[Approved February 4, 1865.] hereby repealed. [Approved February 15,*1865.] Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United

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1 W \ * Sect. Charot of Wsdom and Love, - Extra. Publc Laws of te State of Mane. Passed by the Forty-fourth Legslature, A.B JlN ACT to further contnue n force the provsons of chapter seventy-one of the W laws of eghteen hundred and sxty-two, concernng spece payments.. Chapter seventy-one of the laws of eghteen hundred ad sxty-two, enttled An Act to suspend certan provsons n chapter forty-seven of the Revsed Statutes concernng banks, s hereby further contnued n force untl the ffteenth day of January eghteen hundred and sxty-sx; Provded sad bankng corporatons» upon demand, after the frst day of May eghteen hundred and fffl&ty-fve, pay or tender payment of ther blls, checks or drafts n lawful money of the Unted States. Ths act shall ba n force from and after ts approval by E governor. [Approved January 4, 863.J AN ACT to amend chapter one hundred and sxtyof the publc laws of eghteen hundred and sxty-three, enttled An act to fx the compensaton of jalers for the boar^l of prsoners. Ssot.. Secton one of sad chapter s hereby amended by strkng nut the word two, and substtutng the word three, so that the secton as amended shall read: The jalers fees n the dfferent countes of the state for the entre support of each prsoner of every descrpton commtted to hs custody, shall be such sum, not exceedng the rate of three dollars a Week, as the county commssoners shall determne to be reasonable. gjsot. 2. Ths act shall take efect when approved by the governor, *: [Approved January 2,865.] AN ACT to amend an act enttled An Act to authorze the surrender of the eharters exstng banks n ths state, and to remt a porton of the bank tax, approved March twenty-sxth, eghteen hundred and sxty-three TSect.. The second secton of sad act shall bo amended so as to ad as follows : Any bank n ths state s hereby authorzed by a tfte of the owners of a majorty of ts stock, at any meetng of the Cme, duly called, to surrender ts charter, and any bankng company» so surrenderngts charter shall contnue n ts corporate capacty for the term of two years from the tme of flng notce wth the secretary of state of the vote to surrender ts charter, whch notce shall n wrtr:g; certfed by the clerk of the corporaton, and fled wth tfre secretary of state wthn thrty days from the passage of the vote; and for such term of two years, such bankng company shall retan all the powers necessary for collectng debts due the corporaton, for sellng and conveyng ts property or for fnally closng ts concerns, t Tral justces shall be subject to all the provsons of secton seven of chapter one hundred and thrty-sx of the revsed statutes, and for any neglect thereof shall suffer the penaltes theren set forth; and t shall be the duty of tral justces to keep a true and correct docket of all examnatons and trals had before them of persons accused of crme, offences or msdemeanors, settng forth theren a true account of all fnes and forfetures by them mposed, or receved upon convctons and sentences ; and once n a year to delver or transmt to the county commssoners of the county n whch the tral justce resdes, at one of the regular sessons of sad commssoners, such docket, or a copy thereof, accompaned by ther affdavt, that they have fathfully compled wth the requrements of sad seventh secton; and t shall be the duty of sad commssoners to examne sad dockets or copes; and n any case where they deem t expedent they may summon any tral justce to appear before them wth hs orgnal docket and records, gvng hm not les3 than ten days notce by personal servce, or by leavng at hs last and usual place of abode before the tme fxed for hs appearance; and when any tral justce shall appear n obedence to such summons, he may be examned on oath relatve to hs offcal conduct; and when t s found upon such examnaton, that he has fathfully observed the requrements of law, he shall be allowed reasonable compensaton for hs travel and expense, to be pad from the county treasury; when any tral justce so summoned shall refuse and no-, gleet to obey the summons, the commssoners may ssue a capas, and have hm brought wth hs papers before them; and f he fal to show reasonable cause for hs neglect, he shall be held to pay the expenses of brngng hm before the commssoners, and they may ssue a warrant of dstress for tho collecton of the same. Secton three of sad chapter s hereby repealed. [ApprovedFebruary4, 865.J AN ACT to prevent the defacng of prvate property and ratural objects by advertse men:s. Sect.. All persons are hereby prohbted from advertsng ther wares or occupatons by pantng notces of the same on, or affxng them to fences or other prvate property, or on rocks or other natural objects, wthout the prevous consent of le owner, or f n the hghway or any other publc place, wthout the permsson of the mayor of ctes, selectmen of towns, or assessors of plantatons. AN ACT to establsh the salares of the Judge of Probate an Regster ol Probate lo r the countyof Pscataqus. Sect.. The salares of the judge of probate and regster of probate for the county of Pscataqus, shall be as follows : nstead of the salares now fxed by law, the judge shall be enttled to receve two hundred dollars per year; the regster shall be enttled to receve two hundred and seventy-fve dollars per year; payable quarterly as heretofore. All provsons of law nconsstent wth ths act are hereby repealed. Sect. 3. Ths act shall be n force when approved by the governor. [Approved February,865.] AN ACT to amend secton twenty-seven of chapter ffty-nne of the Revsed Statutes n relaton to the adopton of chldren. Sect.. That nstead of the consent of each parent of the chld sought to be adopted, as requred n chapter ffty-nne, secton twenty-seven of the revsed statutes, the wrtten consent of the parent enttled to the custody of such chld shall be suffcent, when tho parents are or shall be separated from each other, from the bonds of matrmouy, or from bed and board* Ths act shall take effect when approved by the governor. Any person volatng the provsons of ths act, shall be punshed by [Approved January 2,865.] a fne of ten dollars for each offence, to be recovqged on complant, one-lalf of whch shall be for the use of the prosecutor, n ACT to abolsh the February term of the supreme judcal court for the county of and one-half for the use of the town n whch the offence s commtted. AN ACT addtonal to chapter thrty-fjur of the revsed statutes relatng to auctons? Kd* and to changethe tme of holdng the Aprl term of sad court tor sad county. Sect. 3. Ths act shall take effect on ts approval by the governor. aud auctoneers. v Secton. The February term of the supreme judcal court for [Approved February 4, 865.] Sect.. Thealdermen of any cty, and the selectmen of any town the county of Knox s hereby abolshed. may lcense any person or persons to be auctoneers for one year, n The supreme judcal court for sad county shall hereafter be holden on the frst Tuesday of Aprl, annually, nstead of the the legslaturesof the severalstates, by a resolutonof congress approvedon the frst,! duct two and one-half per cent, from the gross amount of sales for! AN ACT to ratfy an amendment to the Const uton of the Unted SUtes, proposed to- ; such cty or town, and may exempt them from any labllty to deday of February, n the year of our.ord one thousmd eght huudred aud sxty-fve. ; *hrd Tuesday of Aprl, as s now provded by law. the use of the cty or town where the sale s made, when the goods Sect. 3. All wrts, pettons, orders, decrees, certfcates, reports, Whereas, At the second sesson of the thrty-eghth congress ot the Unted warrants, complants, appeals, ndctments, and all matters and processes of every knd, cvl and crmnal, commenced for, pendng n, j Sect. 2- All acts and parts of acts nconsstent wth ths act, are States of Amerca, held at Washngton, n the Dstrct of ;. sold by such auctoneers belong to or are sold for the beneft of... partes resdng out of the State. Columba, on the frst day of February aforesad, t was resolved as follows, vz: 3r returnable to sad court, and whch would, but for the provsons hereby repealed. [Approved February 5,*865.] Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatves of the Unted States of Amerca n Congress assembled, (two-thrds of both AN ACT to make vald the acts and dougs of ctes, towns, and plantatons, n vot- Of ths act, have day at the term of sad^court to be held on the second Tuesday of February of the present year, as by law provded, houses concurrng,) that the followng artcle be proposed to the ag and makng provsop lor the payment of bountes to volunteers,.drafted men, : jell bo return ble to, and have day at the term of sad court to be j and substtutes of drafted anl enrolled men, and for other purposes. legslatures of the several states as an amendment to the Consttuton luld on the frst Tuesday of Aprl of the current year. j Skct.. The past acts aud dongs of ctes, towns, and plantatons otthe Unted States, whch, when ratfed by three-fourths of sad L S;ct. 4. All wrts, pettons, orders, decrees, certfcates, reports, n offerng, payng, agreeng to pay, and n rasng and provdng the legslatures, shall be vald to all ntents and purposes as a part of the A.-rants* complants, appeals, ndctments, and all matters and prov rvnj evl a.ud crmnal.cummoarfullmr^ pen.4 means to pay bountes to, and all notes and town orders gven by tho! jjad consttuton, namely muncpal offcers of any cty, town, or plantaton n pursuance of a n. T T* :, s trnable to sad court, and whch would,but lor the provsons. Luta.f- *l» bonat vaumm jfa-nfttfl ah«tt.ut»a of draftedor enrolled men, who nave been or shall hereafter be act -,f ths act, lure Jay at the term of sad court to bo held on the duly convcted, shall exst wthn the Unted States ofany place subject to ther jursdcton. Sutes, are hereby made vald. ually mustered nto the mltary or naval servce of the Unted ml Tuesday of Aprl of tho present year, as by law provded, shall * returnable to and have day at the term of sad court to be held Congress shall have power to enforce ths artcle by approprate legslaton. All contracts heretofore made by themuncpal offcers..the frst Tuesday of Aprl of the current year. S -ct 5. Ths act shall take effect when approved. e Be t therefore emtted by the Senate and House of * [ApprovedJanuary 26,865.J Representatves of any cty, town, or plantato*, that has voted to rase bountes, wth any volunteer, ^drafted man, or substtute, for the payment of the of te State of Mane n Legslature assembled, as follows: bounty thus voted, aud all contracts heretofore made by sad offc- Sect.. That the sad proposed amendment be, and the same s ers or ther duly authorzed agents, wth thrd persons, corporatons, *TS ACT to create an establsh a Bnkn fuud. P- j There shall be rased by taxaton each year, hereby ratfed on behalf of the State of Mane. commencng or assocatons, for the purpose of rasng means to pay such bountes ftl. the year eghteen hundred and sxty-fve, a sum equal to three-, e Ths act shall take effect on ts approval by the governor. {Approved February so voted, are hereby made vald. ths of one mll on every dollar of the present state valuaton, to 7,865.J Sect. 3. All contracts heretofore made by such muncpal offcers aaossed and collected at tho «ane tme and n the same manner or by thrd persons, n behalf of any cty, town, or plantaton, but an ACT to amend chapter two hundred an ffty-one, secton one, of the publc lawsof the year eghteen hundred an sxty-four, relatng to poll taxes wthout prevous authorty therefor, to pay bountes to such volunteers, drafted men, or substutes, or to rase money to pay such boun- th annual state tax shall be assessed and -jollected, and n addton Jf reto and the sum so rased s hereby pledged and shall be held Skct.. Secton one of chapter two hundred and ffty-one of the stakng fund, to be nvested as herenafterprovded, and appled publc laws of the year one thousand eght hundred and sxty-four, tes where such volunteers, drafted men or substtutes have been or ath payment of tho prncpal of the bonds of ths state, ssued. the authorty of the several resolves, approved January thrty- s hereby amended by strkng out tleword two n the last lne ot hereafter shall be actually mustered nto the mltary or naval servce sad secton, and nsertng n ts place tho word three, so that the of the Unted States, may be ratfed or confrmed by msad cty, town, hteen hundred sxty-three, March twenty-sx, eghteen lun-! provson n ths secton as amended shall read as follows, vz: one or plantaton. sxty-three, March nneteen, eghteen hundred sxty-four, and sxth part as nearly as may be oftle whole sutn to be rased ; but the Sect. 4. All vote3 of ctes, towns, or plantatons to pay expenses lu* na/be authorzed for procurng a state loan, the present year, whole poll tax assessed n one year upon an ndvdual, for town, of recrutng for ther several quotas, and all contracts* herotpforo alrr 2 The state treasurer, wth the advce of the governor, county and state purposes, except hghway taxes, separately assessed, made n pursuance of such votes, are hereby made vald. from tme to tune, as the sud tax shall bo receved nto the shall not exceed throe dollars. Sect. 5. All taxes that have been assessed to rase funds to pay nrv nvest the same, as well as the ncome of sad fund, as t Ths act shall take effect when approved. bountes or to fulfl contracts for tho objects named n ths act, are trua3ft0crue n any of the bonds of ths state, or of the regstered [Approved February hereby made vald. may 8,365.]