LAWS OF MARYLAND.

MAY SESS.
1813.

rection or threatened insurrection, or invasion or
threatened invasion, with every circumstance attend-
ing the same, as early as possible, to their immediate
commanding officer, by whom such information shall
be transmitted with the utmost expedition to the com-
mander in chief of this state—and in such cases, it shall
be the duty of the commanding officer of the regiment,
battalion, extra battalion or squadron, within the lim-
its of which such danger as aforesaid may be appre-
hended, to assemble his regiment, battalion, extra bat-
talion or squadron, or such part thereof as he may deem
necessary, and to take such measures as he may deem re-
quisite for the protection and the peace of the state, till
the orders of the commanding officer of the brigade shall
be by him received; and it shall be the duty of every
commanding officer of a brigade, immediately upon
such information, to give such orders, and, if necessa-
ry, such aid from his brigade, by causing detachments
therefrom as aforesaid, as in his judgment shall be re-
quired; and the militia shall be ordered out as afore-
said when any two justices of the peace shall require,
and state in writing, that they have good reason to be-
lieve that the peace and quiet of the state is likely to be
endangered by an insurrection or opposition to the laws.

Default of of-
ficers to give
information of
insurrections,
&c.

4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any such
officer shall neglect to give such information as is re-
quired of them by the preceding section, he shall for-
feit a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, at the
discretion of a regimental court martial, to be collected
& applied as fines are directed to be collected & applied
when levied by a regimental court martial under the act
entitled, "an act to regulate and discipline the militia of
this state, " and the several supplements thereto.

Transporting
& issuing sup-
plies, &c. in
cases of emer-
gency.

5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That in the cases pro-
vided for in the preceding section, the commanding
officer of a brigade shall have full power and authority
to take such measures for transporting and issuing
such supplies and orders within his brigade, as he may
deem requisite, till the orders of the commander in
chief shall be known.

Detachments
of militia shall
not serve long-
er that 60 days
—how to be
relieved.

6. AND BE IT ENACTED, That when any of the
militia shall be detached by this law, they shall not re-
main in service longer than sixty days, to be calculat-
ed from their arrival at the place of rendezvous till their
discharge from camp, and, if required by the exigen-
cies of the state, they shall be relieved by a detachment
as aforesaid.

Substitutes.

7. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall and
may be lawful for any person called to do a tour of duty