204 LAWS OF MARYLAND.
martial imposing any of said fines, and upon the approval of
the findings by the officer appointing the court, the fine or
fines so imposed shall be and become at once payable, and in
case any officer or enlisted man upon whom a fine has been
imposed in accordance with the provisions of this section shall
fail, refuse or neglect to pay the fine so imposed upon him
within ten days after he shall have been notified thereof, the
said fine may be collected in the name of the State before any
justice of the peace having criminal jurisdiction in the county
or city where the delinquent resides, in the same manner as
other fines for offenses against the general police regulations of
the State are collected, upon the certificate in writing of the
proper commanding officer setting forth the findings of the
court-martial and his approval thereof, upon the production of
the said certificate before the said justice of the peace; and the
arrest and production of the offender before the said justice of
the peace, the said justice shall forthwith adjudge and require
the fines so certified as having been imposed and approved,
together with all the costs of the proceedings before him, to
be paid, and in default of payment of said fine and costs as
aforesaid said justice shall commit the delinquent to the jail
of the city or county where the said delinquent resides for
one day for every dollar of the said aggregate amount of fine
and costs, but in no case shall the period of imprisonment
exceed ten days. The fine so collected shall be paid by the said
justice to the fiscal officer of the organization of which the
offender was a member, to be applied by him to the military
funds of the organization.
SEC. 66. Any member of the Maryland National Guard who
shall wilfully and unlawfully misapply or convert to his own
use any money or other property belonging to said National
Guard or any organization thereof, or who shall, when lawfully
called upon to do so by the proper officer of the said Guard, fail
or refuse to pay or deliver to said officer any money or prop-
erty in his possession, or for which the said member was
chargeable or accountable, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof before a court of competent juris-
diction, shall be fined a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars,
or sentenced to imprisonment in jail for a period not exceeding
one year, or he shall be both fined or imprisoned, in the dis-
cretion of the court.
SEC. 67. Orders for duty may be oral or written. Officers
and enlisted men may be warned for duty as follows: Either
by stating the substance of the order or by reading the order
to the person warned, or delivering a copy of such order to
such person, or by leaving a copy of such order at the last
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