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as herein provided, the commanding officer thereof, and his
subordinates, shall be, and they are hereby invested with all
the authority of sheriffs, and deputy sheriffs, in enforcing the
laws of this state, and they may co-operate with the civil
authorities, or take entire charge of the situation as in the
judgment of the commanding officer the exigencies of the case
may require.

Section X. When the militia of this state, or a part there-,
of, is called forth Under the constitution and laws of the
United States, the Governor shall order out for service the
National Guard or such part thereof as may be necessary, and
if the number available be insufficient he shall order out such
part of the unorganized militia as he may deem necessary.
During the. absence of organizations of the National, Guard
in the service of the United States their state designations
shall not be given to new organizations.

Section XI. Whenever the laws of the United States re-
quire the several states to maintain its National Guard at a
certain required number, and shall further provide that in the
event a state does not comply with such requirement, the Pres-
ident of the United States shall have the power to organize the
unorganized militia, or any part thereof, as may be necessary,
into the National Guard, so as to maintain the necessary units,
or numbers required by said laws of the United States, the
Governor also shall have the power, whenever the number of
National Guard shall fall below the numbers required of- this
state, or the United States, to order into the active militia
any part of the reserve militia that may be necessary to bring
the number of the active militia up to the required number or
quota.

Section XII. Whenever it shall be necessary to call out
any part of the unorganized militia for active duty as pro-
vided in this Act, the Governor shall issue a call for volunteers
and direct any such to at once report their willingness to serve
to the Sheriff of Baltimore City and to the sheriffs of their
respective counties. The said sheriffs shall forward lists of
said volunteers to the Governor, who shall select therefrom
such force as may be necessary. If there is not sufficient num-
bers of volunteers, or no volunteers, then the Governor shall
direct his orders to the sheriff of Baltimore City and to the
sheriffs of the respective counties, who, upon receipt of the
same, shall forthwith proceed to draft by lot as many of