LAWS OF MARYLAND.

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mission: Provided, that it shall appear by the receipts taken as afore-
said, or otherwise that such arms and accoutrements are then held by-
such company, and thereupon the officer failing to give such new
bond, shall be liable to be fined a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, by
such court martial as the case may require; and such new bonds shall
under the like penalties be given by the officers aforesaid, if it shall af-
terwards appear as before provided, that such arms and accoutre-
ments are in the regiment or are held by the company, as the case
may be, or for such part thereof as may so appear to be in the regi-
ment or company, for which part a release shall be given by endorse-

Dec. Ses. 1823.

ment on the bond previously given for the same; and the non-com-
missioned officers and privates of each company in whose hands such
arms or accoutrements shall be left as aforesaid, shall for suffering
the same or any part thereof to be out of order, be liable to be fined
not exceeding ten dollars in the discretion of such court martial as
the case may require; and the commanding officer of such company
shall under the like penalty, to be imposed in the discretion of such
court martial as the case may require, at any parade examine the con-
dition of the arms and accoutrements, and report all violations of
this provision to such court martial as he shall appoint for the pur-
pose.

Penalty for
not keeping
in order.

Penalty for
not inspec-
ting & repor-
ting.

72. And be it enacted, That the commanding officer of each regi-
ment is hereby authorised to provide and establish some secure and
convenient place of deposit for the public arms and accoutrements
held by bis regiment, and he is hereby empowered, if he shall deem
it necessary and proper, to order the said arms and accoutrements to
be returned to said place of deposit after the review and each of the
parades as established by this act, or if taken out on any other occa-

Place of de-
posit of arms.

sion, and it shall be the duty of the quarter-master of said regiment to
attend to the receipt and delivery of said arms and accoutrements, when
required to be used as aforesaid, and to take charge of the same, and
cause them to be kept in good order, the expenses whereof to be ap-
proved by the said commanding officer, shall be paid out of the fines

Quartermas-
ter's duty.

of said regiment; and if any quarter-master shall neglect or refuse to
comply with any of the duties required of him in this section, he
shall be liable to be cashiered or fined not exceeding one hundred dol-
lars, in the discretion of such court martial as the case may require;

Penalty for
neglect.

and if any non-commissioned officer or private, shall neglect or re-
fuse to return the said arms and accoutrements to such place of de-
posit when so ordered by his commanding officers, he shall be fined
not exceeding ten dollars, in the discretion of such court martial as
the case may require.

Penalty for
not deposi-
ting arms.

73. And be it enacted, That if any person shall within the limits
of said division sell or buy unless by the authority of the state, any
of the public arms, or give or receive the same in pledge or barter or
as a gift, knowing them to be public, or shall injure or destroy such
arms or accoutrements, or use them for any other than military pur-
poses, or shall carry or convey them out of the limits of the said di-
vision, except when on duty such person shall for every such offence
forfeit and pay ten dollars, and if such arms or accoutrements shall
by any of the means aforesaid be lost or rendered useless, such per-
son shall also forfeit and pay the sum of fifteen dollars, and said for-
feitures shall be recovered at the instance of any commissioned of-
ficer of the division discovering the same, and the amount paid over
to the paymaster of his regiment, to be accounted for to the corps

Penalties for
using the
arms illegally.