...r.o-ntAj. aa, the proceeds of such nvestments, j Sect. 6. Authorty s hereby conferred upon ctes, towns, and pad nto the treasury, shall be renbe held by the sad treasurer for the pur- one thousand eght hundred and sxty-four, emled An-Act requrng the Secretary drafted, men, or substtutes requred to fll ther quotas, under any AN ACT to amend chapter two hundredjand sxty.four of de publc laws of the year plantatons to offer, pay, or agreo to pay bountes to volunteers, secton of ths act. of rtate to furnsh the clerks of courts n the several countes a lst of an personscom. call for solders by the presdent or government of the Unted States mssoned aud qualfed as justces of the peace and quorum, tral justees and notares hall keep a regster of all the nvestments heretofore made where such volunteers, drafted men, or substtutes publc. seedng secton, show ng the date, amount Sect. Secton one of chapter two hundred and sxty-four of the, have been or shall hereafter be actually mustered nto the mltary <y whoussujd, and the tme when t wll publc laws of the year one thousand eght hundred and sxty-four, or naval servce of the Unted States, aud to assume and pay to perto be stamped or prnted n large type j s hereby amended by nsertng after the word of ths state he may l^e countes n the sons or assocatons, where they have advanced the bouuty, or have purchased, and second lne, the words, ard to the clerks of the Unted Stales courts by prvate subscrpton gven a bounty, to such volunteer, drafted of coupons attached tnereto, the words, n ths Stat,, so that the frst sentence of sad secton as amended, wll man or substtute; provded, that no town, cty, or plantaton s authorzed by the provsons of ths act to hereafter offer, pay, or agree Df Mane, but so as not to obscure the text j read as follows: and n hs anuual report to the legslature Sect.. The secretary of state shall, on or before tho frst day olr to pay as bounty for any volunteer, drafted man, or substtute, a sum lepartuent, ho shall nclude an exhbt of June next, forward to the clerks of courts n tho several countes, exceedng three hundred dollars for the frst year the person so enof sad snkng fund. and to the clerks of the Unted Sta tes courts n ths State, a lst of all[ lsted or drafted shall bo mustered for, and one hundred dollars for h of tho maturty of any of the bonds for justces of the peace, justces of the peace and quorum, tral justces4 each addtonal year; and provded further that no bounty shall sad snkng fund s hereby pledged, tho and notares publc, ha ths state, whoso commssons shall then be n be pad from the treasury of the State to any person enlsted or drafted proval of te governor, shall sell or dse bonds belongng to tho sad fund as may bffco. [ApprovedFebruary lus and mustered nto tho servce of the Unted States pror to the sec- force, and tho evdoco, of wh< >se qualfcatons has been fled.n ond day of February, eghteen hundred and sxty-four, except upon,865.j»onds as they mature, and shall apply the hs subsequent ro-enlstm*nt and muster nto such servce; nor shall jayment, as contemplateduths act. AN ACT gvng further remedes aganst executors any and admlnutralors. bounty be pad by any cty, town, or plantatonfor the assgnake effect from the date of ts approval, Sect.. n all cases whch have arsen, or may hereafter anso ved January 28, 865.] under tho act approved Aprl fourth, n the year of our Lord one; thousand eght hundred and ftty-nne, authorzngjfadges ot probate. exeent on subsequent re-enlstment, where such enlsted or drafted to appont commssoners n certan cases, f a report has been or shall be made n favor of the clamant, and the amount awaraed hm remans unpad for more than thrty days after the return ot - shall authorze the muncpal offcers of any cty, town, or plantaton the^re- 3 p,u any man more than shall have been actually pad for h. subt statute Sect. 7. Any cty, town or plantaton havng voted, or that shall so ^hrl^-rejo^^u^ssto bo gven ofa Ths act shall take effect when approved by the governor. [Approved February 5,865.] AN ACT to amend chapter forty-four of the revsed statutes relatve to hawkers and ped lers. The second secton of the forty-fourth chapter of the Revsed Statutes s hereby amended so as to read as follows, vz : Th$ county commssoners, n ther countes, may lcense, for the purposes aforesad, any person applyng, who proves to ther satsfacton that he sustans a good moral character; has been lvo years a ctzen of the Unted States, and the year next precedng hs applcaton, a resdent of ths State, and such lcenses shall expre n one year fromther date: shall not be transferred or assgned wthout the consent of the board grantng the same, and shall notbe vald n any other county than that n whch t was granted, and the applcants shall pay therefor to the county for whch each lcense s granted, f they travel on foot, or n- any boat or water eraft, ten dollars; wth a carrage drawn by one anmal, ffteen dollars; and drawn by two anmals, twenty dollars; and shall present to the commssoners, wth ther applcaton, a certfcate of good moral character from the muncpal offcers of the town where thejr resde, whch shall be attached to ther lcense. [Approved February 5,865.]

2 J a.«, *, - -7 W \ A N A (T to amend chapter two hundred and thrty-nne of the pnblc laws of the year eghteen hundred and sxty-four. Sect. 3. Secton one of chapter two hundred and thrty-nne of the pnblc laws, passed n the year of our Lord one thousand eght hundred and sxty-four, s hereby amended by addng thereto the words followng, vz: And f an acton s brought aganst any town, or any clam mentoned n ths act, any ten or more taxable nhabtants thereof, by leave of the court, may at the expense of such town, employ counsel to defend t, and f judgment has heretofore been, or hereafter shall be rendered n any such acton,by default or otherv the real and personal property owned by sad cty or town; and the governor and councl shall examne such returns, andreport the same or an abstract thereof to the next sesson of the legslature. Sect. 9. Nothng n ths act shall be construed as makng vald so much of any contract heren referred to as shall be usurous by exstng laws. Sect. 0. No bounty shall be pad from the State treasury to any volunteer, drafted man, or substtute, enlsted or dratted snce the second day of February, eghteen hundred and sxty-four, exceptng upon calls for troops already made by the presdent or government of the Unted States. Sect.. All acts and parts of acts nconsstent wth ths act are hereby repealed. *Ths act Mall take effect when approved by the governor. [Approved February 7,865. AN ACT n addton to an act \pproved March nneteen, eghteen hundred and sxty two, enttled lan Actto regulate agences for, and to prevent mposton n the sale of ntoxcatng lquors. The commssoner provded for n the act approved March nne een, eghteen hundred and sxty-two, enttled -An Actto regulate agences for. and to prevent mposton n the sale of ntoxcatng lquors, may sell to duly authorzed ageuts of ctes, and towns, n other states, under the same dutes and penaltes as are now provded for the regulaton of sale to agents n ths state. [Approved February 20,865.J AN ACT to amend chapter one hundred and one of the revsed statutes, enttled -Wrt for replevyng a person, and chapter one hundred and thrty-lve of the revsed statutes, enttled Sentence and ts.executon n crmnal cases, and the lberaton of poor convcts. Sect.. Secton thrd of chapter one hundred and one of the Revsed Statutes, s hereby amended by nsertng n the tho thrd lne, after the word -sherff. the words, or hs deputy. Secton ten of chapter one hundred and thrty-fve of the Revsed Statutes s hereby amended by nsertng between the word to and the word and n the seventh lne the followng words; whch oath may be admnstered by the sherff, jalor, or any justce of the peace or tral justce. [Approved February 20,865 ] AN ACT to amend chapter nne of the publc laws of eghteen hundred and sxty-one, concernng the exempton of sewng machnes from attachment and executon. Sect.. Chapter nne of the publc laws ot eghteen hundred and sxty-one, enttled An Act to exempt certan property from attachment and executon, s hereby amended by strkng out the word Jfty n the thrd lne, and substtutng the words one hundred, therefor, so that sad act, when amended, shall read as follows: n addton to the property now exempted by law from attachment, sale or levy on executon, there shall be exempted one sewng machne of a value not exceedng one hundred dollars, held for actual use by any debtor, or the famly of any debtor. SecT. 2. Ths act shall take effect on ts approval. [Approved February 20, 865.] wse, any ten or more taxable nhabtants of the defendant town, - may petton the court for revew of sad acton n the name of the town, and employ counsel at the expense of the town to prosecute sad proceedngs n revew to fnal judgement. Secton two of sad chapter shall be amended by addng thereto the words followng, vz: And when the*proper authortes of any town refuse to nsttute any sut contemplated by ths secton. on demand by any ten taxable nhabtants thereof the latter shall have the power to brng such sut n the name and at the expense of the town. Sect. 3. Town offcers shall hum no authorty agar cause or acton or proceedng n revew commenced by vrtue of ths act. Sect. 4. Ths act shall take effect upon ts approval, ^Approved February 20, 865.J AN ACT authorsng He expendture of money for war purposes. fect.. The sum of seventy-fve thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, s hereby approprated for the payment of outstandng war clams, relef to our sck and wounded solders n hosptals, transportaton of hosptal stores, and all other necessary expenses for the volunteer force rased n ths State. All expendtures under ths act shall be made under the drecton of the governor and councl. Sect. 3. Ths act shall take effect when approved by the governor. [Approved February 20, 865.] AN ACT amendatory of chapter eleven of the revsed statutes, relatng to educaton. Sect.. Every cty, town and plantaton shall rase and expend annually, for the support of schools theren, a sum of money exclusve of the ncome of any corporate school fund, or of any grant from the revenue, or funds from the state, or of any voluntary donaton, devce or bequest, or of any forfeture accrung to the use of schools, not less than seventy fve cents for each nhabtant, accordng to the census of the State, by whch representatves to the legslature were last apportoned. SEct. 2. No town whch neglects to rase the amount of money requred to bo rased by secton one of ths act shall, durng the year n whch such neglect occurs, receve any part of the Stat6 school fund requred to be apportoned to the several towns by the treasurer of state; provded, however, that all plantatons shall be enttled to receve ther part of tho state school fund, when tho nhabtants of such plantaton shall have pad ther part of all state and county taxes, and not otherwse. Sect. 3. Each school agent shall return to the superntendng school commttee, n the month of Aprl, annually, a certfed lst of the names and ages of all persons ^n hs dstrct, from four to twenty-one years, as they exsted on the frst day of sad mouth, leavng out of sad enumeraton all persons comng from other places to attend any college or academy, or to labor n any factory, or at any manufacturng or other busness. Sect. 4. f any school agent neglects to return the scholars of hs dstrct, as provded n seetou three of ths act, tho superntendng school commttee shall mmedately make such enumeraton n such dstrct, and bo pad a reasonable sum for the servce, and the sum thus pad shall bo taken from tho amount to be apportoned to tho dstrct of such delnquent agent. - Sect. 5. The superntendng school commttee shall return to the assessors, on or before tho ffteenth.lay of May,annual y, the namton^pro^de^f^n^s^ t u^o^ ouumera.- t!^ ^nnua meetn^ ^yearfmake deta^ before the electon of selectmen, and thereafter, whether wrtten or prnted, shall be kept deposted n tho offce of the selectmen, or f they have no offce or usual place of busness, wth the town clerk, together wth the proper vouchers tor the dsbursements reported, wnere such reports and vouchers, as well as all the books ot the town, shall be open durng the usual hours of busness, to the nspecton of any legal voter; and f any town offcer shall refuse or neglect to perform any of the requrements of ths act, or shall refuse to allow any legal voter n the town to examne the reports, vouchers and town books heren referred to, he shall be labe to pay a fne of ffty dollars for each and every refusal or u^jflect, to be recovered by ndctment, one-half to the use of the complanant, and one-half to the use of the.county., Ths act shall take effect upon ts approval. Approved February 22, 860.J AN ACT to change the tme of holdng the county commssoners court for Kennebec county. Sect. The terms of the county commssoners court of the county of Kennebec, whch are now requred to be held 0 the last Tuesday of Aprl and on the second Tuesday of August n each year, shall hereafter be held on the thrd Tuesday of Aprl and on the thrd Tuesday of August of each year. Ths act shall take effect on the frst day of Juno next. [Approved February 23, 865.] AN ACT concernng the mlta. Be t enacted, dec., as follows: Enrollment,exempton,etc. Sect.. Every able-boded male ctzen, resdent wthn ths state, of the age of eghteen years and under to age of forty-fve years, shall be enrolled n the mlta. The followng persons shall be enrolled, but exempted from mltary duty, n the mlta, vz : The vce-presdent of tho Unted States; The offcers, judcal and executve, of the government of the Unted States: The members of both houses of congress and ther respectve offcers; all custom-house offcers; plots and marners employed n the sea servce of any ctzen or merchant wthn the Unted States; solders n the army and seamen n the navy of the Unted States; j all post-masters, post-offcers, post-rders, and stage-drvers employed n the care and conveyance of the mal of the post-offce of the Unted States; all ferrymen employed at any ferry on the post-road. Also all justces of courts of record, regsters of deeds, and sherffs ; and any person of ether of the relgous denomnatons of quakers or shakers, who shall, on or before the frst day of May annually, produce to the commander of the company^ wthn the lmts of whch he resdes, a certfcate, sgned by two or more of the elders or overseers, (as the case may be; and countersgned by the clerk of the socety wth whch he meets for publc relgous worshp, whch shall be n substance as follows: We, the subscrbers, of the socety of people called, tn the town of, n the county of, do hereby certfy that professes the relgous fath of our socety, and s a member therof, tla he frequently and usually attends relgous worshp wth sad socety, and we beleve that he entertans conscentous scruples aganst bearng arms. A B, / Elders or overseers, E P,Clerk. C D, $ fas the case may be.) The persons herenafternamed shall be enrolled, but shall be held to servce only n case of war, nvason, the preventon of