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Furnishing
companies
with arms,
etc.
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SEC. 42. The commander-in chief, within the limits of the
appropriation by Act of the General Assembly, shall authorize
the Adjutant General to furnish the necessary arms and equip-
ments to such regiments and separate organizations of the
Maryland National Guard as are authorized by this Article ;
and the commanding officer of each company or the officer
receiving the same shall give a good and sufficient bond to
the State of Maryland, to be approved by the Adjutant
General, for the safe keeping and return of such arms and
equipments; and said arms and equipments shall remain and
continue to be the property of the State to be used for mili-
tary purposes only, and shall be returned to the State when
called for by the commander-in-chief; provided, however, that
all arms, ammunition, equipments or other supplies directed
to be furnished by the Governor under the provisions of this
Article shall be so furnished by contract made with the lowest
responsible bidder upon public notice, unless an emergency
shall require immediate action; and the officer making such
contract shall certify the account with explicit vouchers and
transmit the same, countersigned and approved by the Gover-
nor, to the Comptroller for final settlement in the mode and
manner prescribed in the Constitution for the audit and pay-
ment of claims against the State.
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Anne, etc., to
be accounted
for.
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SEC. 43. Any officer receiving arms and equipments or other
public property for military use shall be accountable for the
same and shall not be discharged from his obligation therefor
until he has properly accounted for said arms and equipments
or other property, either by receipt from his successor in com-
mand or some other officer authorized to receive the same, for
the articles received by him in good order and condition,
reasonable use a'nd wear excepted, or by satisfactory proof to
the Adjutant General that any article not so accounted for has
been properly expended in the service, or defaced, injured,
lost or destroyed, without any default or neglect on his part ;
and if lost, defaced or destroyed through the misconduct of
any person, that reasonable efforts have been made by him to
recover or prosecute for the same; and it shall bg the duty of
the Adjutant General to enter suit on the bond of any officer,
in the name of the State of Maryland, for the value of such
property 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 separ-
ate organization shall be required to file a bond to the State, as
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