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of the National Guard of this State may receive and have as
many honorary members as it has active and uniformed mem-
bers, on payment in advance by each person desiring to become
such honorary member, of not less than ten dollars per annum,
which money shall be received by the commanding officer of
the regiment or separate organization, and be by him applied
to a special fund of such organization and expended by the
commanding officer for the best interests of his organization,
and the commanding officer of every regiment and separate
organization shall, on or before the first day of June and
December in each and every year, render to the Adjutant Gen-
eral an account of the money so received and expended by
him, and every such honorary member shall be entitled to re-
ceive a certificate of honorary membership of the said regiment
or separate organization, to be signed by the commanding offi-
cer thereof, or some other officer designated by him for that
purpose, and bearing the date of its issue, which certificate
shall exempt the said honorary member from all jury duty for
one year from the date of the issue of the said certificate, pro-
vided the same be filed with the clerk of the Superior Court of
Baltimore City or the clerk of the Circuit Court of any county
before the drawing of a jury.

SEC. 87. Any person who shall secrete, sell, dispose of, offer
for sale, purchase, retain after demand by a commissioned
officer of the Maryland National Guard, or in any manner pawn
or pledge any arms, uniforms, equipments or other military
property issued under the provisions of this Act, and any per-
son who shall wear any uniform or device, strap, knot or
insignia of any design or character used as a designation of
grade, rank or office, such as are by law or general regulations
duly promulgated and prescribed for the use of the active
militia or similar thereto, except members of the Army or
Navy of the United States and the National Guard of this or
any other State, officers of the independent military organiza-
tions as designated in Section 91 of this Act, members of asso-
ciations wholly composed of soldiers honorably discharged
from the service of the United States and members of the Con-
federate Veterans or like societies, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof before a justice of the
peace having criminal jurisdiction of the city or county wherein
such offense was committed, or by the Circuit Court of the
county wherein such offense was committed, or the Criminal
Court of Baltimore City, should the accused party prefer a jury
trial, shall be fined not less than twenty nor more than fifty
dollars for each and every offense, and in default of the pay-
ment of the fine and costs shall be committed to the jail of the