nvason, nsurrecton, the suppresson of rots, and to ad cvl offcers n the executon of the laws, vz.: Offcers who have held or may hold for a perod of fve years, com: mssons u the army or navy of the Unted States, or n the mlta of ths or any other state of the Unted States; or who have been or shall be superseded and dscharged ; or who have held or shall hold commssons n any corps at the tme of ts dsbandment. The superntendents of the nsane hosptal at Augusta. The offcers and guards employed at the state prson nthomaston, or n any of the jals or houses of correcton, or state reform school. Keepersof lght-houses. No dot, lunatc, common drunkard, vagabond, pauper, or person convctedof any nfamous crme, shall be allowed to serve n the mlta, and any person convcted of such crme after enrollment, shall -tjnm;!!»4* roll,* m Sect. 3 t shalbo the duty of the assessor?, n the several ctes, towns, and plantatons, to prepare a lst of all persons wttomay be lvng wthn ther respectve lmts, and lable to enrollment; gvng the name, age and occupaton of each of such persons, and all facta whch- may determne hs exempton from mltary duty, and place a certfed copy of such lst n the hands of the clerks of ther respectve ctes or towns and plantatons0 or before the frst day of July next; and the sad clerks shall return copes of such lsts to the adjutant general on or before tho tenth day of July next. Sect. 4. The commander-n-chef shall dvde the state nto mltary dstrcts of companes, whch shall be numbered, an orderly sergeant apponted for each, and a record thereof made n tho offce of the adjutant general. And tho commander-n-chef shall ssuo orders for the electon of captans u the several companes nto wnch he shall have so dvded tho state whenever he deems proper, on or after the frst Wednesday of January, eghteen hundred sxty-sx, provded however, that n case of nsurrecton, or war wth any foregn power, the commander-n-chef shall forthwth proceed to organze tho mlta n accordance wth the provsons of tl±s act. Sect. 5. The order to notfy and presde at tho meetng to bo held for such electon of offcers may be ssued to the orderly sergeant of the company; and such sergeant shall at once proceed to notfy such meetng, by postng wrtten or prnted notces of tho tme and place apponted for the same n three or more publc places wthn tho bounds of sad company, ten days before tho tme apponted for the same. The compensaton of sad sergeant for notfyng the meetng and presdng thereat, and for keepng the records and makng the return prescrbed n secton sx, shall be three dollars. No person shall be allowed to vote for captan untl ls name shall have been checked by the presdng offcer 0 the assessors lst, or for other offcers untl hs name shall have been checked on tho captans enrolment lst. Sect. 6. Tho presdng offcers at all such meetngs shall koep records of all the proceedngs thereat, and make return thereof to tho adjutant general wthn three days from tho holdng of tho meetngs. Sect. 7. As soon as tho captans of the several companes shall have been commssoned and qualfed, they, or the actng offcer n case there s no captan, shall, wthout delay, proceed to enroll n the mlta, n such form jus shall be prescrbed by the commander-nchef, all persons resdent wthn the bounds of tllfdr respectve companes, aud lable to enrollment. And all such persons as shall be under the age of twenty-four years, and lable to mltary duty, shall be enrolled n one roll, and consttute tho actve mlta; and all such as shall be above tho ago of twenty-four years, together wth all such persons as t s provded n secton second, shall be exempt from mltary duty, or only lable to do mltary duty n case of,war, nvason, the preventon of nvason, nsurrecton, the suppresson of rots, and to ad cvl offcers n the executon of the laws, shall be enrolled on by postng the same three or mom publc. places wthn tho^boun.ls ther etlfcof tl etortler eux>vl u e n? Sect. 8. K, All p-rsons so enrolled who clam to be exempt from enn the records of such cty, town or plantaton; and each commandng offcer shall also at the same tme transmt a copy of such yor- - rected roll to the adjutant general. Sect. 9. The commander-n-chef may make all further rules and regulatons necessary for the complete enrolment of the mlta, under the provsons of ths act, and n accordance wth the laws of the, Unted States. Sect. 0. Each commandng offcer shall, from lme to tme, add to the rolls of hs company the name of each ct-zen resdent wthn ts bounds, who shall arrve at the age of eghteen years, or come to resde wthn sad bounds, or who, wthout beng exempted, shall cease to be holden to duty elsewhere, anl the commandng offcer shall notfy such ctzen of hs enrolment wthout delay. And eaeh commandng offcer shall, annually, n the month of May n each year, cause copes of the rolls of hs company to be exposed to vew - n the manner and for the perod prescrbed n secton seven, and hav- ng revsed and corrected sad rolls n the manner prescrbed n secton eght, return copes of the same to the clerks of ther respectve ctes, jj towns or plantatons to be recorded, and to the adjutant general, 0 or before the frst day of June n each year. And such postng of sad rolls as herenbefore prescrbed, shall be legal notce to tll per- p sons named theren of the fact of ther enrolment. The roll of each company shall state the name, age, rank, occupaton and brthplace of each man enrolled n sad company. The commandng offcer of each volunteer company shall transmt to the adjutant general, annually, on or before the frst day of June, a complete roll of hs company, wth the name, age, resdence and date of enlstment of each member thereof, and of each man dscharged therefrom durng the precedng year, together wth the date of suchdscharge. r Sect.. The commander-n-chef may from tme to tme make such alteratons as may by hm be deemed expedent, n the bounds of the several companes, and ssue such orders as may be thereby rendered necessary for the enrolment of the mlta n such companes, or any of them, or n any new companes thus created. Reserved and actve mlta. f Jm The reserved mlta shall be subject to no actve duty except n case of war, nvason, the preventon of nvason, usurrecton, or the suppresson of rots, or when requred to ad c vl offcers n the executon of the laws of the State or of the Unted States, n wnch cases the commander-n-chef may order a draft, as provdoct n secton one hundred twenty-seven. Sect. 3. When the reserve mlta, or any porton thereof, are ordered out for actual servce, and whle engaged n the same, they* shall be organzed by the commander-n-chef n companes aud regments, whch shall be offcered, governed andtraned, accordng to. the laws of the Unted States and of ths State, and attached to brg ades and dvsons of the actve mlta, or formed nto separato brgades and dvsons, as the commander-n chef shall deem expedent. Sect. 4. The companes of the actve mlta shall be formed by the commander-n chef nto regments, brgades and dvsons, am organzed n conformty wth the laws of the Unted States, and the commander-n-chef may make such changes n the formaton of - regments, brgades and dvsons, from tme to tme, as may become necessary. Sect. 5. The commander-n-chef may authorze the recrutment ^ at large, n each dvson, of so many companes of cavalry, batteres of lght artllery, and companes of engneers as he may deem proper. Volunteer mlta* Sect. 6. The commander-n-chef may authorze the contnuance or formaton of volunteer companes, formed ot members of the actve or of the reserve mlta, who shall be lable to all the dutes of the actve mlta, but shall be excused from duty n the standng company n whch they are enrolled, so long as they shall contnue members of such volunteercompanes. Sect. 7. The volunteer companes shall be formed nto separate. regments,or attachedto such regmentsof the actve mltats the commander-n-chef shall deem proper, and he may retan any exst- - ng companes of the volunteer mlta. Sect. 8. The non-commssoned offcers and prvates of each volunteercomapny, and all recruts admttednto the same, shall* sgn ther names u a book of enlstment to be kept by the companj^l Jjjor the jnjrpose, n such form as shall be prescrbed by tns coumuu-* yr-n-cmef; whch sgnng shall be a legal enlstment, by vrtue whereof they shall be held to do duty n sad company lor sx years, unless they shall become ncapactated by subsequent dsablty, or be regularly dscharged therefrom by the proper offcer. Sect. 9. Companes of cavalry, artllery and engnee s may reman unattached to any regment or brgade, f the good of the servce n the opnon of the commander-n-chef shall requre t, or may * be attached to dvsons at the pleasure of the commander -n-chef. n such case, such companes shall be subject to the mmedate orders of the commanders of such dvsons or brgades as the com mander-n-chef shall desgnate; who shall receve the reports, returns and orders, have the authorty and dscharge the dutes, w h regard ^ to such companes, whch are prescrbed for the commanders of regments wth regard to other companes. Sect. 20. All volunteer companes shall be organzed n all re* spccts lke tho companes of the same arm of tho actve mlta; but - no now volunteer company shall be organzed unless such new company shall have on ts rolls at least tho maxmum number of enlsted men; and no electon of offcers shall be ordered at any tme n any company of tho volunteer mlta, unless at tho tme of such wrder the sad company shall have at loast the mnmum number of onlsted men 0 ts rolls. t t appears to the commander-n-chef ontho representaton cf the adjutant general, nspector general, pr offcer commandng a dvson or brgade, that a volunteer company has faled to comply wth the requstons of the law n matters of unform, equpment or dscplne, so that t s ncapactated to dscharge tho dutes requred of t, such company may bo dsbanded by the commander-n-chof. Sect. 22. t a volunteer company s wthout commssoned offcers, and havng been twco ordered to fll such vacances, neglects or refuses to fll them ; or s reduced to a less number than the mnmum number of non-commssoned offcers and prvatos provded for a company of ts arms and bo remans for sx consecutve mouths, or appears from any return made to the adjutant, general to have been reduced below such mnmum number of non-commssoned offcers and prvates present and dong duty at the tme for whch such return 3 made, such company may be forthwth dsbanded by the commander-n-chef. Sect. 23. Tho commander of a rogment may, upon the wrtten applcaton of the commander of a volunteer company n hs regment, accompaned by a request n wrtng, sgned by a non-commssoned offcer or prvato, dscharge such non-commssoned offcer or prvate from the company; and the commander of a company unattached, may, upon an applcaton n wrtng, sgned by a member thereof, dscharge such member; and commandng offcers of regments or detached companes may dscharge non-commssoned. offcers or prvates of volunteer companes, upon the request by vote of a majorty of the actve members of the company, but no such dscharge shall operate to dscharge such non-commssoneloffcer or prvate from mltary servce under ths act, and the offcer rrnntng the same shall forthwth gve notce theref to the commandng

3 ( p general, - ^ - srgamzaton oj mlta. feect. 25. The mlta, under the command n chef of the governor of the state, shall be organzed and offcered as follows: f The staff of the commander-n-chef shall consst of an adjutant who shall be the chef of the staff, quartermaster general, nspector general, surgeon general, commssary general, and judge advocate general, each wth the rank of brgader general..foul ades-de-camp wth the rank of leutenant colonel. A mlta- \ ry secretary wth the rank of mujor, aud such addtonal offcers of the general staff as the publc servce may requre, wth such rank as the commander-n-chef may desgnate. Dvsons. To oach dvson there shall be one major general, one 4 dvson nspector wth the rank of leutenant colouel, one assstant adjutant general, one quartermaster, one commssary of subsstence, : ono judge advocate atd one ade-de-camp, each wth the rank of major, and two ades-de-camp, each wth the rank of captan. Brgades. To each brgade ther shall be one brgader general,, one brgade nspector, wth the rank of major, one assstant adjutant general, one quartermaster, one commssary of subsstence, one payjfmaster and one ade-de-camp, each wth the rank of captan, and one ade-de-camp wth the rank of frst leutenant. W, nfantry. To each regment of nfantry there shall be one colonel, xme leutenant colonel, and one major, one adjutant and one quar- - termaster, each wth the rank of frst leutenant, one surgeon, wth the rank of major, two assstant surgeons, each wth the rank of -frst leutenant, one chaplan, one sergeant major,one quartermaster 4. sergeant, one commssary sergeant, one hosptal steward, and two prncpal muscans, and ten companes; each company to consst of one captan, one frst leutenant, one second leutenant, one frst sergeant, four sergeants, eght corporals, two muscans, one wagoner, and not less than sxty-lour nor mofe than eghty-two prvates. Cavalry. To each regment of cavalry there shall be one colonel, one leutenant colonel, three majors, one surgeon wth the rank of, two assstant surgeons, wth the rank of frst leutenant, ok; ^ veternary surgeon wth the rank of sergeant major, one adjutant, one quarter master, one commssary of subsstence, each wth the rank of frst leutenant, one chaplan, one sergeant major, one quartermaster sergeant, one commssary sergeant, two hosptal stewards, OUt) saddler sergeant, one chef trumpeter, and twelve companes or troop*; ea ;h company to consst of one captan, one frst leutenant, r one second leutenant, one frstsergeant, one quartermaster sergeant, one commssary sergeant, fve sergeants, eght corporals, two trumpeters two farrers or blacksmths, one saddler, one wagoner, and not less than sxty nor more than seventy-eght prvates. - Artllery. To each regment of artllery thore shall be one colonel,.oneleutenant colonel, one major to evory four companes or batteres, one adjutant and one,quar termaster, each wth the rank of frst leutenant but not to be extra leutenants, one chaplan,one serj geant-major, one quartermaster sergeant, one commssary sergeant, PStone hosptalsteward,and two prncpalmuscans. To each battery of lght artllery, or company of heavy artllery, there shall be one captan, two frst leutenants, two second leutenants one frst sergeant,one quartermastersergeant, sx sergeants, twelve corporals, two muscans, two artfcers, one wagoner, and one hundred aud twenty-two prvates. Eutneers. Te each company of engneers there shall be one cap- <-n two frst leutenants, one second leutenant, ten sergeants, ten ) ornorals,two muscans,sxty-fourartfcers,and^xty-fourprvates. Offcers of the lne. Sect 26. The offcers of the lne shall be elected as follows: Major generals by the senate and house of representatves, each r a negatve upon the other. Brgader generals, by the wrtten votes of the feld offcers of the ress!voe^rc^aofsregment3, by the wrtten votes of the captans «nd subalterns of the companes of the respectve regments. Pan tans and subalterns of companes, by the wrtten votes of the m J0mmssoned offcers and prvates of the respectve companes. ; M (le frst electon of,ca> tans < f companes to be held under ths W rv man whose name s borne on the roll of the company,k* la\,, bv the assessors, and who s not exempt from mltary he enttled to vote. But after the enrolment by the,fnnrd2 offcer so elected, and dvson of the mlta nto the co lmar 8 erv0 m{ta, no member of the reserve mlta shall be enttled to vote at any electon of offcers of any company of the actve mlta-,sza# offce-s, Sect 27. nlco.lutantgcneral and quartermaster rjf!n tlo comna0t,e^,/^ av qualfcatons of offcers. 