350 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 188

herein provided, the commanding officer thereof, and his sub-
ordinates 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 authori-
ties, or take entire charge of the situation as in the judgment
of the commanding officer the exigencies of the case may re-

quire.

9. When the militia of this State, or a part thereof, is
called forth under the Constitution and laws of the United
States, the Governor shall order out for service the Organized
Militia, 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.

10. Whenever the laws of the United States require the
several States to maintain its National Guard at a certain re-
quired number, and shall further provide that in the event
a State does not comply with such requirements, the Presi-
dent 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.

11. Whenever it shall be necessary to call out any part of
the unorganized militia for active duty as provided 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 respec-
tive counties. The said sheriffs shall for\vard lists of said
volunteers to the Governor, who shall select therefrom such
force as may be necessary. If there is not sufficient numbers
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 said un-
organized militia in his city or county as are required by the
Governor, and shall forthwith forward to the Governor a list

of the persons so drafted. Such force shall be forthwith