262 purpose of retailing, shall forfeit such liquors for the use of the poor belonging to the city or township where such exercise is had, and the commanding officer of the regiment, battalion, squadron or company is charged with the execution of this article.

53. And be it enacted, That the rules of dis263 cipline approved and established by congress in their resolution of the twenty-ninth of March, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine, shall be the rules of discipline to be observed by the militia throughout this state, except such deviations from said rules as may be rendered necessary by the requisitions of the acts of congress or some unavoidable circumstances. It shall be the duty of the commanding officer at every training to cause the militia to be exercised and trained agreeably to said rules of discipline, and the in264 structions laid down by the Baron Steuben, and annexed to the said rules of discipline pointing out the respective duties of the officers, non-commissioned officers and privates, are recommended and enjoined upon the militia of this state, as particularly and fully as if the said instructions were repeated in this act at length.

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54. And be it enacted, That the commander in chief be and he is hereby authorized to procure a sufficient number of copies of a system embracing the first elements and most essential movements of field artillery, also a sufficient number of copies of a manual for the exercise of cavalry, and distribute the same to such officers of the cavalry, artillery, and infantry, as in his opinion the service may require. And he is hereby authorized to draw on the treasurer of the state for monies to defray the necessary expenses, and the said treasurer is hereby authorized and required to pay such draft out of any monies in the treasury

arising from militia fines, not otherwise appropriated.

55. And be it enacted, That when any officer 267 of the general staff shall be tried by courts-martial, the expense shall be paid by the treasurer of the state, out of any militia fines in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. That when any officer having commanded in any brigade above the 268 grade of major shall be tried by courts-martial, the expense shall be paid by the paymaster of the brigade to which the delinquent belongs; and that when the commanding officer of any battalion or squadron, or of a grade inferior, or private, shall 269 be tried by courts-martial, the expense shall be paid by the battalion paymaster in whose bounds the delinquent may reside.. That every officer who shall attend on courts-martial shall be entitled to receive the sum of one dollar and fifty cents each for every day they shall respectively attend, and all persons attending before said courts-martial as witnesses, shall be entitled to receive fifty cents per day: Provided, That no more than four witnesses on the part of the state, and four on the 270 part of the offender, shall be entitled to pay. All which sums shall be paid as aforesaid, on certificates signed by the judge-advocate or the person acting as such at any courts-martial which may be

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56. And be it enacted, That if any bystander 271 shall interrupt, molest, or insult by abusive words or behavior, any officer or soldier while on duty at any training or muster, he shall be immediately put under guard, and kept, at the discretion of the 272 commandant of the regiment, battalion, squadron, company or corps, until the setting of the sun of the same day on which such offence shall be committed, and if any bystander shall be guilty of any like conduct before a court-martial, he shall be fined in any sum not exceeding twenty dollars,

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with costs of prosecution, to be recovered before 273 any justice of the peace by the battalion paymaster, who shall sue for and pay the same when recovered to the brigade paymaster.

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57. And be it enacted, That all fines imposed by any courts-martial shall be certified and returned by the judge-advocate of the brigade board, who shall direct their brigade paymaster to collect the same in the manner directed for the collection of fines imposed on delinquent officers in the fourteenth section of this act.

58. And be it enacted, That the monies paid into the treasury of this state for fines, forfeitures and exemptions arising under this act, shall con276 stitute a military fund; and the account of the same shall be kept by the treasurer separate from the other accounts of his office, and be by him annually submitted to the legislature.

59. And be it enacted, That two thousand five hundred copies of this act, with the general or277 ders now in force, shall be printed under the di278 rection of the commander in chief, and distributed by the adjutant-general to the several officers of the militia, and it shall be the duty of any officer 279 having such copy or copies on his going out of office to deliver, or in case of his death his executors or administrators shall deliver, under the pen280 alty of five dollars, to the successor in office, who shall prosecute for the same of the person so going out of office, or of the executors and administrators of the person so dying, the aforesaid copy or copies.

60. And be it enacted, That all former acts for regulating, conducting and disciplining the militia of this state shall be and the same are hereby 281 repealed: Provided, that the collection of fines and forfeitures under the former act, or its supplements 282 incurred, shall not in any wise be affected by this repeal, nor the settlement of the accounts of the several brigades.

ACT establishing a Militia System and General Orders.
To be distributed by Adjutant-General.
To be delivered to successors,

or forfeit five dollars.

Forty-ninth section to be read immediately after roll call.

Repeals former acts, except where necessary to recer fines.

ADJUTANT to keep roaster of duty.

Allowed for extra services.

ADJUTANT-GENERAL, with rank of brigadier-general.

To distribute orders.

Attend Commander in Chief.

Furnish blank returns.

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Report state of the Militia.

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To make return to the President of the United States.

To deliver over books, &c. to his successor.

To distribute this act and General Orders.

AGE, and ability to bear arms, to be determined by the

To be enrolled by the captain.

Person questioned to prove his age.

AIDS-DE-CAMP, number and rank of.

APPEAL given in certain cases.

Certificate thereof.

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ASSESSOR to take list between 18 and 45,
Except general, field and staff, and exempts.
Those who have certificates of inability.
Names not in captain's rolls to be fined.
Carried on tax list.

Duplicate for collector,

And for treasurer.

To be charged to the county,

Over and above quotas.

In case of neglect.

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Fees allowed.

APPRENTICE'S fines to be paid by masters.

ARMS AND ACCOUTREMENTS, free from execution.

ARTILLERY, of what number companies to consist.

System of to be procured.

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BATTALION PAYMASTER, how appointed.

Tone bond and sureties.

Oath to be indorsed.

Duty on return of delinquents.

If fines not paid by 3d Tuesday in October,
Return delinquents to justice of the peace.
To make return to brigade board.

To keep journal, accounts, &c.

Of fines not collected.

To pay company court members.

BRIGADE, how formed.

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To assess such fines as prescribed on delinquent offi-2 121

cers returned by brigade major or paymaster.

Preserve order at the board.

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