28 Mettbors of the reserved mlta shall be elgble to the atve mlta; but 0 commsson shall ssue to an owvor. nr h)ponted unless le appears to be qualfed by educaton 4 «hmtv to dscharge the dutes of hs offce. And the command- l.ef n V n hs dscreton cause an examnaton to be had. lturv board whch ho s authorzed to appont, nto the w Uf lltous of all persons, below the rank of major generals, KnX commssons under ths act f upon such examnatons clu*d lll0 canddate qualfed wthn the meanng ol ths the commsson shall ssue jjocton, ^ lnuatcj vagabond, pauper, nor person convcted r nnf-vmlouscrme, shall be elgble to any mltary offce and the ( f?.al use of ntoxcatng lquors as a beverage shall dsqualfy j.btua }.on ladngany commssonunder ths act. W len t HV to the commander-n-chef that a person thus nelgble has majorty of the votes cast at an electon of offcers, he T u not commsson hm, but shall declare such electon null and d and appont some person to All the vacancy. v «Vr 30 Whowthe electors neglect or reluse to elect to tll ava- v the commander-n-chef shall appont a sutable person. St 3 When the offce of major general, brgader general, or captan, s vacant, or such offcer s sck or absent, the ^Slr next rank shall command the dvson, brgade, regment,. company, untl the vacancy s suppled. The senor non-comms-! (.j offcer of a company wthout commssonedoffcers, shall confd the same, untl some commssoned offcer s detaled to coms ^ wthout an order from the commander of the dvson, order an SctW (,t offcers as soon as may be. ^ Sect. 84. The non-commssoned staff offcers of regments shall be apponted by the colonels of ther respectve regments. Noncommssoned offcers of companes shall be apponted by ther respectve captans, who shall forthwth make a return, n wrtng, of such appontments, to* the offcer commandng the regment. To every company there shall be a clerk who shall be one of the sergeants, to be apponted by the commandng offcer of the company. Sect. 35. Whenever the clerk of a company s absent, sck, or unable to dscharge the dutes of hs offce, the commander of the company may appont a clerk pro tempore. n all cases of a vacancy he may order a non-commssoned offcer or prvate to perform the dutes of a clerk untl another s apponted; and any non-commssoned offcer or prvate refusng or neglectng to perform such duty when so ordered shall forfet to the use of the company not less than twenty nor more than ffty dollars, to be recovered on complant by the commander. n such cases the records of the company shall be kept by the commander thereof, as long as such vacancy, absence, sckness or nablty contnues, and records so kept shall be competent evdence of such orders ancl temporary appontments, as well as of all matters of whch they would be evdence f kept by the clerk* General jyrovsons respectng offcers. Sect. 36. When a company has nether commssoned nor noncommssoned offcers, the commander of the regment to whch t belongs, shall appont sutable persons wthn sad company to be non-commssoned offcers thereof; and shall appont one of the noncommssoned offcers to be clerk, endorse the appontment on hs warrant, admnster the oath to hm, and certfy the same, as requred by secton ffty-two. Sect. 37. All commssoned offcers shall be commssoned by the commander-n-chef, accordng to the respectve offces and grades to whch they may be elected or apponted, except as heren otherwse expressly provded. Every non-commssoned offcers warrant shall be gven and sgned by the commandng offcer of the regment. Clerks shall have ther appontments certfed on the back of ther warrants, by the commandng offcers of ther respectve companes. Sect. 38. Commssoned offcers shall take rank accordng to the date of ther commssons. When two of the same grade bear an even date, ther rank shall be determned by lot drawn before the commander of the dvson, brgade, regment, company, or detachment, or presdent of a court-martal, as the case may be. The day of the appontment or electon of an offcer shall be expressed n hs commsson, and consdered as the date thereof. When he s transferred to another corps or staton of the same grade, the date of the orgnal appontment shall be expressed and consdered the date of hs commsson. Sect. 3J. When an offcer shall lose hs commsson, upon affdavt made before a justce of the peace and produced to the adjutant general, a duplcate commsson shall ssue,of the same tenor and date. Sect. 40. Major generals shall be notfed of ther electons by the secretary of state, and, unless wthn ffteen days after such notce, they sgnfy to the secretary ther acceptance of offce, shall be taken to have refused the same. Sect. 4. Major generals shall order electons to fll all vacances whch occur n ther respectve dvsons, n the offce of brgader general, feld offcer, captan or subaltern. Such electons shall be held at the places most convenent tor the majorty of the electors, and shall be ordered throughout each dvson, at least once n each year; the electons of company offcers frst, and those of feld offcers next. Electonof offcers awl oaths. Sect. 42. Electors shall be notfed of electons at least four days prevously thereto. A non-commssoned offcer or prvate unnecessarly absent from company electon, shall forfet two dollars, to be recovered on complant of the clerk, to the use of the company. Sect. 43. Offcers orderng electons may presde, or detal some offcer of sutable rank to presde. Sect. 44. A captan or staff offcer of tle rank of captan, may presde at the electon of an offcer of equal or nferor grade wthn the lmts of hs regment; but 0 canddatefor the vacancy shall presde < thp hmnw mtnnubthe lt;utacf n» urauer offcer appear to presde. ^ At all electons such presdng offcer jhall krtep a record of the proceedngs, and make return thereof to the commandng offcer of the regment, brgade or dvson, as may be proper. Sect. 45. The person who has a majorty of the wrtten votes of the electors present at a meetng duly notced, shall be deemed elected, and the presdng offcer sh^ll forthwth notfy hm of hs electon, and make return thereof, or of neglect or refusal to elect, to the f ne^h«nvor generals and brgader generals shall appont ther re- The staff offcers of the mlta shall be apponted n commander of the dvson. Every person so elected and notfed, shall be chosen as pro a hv the consttuton. The nspector general, judge advocate or, f a company offcer, forthwth: otherwse he shall be taken to shall accept, f a brgader general or feld offcer, wthn ten days, V.,, ronmssary general, surgeon general, ades-de-camp.and have refused, f before the meetng for the electon of any offcer s gcmeal, et}ry t0 t ; commander-n-chef wth such addtonal dssolved, tho person chosen sgnfes to the presdng offcer hs may deem refusal to accept, the same shall be recorded and made part of the ff rs ofthe general staff as the commander-n-chef ^L-rv bv the commander-n-chef return, and the electors shall proceed to another electon. Electons may be adjourned not exceedng twce, and each adjournment for a t- staffs Allother staff offcers of dvson and brgade staffs perod not exceedng two days; but no company electon shall be ts apponted by the commander-n-chef upon the nomnaton legal unless t be notfed n tho manner prescrbed n secton fortytwo. V,«Generals commandngthe respectve dvsons and brgades, flvll hold ther successors The orgnal roster of the brgade, or regment, or orgnal ther offces for one year and untl apponted and qualfed, but may be removed at any tme by the roll of the company, as thu oase may be, shall bo produced at such electons, by the person havng the legal custody thereof. rlrsnmters, commssares and chaplans of regments The commandng offcer of the dvson shal} return all electons, and refusals or neglects to elect, to the commander-n-chef, and unless he s notfed by the commander-n-c^ef of hs ntenton to thf ^Sanddstant Lrg(«ns, by the commander-n-chef,upon r^ f,l naton ol ther respectve colonels, after they shall dan have examnaton before a board of surgeons to be apponted # make an appontment, ho may n such caee of refusal or neglect to elect, order a new electon. Sect. 46. Wl an offc* holdng ju.fhrv commsson s elected to another offce n tho mlta, and ccef 4 j the panc, such acceptance shall consttute a part of the return of the presdng offcer, and shall vacate the offce prevously held. Sect. 47. Commssons shall be transmtted to the commandng offcers of dvsons, ajd by them through the proper offcers, to the offcers elect. Sect. 48. When a person elected or apponted to an offce refuses t.o accept hs commsson or qualfy St thn tme of acceptance, the offcer commandng the dvson shall certfy te fact 0 the back thereof, and return t to the adjutant general j and f the offce s electve, a new electon shall be ordered. Sect.*49. No person whatsoever shall, pendng or after an electon, treat wth ntoxcatng lquors the persons attendng thereat, nor shall any person, 0 days of mltary tluty, so treat persons per lbrmng such dut.j..nder a pen^ty of ten dollars for each offence. S ct. 50. No offcer or solder- shall be arrested 0 cvl process whle gong to, remanng at, or returnng from a place where he s ordered to attend for electon of offcers or mltary duty. Sect. 5. Every commssoned offcer, belbrohe enters on the dutes of US offce, u* exercses any command, shall take and subscrbe before a justce of tho peace, or general or feld offcer who has prevously taken and subscrbed them hmself, the followng oaths and declaratons: a A8B do solemnly swear that wll support the c lotonof the Unted States And on the back of every commsson te followng certfcate shall be wrtten or prnted, and sgned by the person before whom Dscharge of offcers. Sect. 53. When an offcer requests n wrtng hs dschargefrom offce, wth the approval of the commanders of the regment, brgade and dvson to whch he belongs, the commander-n-chef may so dscharge hm. Sect. 54. No commandng offcer shall approve a resgnaton under the precedng secton, f the same s offered between the frst day of May and the frst day of November unless the reasons for such resgnaton are urgent and proved to hs satsfacton. No offcer shall be dscharged untl he has turned over to the offcers enttled to receve the same, all rolls, books, rosters and documents,, and all arms, accoutrements, unforms, equpments, equpages, ammunton, and other publc property ssued to hm, or n hs custody, or for whch he s responsble or accountable, and fled wth tho quartermaster-general the certfcates herenafter prescrbed nfectons seventy-seven and eghty-three. Sect. 55. f an offcer unreasonably refuses to approve an applcaton for dscharge, and t s so made to appear to the commanders above hm, they may approve the same, and the cojumander-nchef may dscharge the applcant. Sect. 56. No offcer than a staff offcer apponted by the commander-n-chef shall be dscharged by the commander-n-chef, unless upon hs own request, except as follows : When t appears to the commander-n-chef, by the report of a board of mltary examners, as provded n secton ffty-seven, that he has become unable or unft to dscharge the dutes of hs offce, or to exercse proper authorty over hs nferoroffcers aud solders, or that he has been convcted of an nfamous crme. When the commander of hs dvson certfes that he has, ether before or after recevng hs commsson, removed hs resdence out of the state, or out of the bounds of hs command to sogreat a dstance, that n the opnon of such commandng offcer t s nconvenent to exercse hs command. When such commander certfes that he has been absent from hs command more than one year wthout leave. Upon address of both houses of the legslature to the governor. Upon sentence of court marta, after tral accordng to law. W hen the corps to whch he be ongs s dsbanded. And upon petton of two 0* more superor offcers. whch cases he may be so dscharged. Every offcer, except when under arrest, shall perform the dutes of hs offce untl he sdscharged. Sect. 57. The commander-n-chef may, from tme to tme, and at any tme, appont a mltary board of examners, of not less than three nor more than fve offcers, whose duty t shall be to examne the capacty, qualfcaton, proprety of conduct, and effcency of any commssoned offcer of the mlta below the rank of major-general^ who may be reported to them as a ft subject for such examnaton, and upon the report of such commsson, f adverse to such offcer, aud f approved by the commander-n-chef, the commsson of such offcer shall be vacated : provded, always, that, f practcable, two members at least of such board shall be of mltary rank at least equal to that of the offcer to be examned. Sect. 58. When an offcer accepts an appontment n the regular army of the Unted States, or any corps of Unted States volunteers, hs offce shall thereby become vacant; and f, after acceptng such appontment, he exercses any of the powers and authorty of such offce, he shall forfet not exceedng one hundred dollars. Sect. 59. The commssons of staff offcers apponted by any other offcer than the commander-n-chef, shall