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Session Laws, 1916
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628 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 311

enrollment is made. Such clerk shall thereupon, if such per-
sons be exempted according 'to law, mark the word "exempt"
opposite his name; and the remainder of all thus enrolled, and
not thus found to be exempt, shall constitute the militia of the
State, and such clerk shall transmit a copy of such corrected
roll to the Adjutant General and the commanding officer of
each organization in the National Guard. The heads of fire
and police departments in each city or town shall, whenever an
enrollment is ordered, file in the office of the clerk above named
a certified list of the names of all persons in their command or
departments.

Section VI. All persons shall, upon the application of any
person making such enrollment, give the name of and all other
proper information concerning any person within their knowl-
edge liable to be enrolled, under penalty of $10 for every
concealment or false information, or refusal to give the infor-
mation requested, to be recovered with costs in the name of
the State in any court or before any justice of the peace hav-
ing criminal jurisdiction. The officer making the enrollment
shall, within ten days, report all persons who shall fail or
neglect to give information to the Adjutant General.

Section VII. The militia of the State shall be divided into
two classes—the active and the unorganized militia. The
active militia shall consist of the organized and uniformed
military forces of the State, which shall be known as the
Maryland National Guard; the unorganized militia shall con-
sist of all those liable to sendees in the militia, but not serv-
ing in the National Guard.

Section VIII. The Governor of the State, by virtue of his
office, shall be the Commander-in-Chief of the militia of the
State, except as of such portions as may at times be in the
service of the United States. No armed military force from
another State, Territory, or District, shall be permitted to
enter the State for the purpose of doing military duty therein,
without the permission of the Governor, unless such force is
part of the United States Army, or is actually under the
authority of the United States.

Section IX. The Governor shall have the power in case of
insurrection, invasion, tumult, riot, breach of peace, or immi-
nent danger thereof, or to enforce the laws of this State, to
order into service of the state any part of the militia that he
may deem proper. When the militia shall be on active service

 

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