PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 1125

. tion, in the department, corps or branch of the service in which
they have been elected, or appointed, but no one shall receive a
permanent commission unless the provisions of Sections 22 and
23 of this Article have been first complied with.

SEC. 22. Before receiving a permanent commission or being
permanently commissioned to a higher grade as a result of pro-
motion every officer below the grade of major must have passed
a satisfactory examination before a board as to his fitness for
service. All officers will be required to take a physical examina-
tion before receiving their permanent commissions.

SEC. 23. Boards of examination shall be appointed by the
Governor as Commander-in-Chief, or caused to be appointed by
the commanding officer of the first brigade, and the commanding
officer of the naval brigade, as the case may be, and the said
boards shall consist of not less than three officers for officers of
the line and for officers of the departments or corps the board
shall consist of three officers, at least one of whom shall be of
the department or corps for which the candidate is to be exam-
ined. These boards shall inquire into the military, moral quali-
fications, the general capacity and efficiency of any officer hold-
ing a probationary, or permanent, commission, or who may have
been elected, or appointed for commission in the Maryland
National Guard; and said boards shall have power to take
evidence, administer oaths and compel witnesses to attend and
testify and produce books and papers, and punish those failing
to do so, as is possessed by a general court-martial. The said
boards shall convene at the headquarters of the first brigade,
or naval brigade, as the case may be, at such times as may be
directed by the convening authority. At least two weeks' notice
of the date of the sitting shall be given all officers ordered to
appear for examination. Within twenty days after each exam-
ination said boards shall make a detailed report of their results
to the Governor as Commander-in-Chief, who shall thereupon
revoke the commissions of all officers who have previously been
commissioned on probation failing to appear, and of those fail-
ing to pass an examination satisfactory to said board, and any
one failing to pass such an examination shall not be eligible
for a commission in the National Guard of this State, or for
promotion therein, for the period of one year from the date
of such failure except upon the recommendation of the com-
manding officer of the regiment, or separate organization, as
the case may be. The Governor as Commander-in-Chief may
allow an examination to any officer who shall give him a satis-