expre as soon as the successor of such appontng offcer js commssoned. The commssary general, judge advocate, surgeon general, and all other staff offcers apponted by the commander-n-chef shall hold ther offces for one year and untl ther successors are apponted and qualfed, but may be removed at any tme by the commander-n-chef. Sect. 60. Offcers under arrest shall not resgn, but shall be suspended from exercsng the dutes of offce. Sect. 6. A uon-commsslbned offcer or clerk of a company may resgn l^g offce to the commandng offcer of hs company, and sn^cm^t^r^zrofl^n t,erero^ hy hm f, n hs% opnon there be Adjutant, quartermaster, commssary, surgeon and nspecto general. Sect. 62. The adjutant-generalshall dstrbuteall orders from the commander-n chef, attend all publc revews when the commander-n-chef shall revew the mlta, or any part thereof, obey all orders from hm relatve to carryng nto executon and perfectng the system of mltary dscplne establshed by the laws of tho state and of the Unted States, furnsh blank forms of the dfferent returns that may be requred, and explan the prncples on whch they should be made, dstrbute all books requred to be furnshed at the publc expense, receve from the several offcers of the dfferent corps throughout the state, returns of the mlta under ther command, reportng the actual stuaton of ther arms, accoutrements, and ammunton, ther delnquents and every other thng, whch relates to the general advancement of good order and dscplne, all of whch the several offcers of the dvsons, brgades, aud regments, are hereby requred to make n the usual manner, so that the adjutant-general may be furnshed therewth, and from all sad returns he shall make proper abstracts and lay the samo annually before the commander-n-chef; and he shall, annually, on or before the frst Monday n January, make a return n d up te te ol o mlta of the state, wth ther arms, accoutremohts and anm raton, accordng to such drectons as he may roceve from the secretary of war of the Unted States, one copy of whch he shall delver to the commander-n-clef, aud the other of whch he shall transmt to the presdent of the Unted States. Sect. 63. He shall, wthn twenty days after the recept of each company 0* band pay roll under sectons one hundred a d twenty- * me «uuf one hundred and twenty-sx after carryng o.t theren opposte to the name of each man returned, the amount ot pay t<» tvhch he s enttled, and certfyng thereon that t contans the names of those persons only who are enttled to pay, transmt tho same to the mayor and aldermen, the selectmen or assessors ol tho cty, town or plantaton n whch the armory or place of assembly v> j such company or band s stuated. Sect. 64. le shall on pr before tho twenty-ffth day < f January n each year, make out a certfed roll of the names of all the general, feld and staff offcers that appea > the returns made to hm under secton one hundred and twenty-t. e, to be enttled to the pay under sectons one hundred and thrty-seven and one hundred and thrtynne,and shall ascertan from the returns made to hm under sectons one hundred and twenty-one and one hundred and tw -sx. tho amount of money necessary to remburse the several ctes a d towns and shall submt such roll and result to the audtor, and tho governor shall draw hs warrant on the treasury for such sums as may be n-cessary to pay such offcers, and remburse such ctes, towns and plantatons. Sect 65 The nuartermaster general, under tho drecton and supervson of the commander-n-chef,shall purchase and ssue all der the orders of the eommander-n-cwef, proc ure and provde means of transport lor the mlta, and for all ts mplenen s, muntons- -bj be the k.-e; ^ of war and mtly nl.-l as s by law expra»»j.v^mru8tedto^the rftoojuhho

4 Vson of the commander-n chef, shall purchase and ssue all med- sueh armory or place of depost shall be determned by the com- offcer, wdtl the approval of the commander of the reg- cal, surgcal and hosptal supples. mandng Sect. 68. The adjutant general, quartermaster general, surgeon ment, ) but when t has been once so determned t shall not be general and commssary general shall account, as often as may be agan ; changed wthout the approval of the quartermaster general. requred by the commander-n-chef, and at least once yearly, to the Sect. 87. Each armory shall be examned and the condton commander-n-chef; n such manner as he shall prescrbe, for all thereof reported once at least n each year to the commander-nchef, «by the nspector general, or a staff offcer by hm detaled property whch shall have passed through ther hands, or the hands j of the subordnate offcers of ther respectve departments, or that j for : that duty. shall be n ther care or possesson, and for all moneys whch they Orders and notfcatons. shall expend n dschargng ther respectve dutes; and they shall j Sect. 88. Orders from the commander-n-chef shall be dstrbuted by the adjutant general; dvson and brgade orders, by the annually, n January, lay before the governor and councl accounts, \ wth vouchers, of ther expendtures durng the prevousyear. ] respectve assstant adjutant generals; regmental orders, by the Sect. 69. Nether the adjutant general, quarter-master general, adjutant; company orders, by the clerk, or by any non-commssoned offcer or prvate, when so requred by the commandng offcer. Burgeon general, or commssary general, nor any assstant ot ether of them nor any subordnate offcer of ther departments, shall Sect. 89. When a commander orders out hs company for ml. be concerned,drectly or ndrectly, n the purchase or sale of any tary : duty, or for electon of offcers, ho shall order one or more of artcle ntended for, makng part of, or appertanng to, ther respectve depart me!«,except for and on account of the state, nor ng : the non-commssoned offcers or prvates, to notfy the men belong- shall thev r ether of them take orsup ly to hs or ther own use to the company to appear at the tme and place apponted. Such non-commssoned offcer or prvate shall gve notce of such any gan or emolument for negotatng or transactng any busness tme and place, to every person whom he s ordered to notfy-; f he n ther respectve departments, other than what s or may be allowed bylaw.,. fals to so do, he shall forfet not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars, to be recovered on complant of the clerk, to Sect. 70. The commander n-chef may, at hs dscreton, whenever the offce of commssary general or nspector general shall be Sect. 90. No notce shall be legal unless gven by such non-com- the use of the company. Vacant, assgn the dutes of such offcer to some offcer already n mssoned offcer or prvate to each man verbally, or by leavng at commsson, untl the commander-n-chef shall deem t necessary hs usual place of abode a wrtten or prnted order, sgned by such to fll such offce by specal appontment. offcer or prvate, four days at least prevous to the tme apponted, for mltary duty, or for electon of offcers ; but n case of nvason, nsurrecton, rot, or an unforeseen or sudden occason, a verbal, Arms, equpments, equpage, etc. Sect. 7. All commssoned offcers shall provde themselves wth such unforms and arms complete, as the commander-n-chef shall prescrbe, subject to such restrctons, lmtatons and alteratons as he may order. Sect. 72. Every offcer and solder shall hold hs unform, arms, ammunton and accoutrements requred by law, free from all suts, dstresses, executons or sales, for debt or payment of taxes. Artcles furnshedby the state. Sf.ct. 7S. Whenever any corps or detachment of the mlta s ordered to perform any duty requrng the use tuereof, the quarter master general shall delver to the commandng offcer of such corps or detachment, such tents, fxtures and other camp equpage, and such ammunton as may be necessary for the dscharge of such duty; and each offcer to whom such equpage s delvered, shall be responsble for the safe keepng of the same, and shall return the same to the quartermaster general when the duty shall have been performed for whch the same was ssued, and n case of the dscharge or death of such offcer, he or hs legal representatve shall be released from such responsblty upon flng n the offce of the quartermaster general a certfcate of the offcer succeedng hm n command, that.he artcles so furnshed are n hs custody at the date of hs certfcate, and n good order and condton, reasonable use and wear thereof excepted, a d the offcer gvng such certfc *e shall from that tme bo responsble for such artcles as t they had been orgnally ssued t. hm. Sect. 74. Each regment shall be furnshed by the state wth (le natonal and state colors, ther staffs, belts and sockets; and each battery of lght artllery and company of cavalry wth ts proper gudon, staff, belt and socket; and the commander of such regment, battery or company, shall be responsble for ther safe keepng. Sect. 75. Each company of the actve and volunteer mlta, on applcaton by the commander thereof to the adjutant general, and pn ucng satsfactory evdence that a sutable armory or place of depost s provded therefor agreeably to secton eghty-sx shall be furnshed by the quartermaster general wth such approprate «\rms and equpments as shall be determned by the commander-nchef. Sect. 76. The commssoned offcers of every company of the actve andj volunteer mlta shall,from the tme of ther beng qualfed. be responsble for the safe keepng and return of all unforms, arms, equpment, ammunton and equpage, the property of the state, whch have been, or shall hereafter be, ssued to ther respectve companes; and for any loss or damage theretdf compensaton, PVy lva-d axton-ot*»«*»«* bwugtlltry tle quattc-rmastor general aganst all or any of such offcers, whch t shall bo hs duty to brng. Sect. 77. n case of the dscharge or death of such an offcer, he or hs legal representatve shall be releved from such responsblty, upon flng n the. offce of the quartermaster general a certfcate sgned by not loss than two commssoned offcers of hs company, that such artcles are, at the date of the certfcate, undmnshed n quantty and value, rcsonable use and wear excepted. Sect. 78. Non-comussoned offcers and solders shall bo responsble for the preservaton of the arms, equpments and unforms furnshed to them, and for any njury or damage thereto, caused by them or by,ther neglect, shall forfet a sum suffcent to repar or replace the same, whch may be recovered on complant of the clerk of the company, or the commander thereof may return such sum to the quartermaster general wth a proper specfcaton, who shall cause the same to be deducted from the pay of the delnquent. Sect. 79. Upon the dsbandment of a volunteer company whch has receved arms, equpments, or equpage, from the quartermaster general, he shall receve the same on presentaton thereof by the offcers of the company, or ther agents. Sect. 80. Each company of mlta shall be furnshed wth such nstruments of musc as the commander-n-chef shall order* Each commander c* a brgade may draw orders upon the quartermaster-general, or offcer actng as such, n favor of the commanders of regments, batteres and companes for colors, gudons and nstruments of musc. Commanders of companes 6hall be responsble for the safe keepng of the nstruments delvered to them for the use ot present. thercompanes.. Sect. 8. Each battery of lght artllery shall be provded, by Sect. 98. tln quartermaster-general,wth the lottery of manoeuvre presented for that arm by the war department of the Unted States; wth cassons, harness, mplements, laboratory, and ordnance stores, as may, from tme to tme, be necessary for ther complete equpment fbr the feld; and when expedent n the opnon of the command- wrtten or prnted notce, however short, shall be legal. When a company s paraded, the commandng offcer may verbally notfy the men to appear at a future day, not exceedng thrty days from the tme of such parade, whch shall be suffcent notce as respects the persons present; and all commanders of companes may, on parade, cause to be read, dvson, brgade or regmental orders, and notfy the solders of ther several commands to appear as by such order requred whch notce shall be a suffcent warnng. Notfcatons may be proved, as s provded n secrton one hundred and ffty-fve. Sect. 9. When a company s wrhout commssoned offcers, the commander of the regment to whch t belongs, or the offcer detaled by hm to dscplne the same, shall n wrtng order any noncommssoned offcers or prvates to notfy the persons lable to do duty n such company, to appear for duty requred by law, at the tme and place mentoned n such order; and f a non-commssoned offcer or prvate refuses or neglccts so to notfy, he shall forfet anfl pay to the use of hs regment not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars, to be recovered on complant of the commander thereof. Sect. 92. Clerks of companes shall record, n the orderly book, company orders and notfcatons; but such record shall not be necessary to the recovery of a penalty. Dscplne, tranngs, nspecton, and camp duty. Sect. 93. The system of dscplne and feld exercse ordered to be observed by the army of the Unted States, n the dfferent corps, or such other system as may hereafter be drected for the mlta by laws of the Unted States, shall be observed by«the mlta. Sect. 94. The actve mlta and volunteers shall parade by companes on the frst Wednesday n May for nspecton, company drll and manceuvre. They shall also be assembled for drll three hours n each month, from the frst day of May to the last day of November, and two hours n each month from the frst day of December to the last day of Aprl; and, unless otherwse ordered, the tmes for such monthly drlls shall be fxed by the commanders of companes respectvely. f a company s so stuated that the solders cannot be convenently assembled at one place for monthly drlls, the commander of the regment may order the same to be drlled n* squads not exceedng three to a company: each squad shall, f practcable, be under the command of a commssoned offcer. The members of the company shall be notfed as provded n sectons eghty»nne and nnety. Separate rolls shall be kept for each squad, and the same shall be called u.uk the drecton of the commandng omceyterebt by a non-commssoned offcer apponted for that purpose. The records of fnes aad forfetures ncurred at such squad drlls shall be kept by the offcer n command and have the same force and valdty as s heren provded n the case of company