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SAMUEL STEVENS, Jr. ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

Dec. Ses. 1823

Penalty for
neglect.

of his company, and if he shall neglect or refuse to do so he shall
be fined' a sum not exceeding fifty dollars in the discretion of such
court martial as the case may require; and the said commanding of-
ficer shall forthwith cause the same to be entered in his company
book, and within five days after each of said meetings, shall transmit
a copy of the same, to the commanding officer of his regiment, to-
gether with a consolidated return of the strength of his company,
which consolidated return shall be entered on the books of the re-

Calling the
roll of officers

giment; and at the meetings directed by this act for the division re-
view and regimental parades, the commanding officer of each regi-
ment shall cause the names of all the regimental field and staff of-
ficers of said regiment, to be called over by the Adjutant or such
person as he may appoint, who shall note those who are absent, and
within two days after each of said meetings shall make return in writ-

Returns of
absentees.

ing of such absentees to the commanding officer of his regiment, and
if he shall refuse or neglect to do so he shall be fined a sum not ex-
ceeding fifty dollars, in the discretion of such court martial as the
case may require; and the said commanding officer shall forthwith
cause the same to be entered in his regimental book, and within ten
days after each of said meetings shall transmit a copy of the same
to the commanding officer of the brigade to which he belongs, toge-

Consolidated
returns.

ther with a consolidated return of the strength of his Regiment,
which consolidated return shall be entered on the books of the brigade;
and it shall be the duty of the commanding officer of each brigade
to transmit within twenty days, after the division review as afore-
said, to the. commanding officer of the division a consolidated return
of the strength of his brigade, which shall be entered on the books
of the division; and the commanding officer of the division shall in
ten days thereafter transmit to the adjutant general of this state, a

Returns—
consolidated.

Penalty for
neglect.

consolidated return of the strength of the division; and if any officer
shall neglect or refuse to comply with any of the provisions of this
section as required of him, he shall be fined a sum not exceeding one
hundred dollars, in the discretion of such court martial, as the case
may require.

Report of ab-
sence of supe-
rior officers.

18. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the oldest
Colonel, in rank on parade of each brigade to ascertain and report in
writing to the brigade courts of appeal respectively, before or during
the sitting of the same, the brigadier general of his brigade, if absent,
and also such of his staff officers as are absent from the division re-
view as herein established; and the senior officer in the rank, on pa-
rade shall in like manner ascertain and report the Major General if
absent, and also such of his staff as are absent from said review to
the brigade court of appeals of the third brigade; and each of said
courts shall have power to remit such fines as may have been incur-
red by the said officers respectively for absence from said parade,
under the same conditions as are prescribed by this act for other of-
ficers; and if any officer shall neglect or refuse to comply with any
of the provisions of this section, as required of him, he shall be fin-
ed a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, in the discretion of such court
martial as the case may require.

Fines for non
attendance.

19. And be it enacted, That if any general whose duty it shall be
to attend shall refuse or neglect to attend any of the meetings prescribed
by this act, he shall forfeit the sum of fifty dollars; and if any regimen-
tal field officer, or division or brigade staff officer whose duty it shall
be to attend, shall refuse or neglect to attend any of the meetings