LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

hereinbefore prescribed, for the safe keeping and return of all
property of the State in the possession of said company or
separate organization, up6n the terms and conditions imposed
upon the officer by whom said property was received.

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SEC. 44. Whoever shall wilfully or maliciously destroy
injure or deface any arms or other article of military property
belonging to the State, shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor and shall be punished by a tine n®t exceeding double
the amount of the value of the property so injured or defaced,
to be recovered on complaint of the Adjutant General or the
commanding officer of the regiment, company or separate
organization to which such arms or other article of military
property shall have been issued, in the same manner as is pre-
scribed for the collection of fines in section 27 of this Article,
or by imprisonment in the county or city jail for not less than
two weeks nor more than two months.

Destruction
of arms, etc.

SEC. 45. Whoever shall secrete, sell, dispose of, offer for
sale, or in auy manner pawn or pledge, or receive in pawn or
pledge, or buy any arms or equipment or other property fur-
nished to any organization of the Maryland National Guard,
the property of the State or of any such organization, without
proper authority, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and shall, on conviction thereof in any court having criminal
jurisdiction in the State of Maryland or before any Justice of
the Peace of the State of Maryland in the county or city
where the offense has been committed, be punished by
imprisonment in the city or county jail for not less than six
months nor more than one year or by a fine of not less than fifty
nor more than one hundred dollars, to be recovered as provided
in section 27 of this Article.

Unlawful to
buy or sell
arms, etc.

SEC. 46. The commander-in-chief may authorize the Adju-
tant General or the commanding officers of the regiments and
separate organizations, provided for in this Article, under such
rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to rent suitable and
convenient places for armories and places of drill and deposit
and safe keeping of arms, equipments, and other property
furnished by the State for military purposes to the said regi-
ments or separate organizations.

Armories to
be rented.

SEC. 47. All certificates of membership of awy regiment or
separate organization provided for in this Article shall be
signed by the commanding officer thereof; which certificates
shall be issued on or before the first day of April in each year
to such persons as may then compose the uniformed and active
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Certificates of
membership.