records. Nothng 4n ths secton contaned shall be con-.strued to excuse the keepng of company rolls as provded n ths act. Sect. 95. Mayors and aldermen»nd selectmen shall provde sutable places for the parade, target, practce and drll of the mlta belongng to ther respectve ctlps and towns. Sect. 96. Each commander of dvson shall annually order an encampment of hs dvson, by brgades or regments, for four days, at some tme between the mddle of July and the mddle of October. The order shall be promulgated n the brgade thrty days before the tme apponted for the encampment; the orders for encampment by regments shall be promulgated n the regment twenty days before such tme. The place, and f no tme be desgnated by the commander of dvson, the tme of encampment shall be desgnated by the commander of the troops to be assembled, and regard shall always be had to the convenence, proxmty and accommodaton of the troops to be assembled; but no ground shall be occuped for such encampment, n tme of peace, wthout the consent of the selectmen of tho town, or mayor and aldermen of the cty where the encampment s to be made, unless by order of the commander- n-chef., Sect. 97. When a company desttute of commssoned offcers parad#s wth other troops, the offcer n command sljall detal ono or more commssoned offcers present to command t, unless the offcer detaled by the commander of the regment to command t s Tlu> dvson and brgade nspector* shall nspect the arms, ammunton and accoutrements of the regments n then- dvsons aud brgades, at such annual encampment, and see that ther exercses and manoeuvres, are conducted n accordance wth the system of mltary dscplne requred by law, and by orders receved, from tme to tme, from the commander-n-chef. er-n-chef,such quantty of ammunton annually as ho may deem Skct. 99. Tho nspect r general shall attend at the encampments noccssary to be expended n expermental gunnery. The commssoned offcers of each battery shall be accountable for the preserva- manoeuvres practced at tho encampments, crtcally observe the provded n ths act, and superntend tho nstructon, drll and ton of the peces, apparatus and ammunton aforesad, and for the same, and make a wrtten detaled report thereon, ndependent of proper expendture of the ammunton. ^ the report of.the commandng offcer. Sad report shall state the Skct 82. When any battery or secton of a battery s ordered amount and knd of duty perlornod by tlo troops on each lay, tho to larch out of the cty or town where the gunhouse s stuated, manner of ta performance, the stato and condton of each rogmeut ana.«n o casons of parade for expermental gunnery, revew or and company, tho degree of order mantaned, and the general polce of the encu»pment; and shall also contan such sutreestonn uh M»nnl lt the commandng offcer shall provde horses to draw the lcll-noe-s aud cassons ard present hs account of tho expenses are deemed mportant upon the workng and effcency of thereof as provded n secton one hundred and forty-seven. On all system the of nstructon, drll and dscplne prescrbed am of the other occasons when ordered out by an offcer of competent author necessty of further regulaton and legslaton n order to perfect tv for camp or salute duty tho charges for horses, powder, and nenxnemes shall be defraved bv tho quartermaster-general. tho mltary system of the state, and bo transmtted to the comcampments. Sect 83 Every comm^oned offcer shall be furnshed wth a manua of the tactcs of hs arm of the servce as adopted by the Sect. 00. Every commandng offcer, when on duty, may asng a road sous to prevent passng, wthn whchno specls^shal war department of the Unted States, and wth-4 copy of the army regulatons. All whch books shall bo consdered publc pro]>orty and returned by such offcers, -o the adjutant-general bctore enter wthout leave from such commandng offcer. Whoever npermsson of tho offcer n command for the tme beng, or some offcer by hm desgnated; and f any person shall so enter ho may be mmedately expelled, and before beng expelled he may, at the dscreton of the offcer commandng such camp, be confned underguard for a perodnot exceedng twenty-four hours. r Sect. 02. No offcer or solder shall be holden to perform mltary duty except n case of nvason, nsurrecton, rot or tumult made or threatened, or n obedence to the orders of the commander-n-chef, on a day apponted for a meetng n the town n whch he resdes for the electon of governor, senators, electors of pres-, dent or vce-presdent of the Unted States, or representatves to congress or the legslature; and an offcer paradng hs company or X. wlfully orderng t to parade contrary to the provsons of ths secton, shall, besdes beng lable to a court martal, forfet not less than ffty nor more than three hundred dollars. Sect. 03. The commander-n-chef may order out the actve and volunteer mlta, or any porton thereof, for encampment, drll, nspecton, revew, escort or other duty. Sect. 04. Nothng heren contaned shall be construed to prevent any company from meetng for the purpose of drll, funeral, or other escort, or a voluntary servce; nor to mpar the oblgaton arsng under consttutonal artcles of agreement adopted by a volunteer company, so far as regards the members who have sgned the same, unless they are repugnant to law. All fnes, penaltes and assessments ncurred by offcers or solders of such company, under such consttutonalartclesof agreement,sgned by them and a}>proved by the commander-n-chef, may n addton to any other remedy thereon, bo recovered on complant of the clerk. Sect. 05. Every non-commssoned offcer and prvate lolden by lavfto do mltary duty n any company, and unnecessarly neglectng to appear at the tme and place apponted for such duty, shall forfet and pay for every such neglect the sums herenafter mentoned. For unnecessarly neglectng to appear at tho nspecton on the frst Wednesday of May, four dollars, At any company tranng, four dollars. 4J At any encampment or revew, fve dollars for each day of such encampment or revew. At auyjeompanyor squad drll, three dollars. _ At any meetng for specal duty of escort or otherwse where no fne s provded, four dollars. Sect. 06. Every non-commssoned offcer or prvate who appears at a parade or drll requred by law, defcent n any arm, equpment*or unform furnshed hm by the state, or requred of hm by law or general order, or wth such arms, equpments or unform unservceable or n bad condton, shall forfet one dollar, to be recovered on complant of the clerk, to the use of the company. Sect. 07. A solder who unuecessarly, or wthout order from a superor offcer, comes to any parade wth hs musket, rfle or pstol loaded wth ball, slug or shot, or shall so load the same whle on duty, or unnecessarly, or wthout order from a superor offcer, dscharges the same when gong to, returnng from, or upon parade, shall forfet not less than lve nor more than twenty dollars; to be recovered on complant of the clerk, to the use of the company. Sect. 08. A solder behavng wth contempt towards an offcer, or conductng hmself n a dsorderly manner, or exctng or jonng n a tumult or rot, or beng gulty of unmltary conduct, dsobodence of orders, or neglect of jduty when under arms or on duty, shall forfet not less than ten nor more than forty dollars; to be recovered as provded n the precedng secton. Sect. 09. A solder, wantonly or wthout leave, quttng ns guard, secton, platoon, or company, shall forfet not less than fve nor more than twenty dollars; to be recovered, f the offense s commtted at a regmental parade, on complant by the commander of the regment, to the use of the regment; f at any other parade, by the clerk, to the use of the company ; and shall forfet hs pay for the term of servce for whch he s then engaged. Sect. 0. For any offence mentoned n the precedng secton the delnquentmay be put and kept under guard by the commandejj of tho company, regment, or of the feld, for a tme not extendng tynyoml the term of servce for whch he s ordered out. A noncommssoned offcer, for an offense mentoned n ths chapter, or for dsobedence of orders or unmltary conduct at a regmental parade, may, besdes ncurrng the fne proscrbed, be reduced to the ranks by the commander of hs regment; and for such msconduct at any other parade, by such commander wth the advce of hs companycommander., Sect.. Solders n companes wthout offcers, when ordere out to be traned and dscplned, shall for absence, defcency, msconduct or neglect, bo lable to tho fnes prescrbed for offences other companes; to be recovered upon complant of tho offcer so detaled, substantally as by clerks under secton one hundred an ffty-lve, to the use of the regment. All fnes ncurred by a non-commssoned offcer o solder, unless otherwse provded, shall nure to the beneft of sa company. Rosters, orderly books, rolls, and returns., Sect. 3. Tho assstant adjutant general of each dvson ana brgade, aud tle adjutant of each regment or corps, shall constantly keep a correct roster of tho command to whch he belongs; an an orderly book n whch he shall record orders receved and ssued. Sect. 4. Commanders of the volunteer companes shall transmt on or before the twenty-ffth day of Aprl, annually, to eacn commander of companes n the actve mlta, the name, age, an date of enlstment of each member of ther company resdng wtnn the lmts of such companes. Sect. 5. The rolls of the several companes shall, at all tme, be open to the nspecton of any offcer of the regment, brgade, or dvson to whch t s attached, or to any assessor of the town wheren tho company, or any part thereof s rased.. Sect. 6. A far and exact roll of each company shall be Hep by the clerk, under tho drecton of the commander, wth the 8ta of the arms, unforms and equpments furnshed to oacl man, tho form prescrbed for the returns of the mlta by the cynnum - er-n-chef. Such rolls shall be annually revsed n tho month Aprl, and corrected from tme to tme, as tho state of the company and alteratons n t may requre. Sect. 7. An orderly book shall also bo kept n each company» by the clerk, under the drecton of the commander, and the proceedngs of the company, orders receved and ssued, and exact detals o drafts and detachments, shall be recorded theren. Fnes anu lofoturos, wth the tme when, and the offense, ^neglect, default or defcency* for whch they were ncurred, money collected by hm, wth tho names of the persons from whom collected, and all delnquences and defcences, shall be recorded n sad book,whch snatf not be alenated from the company, and bo always open to tho m- ^ pt 8 Att s f >» t d of any Sect. 85. The commttee of the legslature on mltary affars

5 j t twenty-fve dollars, and for makng a false return n any case, shall place of parade to obey an order*ssued n such case, shall forfet ffty tant general or allowed by the governor and- councl, unless presented to the adjutant general for allowauce wthn tho tme prescrbed forfet one hundred dollars to the state, to be prosecuted for by the! dollars to the use of tho state. And any person advsng or attemptng to persuade an offcer or solder to refuse or neglect to appear at bylaw. Excuses. olcer to whom the return should be made. The master of every brgade band shall, wthn ten j such place or to obey such order, shall forfet two hundred dollars Sect. 48. Every non-commssoned offcer or prvate havng bodly nfrmty, may be exempted from mltary duty, f ho obtan from days after a parade thereof, made under order of the commander of j to the use of the state, or be mprsoned not exceedng sx months. the brgade to whch such band belongs, make and transmt to the \ Sect. 33. Such troops shall appear at the tme and place apponted, wth such arms, equpments and ammunton as has boon furpany, to whch he belongs, or f there be no such offcers comma- the surgeon or assstant surgeon of the regment, or detached com- adjutant general an alphabetcal lst of the men who appeared n : unform and performed duty on such day, the last return to be made j nshed them, and shall obey and execute such orders as they may then j soued*n such regment or company, then from some respectable on or before the tenth of November; upon whch the commandng and^here receve accordng to law. physcan lvng wthn the bounds of the same, a certfcate that he offcer to whom the band was ordered to report for duty, shall certfy Sect. 34. lequstons by tho presdent of the TJntedStates for s unable to do mltary duty, on account of bodly nfrmty nature of whch shall be descrbed n such certfcate; and thecaptan that the duty was well and fathfully performed. For neglect to mlta for actve servce shall be suppled by the commander-n-chef make such return, the master shall forfet twenty-fve dollars, and n the manner followng, to wt: or commandng offcer of hs company may, on the back of the certfcate, dscharge the non-commssoned offcer or prvate named for makng a false return one hundred dollars, to be prosecuted for Frst, the actve and vol unteer mlta. by the offcer to whom the return should be made. Second, the reserve mta. theren from performng mltary duty, for a term of tme whch ho Sect. 22. On the last day of each tour of camp duty, or duty performed under secton one hundred and nne, commanders of reg- Such as are rejected as physcally or mentally unft for the servce, when countersgned by the colonel or commandng offcer of sad Tho followng persons only shall be exempt from a draft, to wt: shall judge reasonable, not exceedng one year; whch certfcate ments shall make correct certfed rolls of the feld and staff offcers all persons actually n the mltary or naval servce of the Unted regment or company, shall, for the tme specfed, exempt hn of ther several commands on duty for each day, specfyng the States at the tme of the draft, and all persons who have served from mltary duty, except attendance at the electon of offcers. f names, rank and duty done by each offcer who appeared armed, n the mltary or naval servce two yoars durng the present unformed and equpped, on any day, and delver the same to the war, and been honorably dscharged therefrom : provded, however, brgade nspector. Every offcer neglectng to make such returns,! that no person who has been convcted of any felony shall be en- shall forfet for each offence ffty dollars, and for makng a false re- rolled or permtted to serve n sad forces. turn n any case two hundred dollars, to bo prosecuted for by the j Drafted men may furnsh able-boded substtutes for themselves, offcer to