ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1125
to forfeiture of pay and allowances. The proceedings of such
court shall be informal, and the minutes thereof shall be the
same as prescribed for summary courts of the Army of the
United States.
39. All courts-martial of the organized militia, not in the
service of the Ignited States, including summary courts, shall
have power to sentence to confinement in lieu of fines author-
ized to be imposed; provided, that such sentences of confine-
ment shall not exceed one dav for each dollar of fine au-
t,
thorized.
No sentence of dismissal from the service or dishonorable
discharge, imposed by a court-martial, not in the service of
the "United States, shall b© executed until approved by the
Governor.
In the organized militia, not in the service of the United
States, presidents of courts-martial and summary court offi-
cers shall have power to issue warrants to arrest accused per-
' sons and to bring them before the court for trial whenever such
persons shall have disobeyed an order in writing from the con-
vening authority to appear before such court, a copy of the
charge or charges having been delivered to the accused with
such order, and to issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum,
and to enforce by attachment attendance of witnesses and the
production of books and papers, and to sentence for a refusal
to be sworn or to answer as provided in actions before civil
courts.
40. L^pon the finding of any such court-martial imposing
any of said fines, and upon the approval of the findings by the
officer appointing the court, the fine or fines so imposed shall
be and become at once payable, and in case any officer or en-
listed man, upon whom a fine has been imposed in accordance
with the provisions of this section, shall fail, refuse or neglect
to pay the fine so imposed upon him within ten days after
• he shall have been notified thereof, the said fine may be col-
lected in the name of the State before any justice of the peace
having criminal jurisdiction in the county or city where the
delinquent resides, in the same manner as other fines or offenses
against the general police regulations of the State are collected,
upon the certificate in writing of the proper commanding offi-
cer, setting forth the findings of the court-martial and his ap-
proval thereof, upon the production of the said certificate be-
fore the said justice of the peace, and Upon the arrest and
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