LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

writing or by telegraph to the commander-in-chief setting forth
particularly the necessity for such aid, and if the emergency
require, the said board or the said sheriff may, without waiting
for a reply from the commander-in-chief, forthwith apply in
writing or by telegraph to the commanding officer of the mili-
tary or naval organization most accessible; and all command-
ing officers ia such cases, whether ordered out by the com-
mander-in-chief or applied to as aforesaid by the said board or
the said Sheriff, shall forthwith assemble their command and
take such action as the exigencies of the case may require to
prevent the threatened disorder or opposition to the laws, or
to suppress the riot or disorder, and in the execution of such
duty, such troops shall be deemed to be on detached service
and shall not be subject to the orders of any superior officer
except the commander-in-chief who may, in his discretion, in
the cases provided for in this section and in all other cases of
internal disturbance, war or invasion, delegate, assign, and
order the Adjutant General of the State, or some other com-
petent ranking officer, to assume command of such troops;
and the Adjutant General or other officer having assumed the
command as herein provided for shall have full power and
authority to do and to act in all respects as the Governor and
commander-in-chief could or might do in the premises; and
during the time the Adjutant General shall so be in command,
he shall, in lien of the pay of his office as Adjutant General,
be entitled to pay at the same rate per diem that commanding
officers of his rank receive in the service of the United States.

4. MAINTENANCE AND EQUIPMENT.

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SEC. 35. The general appropriation for the Militia shall be
exclusively applied to the necessary and contingent expenses.
of the Adjutant General's office and to the maintenance of
the National Guard enlisted and organized as provided in this
article.

Appropria-
tion, now to
be applied.

SEC. 36. Whatever sum of money is now or may hereafter
be appropriated by the General Assembly of Maryland for the
Militia known as the "Maryland National Guard," shall be
distributed and applied on warrant .of the Adjutant General,
under and by the direction of the Governor and commander-
in-chief, to the respective organizations constituting said Mary-
land National Guard, so as to promote the military efficiency
of all of said respective organizations, without distinction, as
the same may be needed by them respectively, except that

Distribution
of appro-
priation.