whom the return should be made. who f mustered nto the servce of the Unted States shall be receved same upon the surgeons certfcate. Sect. 23. Brgade nspectors wthn twenty days after each tour j n leu of ther prncpals for the quota for whch tho draft s made.. Sect. 49. The surgeon or assstant surgeon shall be enttled to of camp or other duty done by ther respectve brgades, or the regments thereof shall make and transmt to the commander of the ders to fll any requston for troops made by the Unted States for exempton from mltary duty, twenty-lve cents n any one year Sect. 35. The commander-n-chef shall ssue all necessary or- receve for the examnaton or examnatons of any solder applyng brgade a correct return of such brgades, reportng theren the : upon ths State and prescrbe rules and regulatons for carryng nto to be pad by the applcant; and any surgeon or assstant surgeon condton of the arms, accoutrements and ammunton of the several effect the necessary drafts therefor. who shall ask or receve from any person enrolled n the mlta any corps, wth such suggestons relatng to the government of the ml- Sect. 3G. Any person drafted by vrtue of the provsons of the addtonal compensaton for such an examnaton shall forfet ffty ta, and the advancement of order and dscplne as n hs judgment J two precedng sectons shall be consdered a solder n actve servce, dollars, to be recovered on complant of the adjutant of the regment or corps to whch the surgeon belongs, to the use of the rc- may be requred ; and also n lke manner make and transmt to the and falng to appear at the place of parade n obedence to any order commander of dvson a certfed roll of the names of the general lawfully ssued shall be deemed a solder absent wthout leave. And neut or corps. feld and staff offcers of ther several brgade^, specfyng the rank of. any person, drectly or ndrectly, advsng or n any manner attemptng to nfluence any person to avod complance wth any order made to the commandng offcer of hs company, or the offcer do- Sect. 50. Excuses for tho non-appearanco of a solder, shall bo and duty done by each one who appeared unformed and equpped, ( and performed duty on any day.! ssued n pursuance of the precedng secton shall forfet fve hundred taled to tran and dscplne the company, under secton thrtythree, wthn twenty days after a parade, or other mltary duty, For neglect to make ether of sad returns, each brgade nspector dollars or be mprsoned not less than twoyears. shall forfet seventy-fve dollars, and makng a false return n any j Condensaton. from whch ho has been absent; and on the delnquents producng case, three hundred dollars, to be prosecuted for by the offcer to Sect. 37. General, feld and commssoned staff offcers shall re- satsfactory evdence of hs nablty to appear, such offcer may excuse hm, wth the approval of the commander of the regment; whom the return should be made. ceve for each days duty n camp, and accordng to the returns of : the nspectng offcers, fve dollars, and non-commssoned staff offcers three dollars a day, to be pad them from the state treasury, upon expraton of the twenty days. No excuse shall aval such solder but no such offcer shall recevejan excuse for non-appearance after the respectve commands, transmt to the commanders of ther dvsons j the warrant of the governor and councl, and accordng to a pay roll on a prosecuton for the recovery of a fne or forfeture, unless proved to have been made to such offcer before the expraton of tho a correct return of ther respectve brgades, furnshed by the. to be made up by the adjutant general. brgade nspectors under the precedng secton. Sect. 38. Dvson and brgade nspectors, and adjutants of reg- twenty days, unless the delnquent satsfes the court or justce before whom the case s tred, that t was not n hs power to make Commanders of dvsons shall, wthn ten days after the recepts j: mcnts of volunteer or actve mlta, shall receve twenty-fve dollars of such returns of brgades under ther respectve commands, transmt to the offce of the adjutant general, correct returns of the state Sect. *39. Every other ofcer of the actve and volunteer mlta, of all excuses allowed for non-appearance. annually, n addton to ther pay as heren provded. such excuse wthn the tme. Such offcer shall nform ther clerks of ther dvsons, as derved from such brgade returns. Sect. 5. No commanders of companes shall receve excuses Each offcer, for neglect to make the returns requred of hm for defcences of equpment. under ths secton, shall forfet for each offense one hundred dollars, Sect. 52. When a person s enttled to exempton from mltary to;be prosecuted for by the offcer to whom the return should be made. Sect. 25. Commanders of dvsons shal^ annually, on or before, k Sect. 24. Commanders of brgades shall, wthn thrty days after! each tour of camp or other duty performed by troops under ther. the frst day of November, make and transmt to the offce of the adjutant general, a certfed roll of the general feld and staff offcers n ther respectve dvsons, specfyng the name, rank, and duty done by each one who hts appeared armed, unformed and equpped and performed duty, on any day. For neglect to make such return, subcommander shall forfet one hundred dollars, and for makng a false return n any case fve hundred dollars, to be prosecuted for by the offcer to whom the return should be made. Callng out the mlta n cast of wr, nvason, nsurrecton, tumults or rots. Sect. 26. When an nvason of, or nsurrecton n, the state shall bo made or threatened, the commander-n-chef shall frst call upon the actve and volunteer mlta to repel or suppress the same; and may order out any dvsons, brgades, regments or companes thereof; or may order to be detached any parts thereof, or f requred, may order any number of men to be drafted from thgjreaerved mlta, and may cause offcers to be detaled, suffcent wth those attached to the troops, to organze the forces. f such nv&pt nor nsurrecton, or mmnent danger thereof, n any part of the state be so sudden that the commander-n-chef cannot be nformed and ls orders receved and executed n season to resst or suppress the same, any commander of dvson n sucl part of the state may order out hs dvson, or any part thereof, as the commander-n-chef mght do. Sect. 27. When a draft from the mlta s ordered, the drafted men shall be organzed by the commander-n-chef, agreeably to secton thrteen. Sect. 28. f a company of the volunteer or actve mlta wthout offcers s ordered to march, or a detachment s ordered therefrom, the commander of the regment shall detal an offcer to command, who shall have the same authorty to order them to appear, to command them n the feld, or to make a detachment therefrom, as the captan of such company would have; and shall be under the same responsblty. Sect. 29. Every non-commssoned offcer or solder so ordered ceve the compensatonprovded n ths chapter, unless he personalout. detached or drafted, who shall not appear wth such arms and ly performs the dutes requred by law; nor shall excuses granted equpments as have been furnshed to hm, at the apponted tme for absence from or non-performance of mltary duty enttle the and place,or provde a substtute, shall be taken to be a solder absent nerson excused to receve such compensaton. wthout leave,and forfet ffty dollars to the use of the state; and each Sect. 42. When a corps or detachment s ordered oh specal solder ordered out, detached or drafted, when so ordered shall take duty by the commander-n-chef, under secton one hundred and wth hm provsons for not less than three days. three or under secton one hundred and thrty-one, each member Sect. 30. The selectmen of a town and the mayor and aldermen shall receve whle n tho performance of such duty, the same pay of a cty to whch men so ordered out, detached or drafted, belong, as when performng camp duty, aud four cents a mle for travel; when requred n wrtng by tho commander of a regment or detachment, shall provde transportaton to attend them wth further exceeds sx days. but ths secton shall not apply to cases where the term of servco supples of provsons, and to carry necessary baggage, and provde Sect. 48. Offcers oblged to go out of the cty or town of ther necessary camp equpage and utensls, untl notfed by the commandng offcer to desst; and shall present ther accounts, as s pro- a mle, each way, for travel. resdence to attend a mltary electon, shall be allowed fve cents vded n secton one hundred and ffty-three. For any neglect by Sect. 44. Offcers composng courts martal, courts of enqury mayor and aldermen or selectmen under ths secton, ther cty or, and mltary boards, and wtnesses attemlng before them, shall receve fve cents for every mle they necessarly travel, n gong to ( town shall forfet not loss than twenty nor more than fve hundred dollars. The offcer, to whom any artcles above mentoned are delvered, shall be responsble that care s taken of the j and returnng from the place of tral, and the followng sums for each day of attendance : same. j Sect. 3. When there s, n any county, a tumult, rot, mob, or j To the presdent of a court martal, court of nqury, or mltary boa«, three dol- «body of m m actng together by force wth ntent to commt a le- To the judge advocate of the same, four dollars; whch shall be n full compensa- <>ny, or to offer volence to persons or property, or by force ^d-yobmce to break and resst the laws or the state, or of the Unted States, ] tral, nqury or nvestgaton. tfon, also, for al! servces of preparng paper* before, and makng copes after,any ft- when such tumult, rot or mob s threatened, and the tact s mado To the marshal and oler membersof such court, or board, two dllars. To each wtness attendng on such court, or board, one dollar and twenty-fve to appear to the commander-n-chef, or the mayor ot a c y, or to» court of record sttng n sad county, or, f no such court be sttng theren, then to a justce of such court, or, f no lustee s wthn the county, then to the sherff thereof, tho coramtnder-m-chef may <sue hs order, or such mayor, court, justce or sherff, may ssue. precept, drected to any commander of a dvson,-brgade, regment. <>r corps, drectng hm to order hs command, or a part thereof, descrlbug the knd and number of troops,to appear at a tme and place theren specfed, to ad the cvl authorty n suppressngsucn volence and supportng the laws; whch precept, f ssued by a court, shall be n substance as follows : t. L.S. STATEOF MANE. To (nsert the offcers ttle.) A. B. comm.ndn?. (nsert h.scomn and.) W her ms,. has been made to appear to our justces of our, now ahlvwt men tnned ) and for the county of, that (here state one or more of the cus-s a^ve nen 0 ed,) m our county of, and that mltary force s necessary to ad the c vl pressng the Mne; now, therefore, we command you that you cause, (here^state h^ tmmber and knd of troop, requred,) armed, equpped, and wt nd wu\l^h S»K SXu SX h J8 Jn; lo l«... H-wf.l not»! yoar perl;.nd b»v. you ll.ere >U ««y»r dong* returnedtheeon. ~ Clerk. shall receve for each days duty n camp, two dollars, and each noncommssoned offcer and solder, one dollar. Every member of a brgade band shall receve, for servces performed n obedence to an order of hs commander,at the rate of one dollar and ffty cents a day whle on duty. Every member of a mounted company shall receve three dollars per day n addton to the compensaton herenbefore provded, whch shall nclude keepng and forage for horses. Such sums shall be computed to the adjutant general on the company and band pay-rolls, made out, certfed and returned, under sectons one hundred and nneteen and one hundred and twenty one. After such computaton, such pay-rolls shall be transmtted to the mayors and aldermen of the ctes and the selectmen of the towns n whch such companes and bands are stuated as provded h secton sxty-three. Upon recept of the same, the mayors and aldermen, and selectmen, shall draw ther warrants upon ther respectve treasurers, drectng them to pay the amount due to the persons named n such rols, and hall annually, on or before the frst day of December, under a penalty of thrty dollars for neglect n so dong, remt suoh rolls to the adjutant general, wth a certfcate endorsed thereon, settng forth that a warrant has by them been drawn on ther respectve treasurers, lu luvor of the several povtros w-huse names are recorded theren. Thereupon the adjutant general shall lay the same, together wth hs roll of general, feld and staff offcers enttled to pay, prepared under secton sxty-four, before the governor and councl, and the governor may draw hs warrant on the treasury for such sums as may be necessary to pay such offcers and remburse such ctes and towns. Shct. 40. The compensaton provded n the precedng secton shall be forfeted for default n makng the returns requred by sectons one hundred and nneteen and one hundred and twentyone; and no person shall receve compensaton who shall not reman n camp and perform all dutes requr ed durng the perod of encampment; except that a pers m who shall once appear, and be excused further duty by reason of sckness, shall be enttled to compensaton for the tme he s actually engaged n servce. Sect. 4. No offcer or solder n the volunteer mlta shallbro- C< F.