined with respect to their qualifica-

tions and fitness to fill the offices to which they have been

elected or appointed, by a board of examiners consisting

for the examination of field officers of regiments and bat-

talions, of three commissioned officers in the brigade above

the rank of captain, to be appointed by the commander of

the brigade, and for the examination of line and other

officers of three commissioned officers of the battalion or

regiment to which they belong, viz : the commanding offi-

cers of such regiment or battalion and two others not lower

than the rank of captain, to be appointed by the command-

ing officer of said regiment or battalion, on the report of

such board of examiners, the commandant of the brigade

shall approve or disapprove of the person elected or

appointed, and state his reasons therefor, in transmitting

the return of the election or appointment, and if the com-

mander-in-chief shall adjudge the person unqualified for

the office, another person shall, within twenty days after