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may require; and when any company officer who hath given bond
as herein before provided, shall quit his company, he shall be re-
leased from his bond, upon a new one being given and approved as
herein before provided, to the commanding officer of the regiment
or extra battalion, by his successor, with the other commissioned
officers of the company, which bond shall be given within ten days
after such successor's acceptance of his commission; provided it
shall appear by the receipts taken as aforesaid, 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 cashiered
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 afterwards appear, as before provided, that such arms and
accoutrements are in the regiment or extra battalion, or are held by
the company, as the case may be, or for such part thereof as may
appear to be in the regiment, or extra battalion or company, for
which part a release shall be given by endorsement on the bond pre-
viously given for the same; and the non-commissioned officers and
privates of each company, in whose hands such arms or accoutre-
ments 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 mar-
tial as the case may require, at every parade, examine the condition
of such arms and accoutrements, and report all violations of this
provision to such court martial as he shall appoint for the purpose.
64. And be it enacted, That the commanding officers of regiments
and extra battalion are hereby authorised to provide and establish
some secure and convenient place of deposite for the public arms
and accoutrements belonging to their respective regiments or extra
battalion, and they are empowered, if they shall deem it necessa-
ry and proper, to order the public arms in their several regiments,
or extra battalion, to be returned to such place of deposite after
each and every parade, and to order their respective quarter mas-
ters to take the charge of such places of deposite, and the arms and
accoutrements therein, whose duty it shall be to attend to the re-
ceipt and delivery of such arms and accoutrements, when required
to be used under the provisions of this act, and to keep the same
in good order; the expenses whereof, to be approved by the said
commanding officers respectively, shall be paid out of the fines of
their respective regiments, or extra battalion; and if any quarter
master shall neglect the duties required of him by this section, he
shall be liable to be cashiered, or fined not exceeding one hundred
dollars, in the discretion of such court martial as the case may re-
quire; and if any non-commissioned officer or private shall refuse
or neglect to return the arms and accoutrements to such place of
deposite, when so ordered by Ms commanding officers, he shall he
fined not exceeding ten dollars, in the discretion of such court
martial as the case may require.
65. And be it enacted, That if any person shall, within the limits
of the said brigades, sell or buy, (unless by the authority of the
state) any of the public arms or accoutrements belonging to the state,
or give or receive the same in pledge, barter, or as a gift, know-
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Dec. Ses. 1817
Deposite for
arms to be esta-
blished.
Arms not to be
bought or sold
or improperly
used.
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