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Dec. Ses. 1817
Artillery divid-
ed into two re-
giments.
52nd regiment
formed.
Brigades--
their limits.
—may be o-
therwise divid-
ed.
Proviso.
Enrolment of
company dis-
tricts.
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militia duty under the laws of this state, shall be and are hereby
formed into two brigades; and a line drawn from the north side
of the basin and extending north along the middle of Calvert-
street to the extent of the said limits, shall be the division line be-
tween the said brigades.
2. And be it enacted, That the first regiment of artillery shall be
and hereby is divided, and with the addition of two uniformed vo-
lunteer companies which are hereby authorised to be raised, shall
form the two regiments of artillery, to consist of six companies each,
and the six eldest companies in rank shall form the first regiment,
and the six youngest companies in rank shall form the second
regiment, and each regiment shall consist of two battalions, with
the usual field and staff officers.
3. And be it enacted, That a new regiment of infantry to be
called the fifty second regiment, shall be and is hereby formed,
with the usual field and staff officers.
4. And be it enacted, That the third brigade shall consist of the
fifth, sixth and twenty-seventh regiments of infantry; the first
regiment of artillery, the first extra battalion of riflemen, and the
fifth regiment of cavalry, and the districts composing said brigade
shall be all that part of the limits of the said city on the north of
the basin and to the east of said dividing line; and the thirty-
ninth, fifty-first and fifty-second regiments of infantry, the second
regiment of artillery, shall be, and they are hereby formed into a new
brigade to be called the fourteenth brigade, to be commanded by a
brigadier general with the usual field and staff officers, and the
districts composing said brigade, shall be all that part of the li-
mits of the said city on the south side of the basin, and to the west
of the said dividing line, to which brigade, there shall be attached
an extra battalion of riflemen to be called the second battalion of
riflemen, and to consist of four companies to be commanded by a
major and the proper complement of officers, and that persons re-
siding within any part of the city of Baltimore may be enrolled in
the said companies.
5. And be it enacted, That the brigadier generals of the said
brigades, together with the field officers thereof, or a majority of
them, be and they are hereby authorised to review the division of
the said brigades herein made, and to alter the said division when-
ever it shall appear necessary to them and proper to be done, and
such alterations shall be forthwith made public by brigade orders,
and by the said brigadier generals bo returned to the adjutant
general's office, to be, there preserved; Provided however, that the
division herein before made, or any which may be. hereafter made,
shall not impair the privileges of uniformed volunteer corps, as
herein after granted.
6. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of every com-
manding officer of a company district, attended by one or more of
his commissioned officers, to enrol between the first days of March
and April in each year, every able bodied male white citizen be-
tween eighteen and forty-five years of age, liable to do militia du-
ty, and if either of the said officers shall refuse or neglect to com-
ply therewith, he shall be cashiered or fined not exceeding one
hundred dollars in the discretion of such court martial as the case
may require; and in all cases of doubt respecting the age of any
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