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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

1812.

and Anne-Arundel counties, the third district; Charles
and Saint-Mary's counties, the fourth district; Baltimore
city, the fifth district; Baltimore county, the sixth dis-
trict; Harford county with Howard's troop from Balti-
more county, the seventh district; Caecil and Kent coun-
ties, the eighth district; Queen Anne's and Talbot counties,
the ninth district; Caroline and Dorchester counties, the
tenth district; Somerset and Worcester counties, the ele-
venth district; and Allegany county to compose an ex-
tra-squadron; and for the time being, or until a regiment
can be formed in said county, it shall be attached to the
first regimental district.

Regiments, &c.
—by whom to
be commanded.

2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That each regiment
shall be composed of two squadrons, of two troops each,
commanded by a lieutenant colonel; each squadron by a
major; each troop consisting of two lieutenants, one cor-
net, one quarter-master sergeant, four sergeants, four
corporals, one farrier, one Sadler, one trumpeter and thir-
ty-two privates, by a captain.

Supernumerary
troops — by
whom to be
commanded.

3, AND BE IT ENACTED, That should there
exist any supernumerary troops in any district, they shall
be under the command of the lieutenant colonel of such
district, until the number of such supernumerary troops
shall increase to entitle them to be officered as has been
herein before prescribed; in which case the governor
and council are hereby authorised and required to cause
commissions to be issued accordingly.

Governor and
council to ap-
point lieuten-
ant colonels and
majors

4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the governor
and council are Hereby authorised and directed to appoint,

immediately, to each district as before laid off, one lieu-
tenant colonel and two majors, whether the number of
troops in said districts be now complete or not.

Governor and
council directed
to appoint gen-
eral officers if
necessary.

5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the governor
and council are hereby authorised and directed in rase of
a call of the general government upon he state of Mary-
land for her quota of cavalry, to appoint such general offic-
ers as the number cf troops so called out may entitle them
to, agreeably to the rules and regulations in similar cases
applied.

Field officers
and captains of
cavalry shall
meet in Balti-
more.

6. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the field officers

and captains of cavalry shall meet in the city of Balti-
more on the second Monday in March next, in uniform,
and completely equipped; and they or a majority of them,
when so met, may agree upon a system of cavalry tactics
and trumpet soundings; and an uniform dress for the
cavalry field officers of this state, whether regimental or
general, and the result of the meeting herein above-men-
tioned, shall be forthwith transmitted to the governor of
the state, signed by the officers present or a majority of