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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

mander-in-chief, and if the commander-in-chief shall adjudge
a person unqualified for the office to which he has been
elected or nominated as aforesaid, another person shall, within
twenty days after due notice of such adverse decision, be
elected or nominated, and in default of such election or nomi-
nation the vacancy may be filled by the commander-in-chief.
All officers whose election or nomination as set forth in this
Article shall be approved by the Governor and commander-iu-
chief shall be duly commissioned by him.

Oaths.

SEC. 15. Every commissioned officer, non-commissioned offi-
cer and private, before he enters upon his duties or exercises
any command, shall take and subscribe in such manner and
before such 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 in-
cumbent upon me according 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 pursuance 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.

When to be
considered
mustered
in.

SEC. 16. All persons who shall have made the oath or affirm-
ation 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.

Resignation
of officers.

SEC. 17. The resignation of commissioned officers shall be
in writing 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 considered out of service on the tender of
his resignation, until the same shall have been accepted by the
commander-in chief.