LAWS OF MARYLAND.

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of the Gospel regularly ordained, licensed or recognized by any Reli-
gious Society, shall be liable to militia duty or such regulations as are
prescribed by the provisions of this act.
2. And be it enacted, That the said citizens shall be and are here-
by formed into a Division to be called the Third Division, and to be
commanded by a Major General, who shall be entitled to the usual
Staff Officers.

Dec. Ses. 1823

Third divi-
sion.

3. And be it enacted, That all such part of the said city as lies east
of a line drawn from the north side of the Basin and extending north
along the middle of Calvert-street to the limits thereof, shall be divi-
ded into two equal parts as nearly as practicable; and each of said di-
visions shall be laid off into eleven company districts, ten of which
shall constitute the Sixth Regiment of Infantry, and ten the Twenty-
seventh Regiment of Infantry; and all such part of the said city as lies
west of said line and south of the Basin, shall be divided into two
equal parts as nearly as practicable, and each of said Divisions shall
be laid off into eleven company Districts; ten of which shall constitute
the Thirty-ninth Regiment of Infantry, and ten the Fifty-second Re-
giment of Infantry; and the four remaining company districts laid off
as above directed and not allotted to the said Regiments of Infantry,
shall be, and are hereby attached to and form a part of the Second
Regiment of Artillery.

Districts.

4. And be it enacted, That the First and Second Regiments of Ar-
tillery shall be, and are hereby formed into a Brigade, to be called the
First Brigade of Artillery, with the usual Field and Staff Officers.

Brigade of
Artillery.

5. And be it enacted. That the First and Second Battalions be, and
are hereby formed into Regiments to be called the First and Second
Regiments of Riflemen, with the usual Field, Company and Staff Of-
ficers.

Rifle Regi-
ments.

6. And be it enacted, That the four Companies of Cavalry autho-
rised by the act of 1822 to be raised and attached to the Fourteenth
Brigade, be, and are hereby formed into a Regiment to be called the
Twelfth Regiment of Cavalry, with the usual Field, Company and
Staff Officers.

Twelfth Re-
giment of Ca-
valry.

7. And be it enacted, That the Governor and Council shall issue
commissions for the Field and Staff Officers of said Regiments of Ri-
flemen and Cavalry as aforesaid, or any of them, whenever the Com-
manding Officer of the Brigade to which they, or any of them, are at-
tached shall apply for the same, provided that such application shall
not be made for either Regiment of Riflemen unless it has six or
more companies, or for said regiment of cavalry unless it has four
companies equipped agreeably to the provisions of this act; and until
any of the said Regiments shall have such complement of companies,
it shall and row be lawful for the Governor and Council upon the ap-
plication of the commanding officer of the brigade to which they, or
any of them are attached, to issue commissions for officers for such
portion of any of said regiments as may already be raised, or which
may hereafter be raised according to the following rule, viz: For any
number of companies in cither of said regiments of riflemen more
than and less than six; and tor any number of companies in said
regiment of cavalry less than three, a full complement of field and
staff officers, with the exception of a colonel, and the said officers res-
pectively shall execute all the duties required by this act, in the same
wanner and under the like penalties as if said regiment had its full
complement, and if any of the said regiments should not be entitled

Field & Staff
Officers to be
commission-
ed, &c.