650 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 311

ance to the uniforms of the United States Army and United
States Navy, respectively.

Section 57. All arms, equipments and other property fur-
nished to organizations of this State shall, when required by
the Adjutant General, the commanding officer of the Brigade,
the commanding officer of the Naval Brigade, the commanding
officer of the regiment, company or separate organizations, be
deposited in the armory of the said regiment, company or
separate organization, and failure to deposit as aforesaid any
article of such property by the person to whom it was issued,
ten days after he shall have been notified, by written notice
from the commanding officer as aforesaid to return it to the
armory, shall be considered as a misdemeanor, and the person
so offending shall be punished by a fine not exceeding double
the value of the property thus illegally detained, to be recov-
ered on the complaint of the Adjutant General or of the proper
commanding officer as aforesaid, in the same manner as pre-
scribed for the collection of fines in this Article, except that
the money so recovered shall be paid to the Adjutant General
of the State, to be by him applied to the militia fund, or by
imprisonment in the county or city jail for not less than two
weeks nor more than two months.

Section 58. Every officer and enlisted man to whom pub-
lic property of the State or United States has been issued shall
be personally responsible to the State for such property, and
no one shall be relieved from such responsibility except it be
shown to the satisfaction of the Governor that the loss or de-
struction of such property was unavoidable and in no way the
fault of the person responsible for the same; in all other cases
the value of the property lost or destroyed shall be charged
against the person at fault or the organization to which it had
been issued; and such person or organization, if not relieved
from such charge by the Governor, shall pay the value of such
property to the Adjutant General within one year after such
loss or destruction. The value of the lost or destroyed prop-
erty and the persons or organizations to be charged therewith
shall be determined by a board, to consist of an inspector on
the staff of the Brigade Commander and the Commanding Offi-
cer of the organizations in which such property is lost or de-
stroyed. In case of disagreement, such value shall be fixed by
the Adjutant General.