-es for subpeenns and servce of them, shall bo the earn as n cvl cases. No allo-.vaucc stull be made for pay or ratons for a mltary gu rd. unless such guard h ordered by the offcerappontng the court; nor shall tlfc»abvecompensaton be made to olcjrsn actual servce, and recevng pay. Sect. 45. Every olloer or solder who s wounded, or otherwse dsabled, whle dong mltary duty, and tho wdow, or chldren, of every offcer or solder who s klled, or des of wounds receved whle dong such duty, shall receve from the legslature just and reasonable relef. Sbct. 46. The mlta, whle n actual servco, shall roceve the same pay and ratons as the regular troops of the Unted States ; and the ratons, when commuted, shall be valued at the rate fxed by the regulatons of the Unted States army n force at the tme. Evury lon commssonedoffcer and prvate who provdes hmself wth a unform and blanket when called nto servce, shall receve, monthly, n addton to hs stated pay, as follows: sergeants and muscans, four dollars; corporals and prvates, three dollars and seventy-fve cents; and f he shall not so provde hmself, he shall *7 be All Sect. 47. expanded^n the%ransmssfonc ofmhury9doc - such non-commssoned offcer or prvate, havng obtaned such certfcate, shall be refused a dscharge or an approval of a dscharge, he may apply to the commandng offcer of the dvson or brgade who may dscharge hm from mltary duty for such a tme, not exceedng one year, as he shall judge reasonable, by endorsng tho duty upon presentng evdence of the cause of hs exempton to la commandng offcer, wthn or before a certan tme, as provded n sectons eght and ten, and shall omt so to present such evdence, t shall not aval hm, by way of excuse, upon a ]>rosecutou for a partcular absence or default, unless ho makes hs excuse to the commandng offcer wthn twenty days after the tranng, or satsfes the court or justce t was notn hs power to make such excuso wthn the tme. Sect. 53. When a person shall clam to be exempt from enrolment by reason of hs age, the burden of proof respectng hs ago shall, n all cases of doubt, be upon hm. Prosecuton for fnes. Sect. 54. Fnes and forfetures ncurred by members of volunteer companes, may be collected by such persons and dsposed of n such marner, for the beneft of sad companes, as a majorty of the members thereof may determne. Sect. 55. Fnes and forfetures ncurred by members of the actve mlta shall be collected n the followng manner, to wt: The clerk of each company, after the expraton of twenty days, and wthn forty daya afterparade,electonof offcers,nspecton tranng, revewor encampment,shall n those cases wherefnes are to be collected upon hs complant, make and subscrbe an nformaton aganst the offendng solders or non-commssonedoffcers who have not been excused by the commander of the company, under secton one hundred and ffty, or who have not wthn the twenty dava aforesad, pad to hm the forfeture they have ncurred, whch nformaton shall be left wth some justce of the peace or fled n some polce court n the county n whch fhe offender resdes. Such nformaton shall be n substance as follows : To A B, Esq., justce of the peace wthn and for the county of, or to the justce of the polcecourt wthnand for, the subscrber, clerk of the company commanded bv, do hereby gve nforma-. ton aganst the followng person [or persons] who, beng duly enrolled u sad company, and beng dulv notfed to meet wth sad company, ou the day of, n the year (for nspecton or revew, electon ot offlcers, or sp.oal dutv.or as the case may bel was gulty ol the offences and dd ncur de forfeture*, set aganst hs name : Names. Offences. Forfeture. Sums. A B, non commssoned J For nnnecessardy neglectng to appear?.,,, offcer; Cl), prvate, on sad day,.. fa. has forfeted E F,.. For beng detcent of a 0 sad dy, has forfeted r H 5 For beng on sad day gulty of comng /. f,. < on to the parade wth h* arms loaded, fhas forfeted (For unnecessarlydschargnghs mus-» K j ne> or pstol u go.f to or re-., r. ^ * * j turn tron, or on the place of par- C,aa lorfeud V. ade, wthout the orders ot an offcer. J ( For leavng hs guard, secton, platoon ) L M, or company, Wthout tle leave of an.has forfoed t. offcer,... ) u [And n the same manner, substantally, all other rfbnces are to be set forth aganst offendng non-commssonedoffcers and p>vaes.], therefore, agree bly t. my oat of offce, and n complance wth the requstons of the Uw n ths behalf, request you to ssue a summons, drected to the persou naued n the above nformaton, to appear before you. and show cauv, f any he has, why t should not be adjudged th >t he pay tho forfeture set agauat h* name, tor the oteme whch he s theren alleged to have commtted. Dated at, ths day ot, n the year A. B., clerk of the company commanded by The justce or court shall fle tte same; and upon moton of the clerk shall, wthn nne months, and not afterwards, ssue a summons to each erson nformed aganst, to be served at lsast seven days before the tme apponted for shott ng cause. The summons f ssued by a justce of the peace, stall be n subsauce as follows: [Seal.] To the sherff of sad county, or ether of hs deputes, or ether of le constables of the town ot, n the county aforesad, greetng: lu the name of the State of Mane, you are hereby requred to summon C. D., of n the county aforesad, to appear before me, E. F., one of the j.slces of the peace - aforesad, at, n, on the day ot, at of the clock n the noon, then and there to show c-use, f any he h.s, why judgment should not be rendered, that he has forfeted for [here nsert the offence, and the tme wlen and place where t was commtted.] Hereof fal not, and make due return of ths wrt, and your dongs thereon, unto nvself, on or before the sad hour of the duy of Dated at aforesad, the day of, n the year. E. F., Jus,ce yf the Peace. f ssued from a polcecourt, as follow g ss Sl A L OJ; MANE. [Seal. Tothesherff of the county of or ether of hs deputes, or ether of the constablesn the town of n sadcounty,greclnk: We command you to summon C. D. ol n sad county, to appear before our us*ces of our polce court, to be holden at, wthn anl lor our, on, then and there t > show cause, f any he haf, why judgementshould not he rendered, that he has forfeted for [here nsert the offence, and the tme and place where t was commtted]. Hereof fal not, and have >ou there ths wrt, wth yoor dongs thereon. Wtness W. S., Esq., > on lhe, 0< J * T. P., Clerk, [or wtness my hand and seal at on the day of n the year of our Lord A. B., Justce of sad Court.J When tho person summoned appears, he may plead that he s not gulty, and gve any spocal matter n evdence. Upon the tral of such complant, made by the clerk of a company, t shall be suffcent for the complanant to prove that he s clerk of the com^whd^>urms,;ho shall produce hs w;j - ofrth^colonelcot^ n^ment^andtlatat sucl^wto^l^^csn^nd^^ffcot^ whc^ shalf be ^^ma<vac»e<ev^

6 j J» commsson as sucn; out u -c««c*er«w»o app^*..,e^ c.es^ ht? appontment may be proved by the records of the company. le shall then produce the roll of the company, and prove that the defendant resded wthn the lmts of the company, and was enrolled or enlsted theren at the tme he was notfed of such meetng. He shall then produce the order of the comm mdng offcer of such company to notfy the sa:l meetng or meetngs tuercof, anl prove hs sgnature thereto, and that the defendant was legally notfed of the tme and place of such meetng or meetngs. f t s requred by law that the order for sucl mltary duty shall n such case be gven by auy offcer superor to the commandng offcer of a company; then the orders of such superor offcer, and al ntermedate-orders of offcers transmttng the same to the commandng offcer of the company shall be proved, and that the per- sons purportng by such orders to be such offcers, are such; for whch purpose, t shall be suffcent to produce the transmtted wrtten or prnted copes of such orders, and the regmental or other last order, transmttng the same to the commandng offcer of the company ; to prove the sgnature of the proper offcer to such rogmeutal or other last order, transmttng the same; and to prove that all the offcers above mentoned are reputed to be such offcers and act as such. The absence or offence of the defendant shall then be proved, to show that he s lable to the fne alleged to be ncurred by hm ; and n case of absence, the burden of proof shall bo upon hm to show that hs absence was necessary. The evdence above descrbed shall be taken to be prma face suffcent to support the complant. When t appears that a document or paper above mentoned cannot be produced, satsfactory secondary evdence thereof shall be receved. Upon the hearng of such caso, the testmony of the clerk, or other person who was ordered to notfy.the whole or part of the company, shall be prma face evdence of notce to the defendant and that he neglected to appear. * ( The certfcate of the surgeon of the regment, or assstant surgeon, approved as herenbefore provded, that the defendant was unable to perform mltary duty at the tme of hs absence, shall bo prma face evdence that he ought to be excused for a partcular absence, f the provsons of secton one hundred and ffty have been compled wth; but any permanent dsablty) or such temporary excuse, may be proved by parole. f the defendant makes default, or judgment s rendered aganst hm, and he neglects for two days after to satsfy the same wth le»ul costs, executon shall be ssued thereto^; whch executon, ssued by a justce of the peace, shall be n substance as follows, but f by a polce court, shall be so altered as to conform to the summons shall be lable to the same penalty., ss. STATE OFMANE. Sect. 08. Keepers of [Seal.] To the sherff of sad county,j or ether of hs court martal unless requred taverns or boardng deputes, to gve evdence thereof as a wtness or n du ether of s course of houses, and law : masters the con- tables of the town of, n same county, on the day of, before J, D., Esq. so help you God. and mstresses of dwellng houses shall, upon the applcaton of oue of our justces of the peace for our county aforesad, recovered judgment aganst t! P, of! No member shall bo challenged by the government or the accused, the assessors, or any off :er or non-commssoned offcer ot the mta, wthn woose bounds ther homes are stuated, or of persons for the sum of fne or forfeture, aud costs of prosecuton, as to us appears! untl the presdent, members an l judge advocate are sworn. Only of record, whereof executon remans to be done: We command you, therefore that of one member shall be challenged at a tme, and the the challenge actng under them, gve nformaton of the names of persons resdng n ther houses lable to enrolment or to do mltary duty ; raoojy of the sd T. P., or of hs goods or chattels, wthn your precnct at the v:ue thereof o money, you cause t be leved, pad shall bo n wrtng, statng the cause of t. and The persou challenged satsfed, unto the sade L the aforesad sums, befog n the whole; aud alo, out of the m-mev, goods and chat! shall not. vote, but the presdent and other members shall try and every person lable to enrolment shall, upon the applcaton tels of the sad T. f\, you levy twen<y-?fve cents more for ths wrt, to -ether wth your whether the challenge s good. Hve hs name and age; and f such keeper, master, mstress or person refuses to gve such nformaton, or gves false nformaton, such own fees; and for want of such money, goods or chattels of sad T. P., to le by hu llegalty or rregularty n the detal of a member of the court, 6hown unto you, or fuutd wthn your precnct, to the acceptance of the sad E. L. for shall be good cause of challenge by ether party; but shall be consdered as waved, unless the objecton be taken at keeper, master, mstress or person, shall forfet and pay twenty the aforesadsums, we commandyou to take the body of the sad T. P., and hm commt unto our jal B., and we command the keejer thereof accordngly to tne tme and recevethe n dollars, to be recovered on complant of ether of the assessors or sad T. P. nto our sad jal, and hm safely Keep, untl he pay the lull sums above mentoned, wth your fees, or that he be dscharged by the sad E. L., or otherwse, by the manner aforesad. offcers, or non-com j ssoned offcers aforesad. order of law. Hereof fol not, and make retufn of your f the accused neglects to appear and defend, or refuses to plead, Sect. 09. Cvl offcers na ted n ths chapter, neglectng or re- dongs theren, unto our sad or wthdraws n contempt of the. court, the court may proceed to justce, wthn twenty days next comng. Wtness, our sad justce at B., the day of, n th-? year one thousand.!. J. )., Justce of the Peace. The complant or summons may be amended n any stage of the proceedngs wthout payment of costs; and the defendant shall be allowed an adjournment or contnuance of the case, f justco requres t. The clerk shall not be lable to pay costs to a defendant n a case n whch the commandng offcer of hs company has cert- : fled, upon tho nformaton of the clerk, hs approval of tho same. And no appeal shall be allowed from any such judgment, unless the j forfeture adjudged: exceeds ten dollars, exclusve of costs. A complant, by any other offcer, shall be prosecuted n the lke manner so far as the same s applcable thereto, the forms beng vared accordngly ; and he shall prove hs authorty by producng hs ; commsson and other competent evdence whch may be necessary. : Sect. 56. No person shall bo mprsoned upon an executon s- j hs certfcate shall be suffcent prma face evdence that the return sued upon the complantand judgment descrbed n the precedng, was or was not made, and that a copy of a return s true. secton, for a longer tme than sx days; but shall, tt tle expraton Judge advocates shall be tho certfyng offcers, to authentcate ot that tme, be dscharged by tha keeper of the jal to whch ho s copes of papers and documents used.beforo courts martal, courts of commtted. The j udgment debtor shall reman lable for the amount ot tho judgment and the costs of mprsonment; and executon for the whole ol the same may be sued out aganst tho property of such debtor. Sect. 57. The clerk of each company or other offcer prosecutng such complant shall retan to hs own use from the forfetures bo eoupcted, the amount of tho expenses ncurred by hm n prosecutng the same, and, upon demand, pay the remander to the commander of the company, regment or corps enttled to the beneft thereof, who shall gve hs recept therefor, and expend the same n defrayng such expenses of the company, regment or corps, as a majorty ot the commssoned offcers thereof shall judge necessary. All captans or commanders of companes, and all other offcers authorsed by ths act to drect or control tho collecton of fnes, shall report annually, to the adjutant general, through tho usual channels ol mltary communcaton, tho amount of lnes mposed, the amount collected, and tho dsposton thereof. Courts martal. Sect. ~8. All complants upon whch courts martal are ordered, shall be n wrtng, and sgned by the complanant, and shall, ether or all of them; and u the last case he may bo further adjudgedtobe dsqualfed from holdng any mltary offce durng clearly specfy the offence, and the tme when and place where t was commtted. lfe or a term of years. No offcer shall be tred by court martal for an offence commtted Courts martal may preserve order durng the sesson and whoev- more than one year before tho complant, unless hs absence or other manfest mpedment has prevented a complant wthn that tme ; or make a tumult or dsturbance, may be arrested by order of the er shall, n such court, behave n a dsorderly or nsultng manner, nor on a charge preferred by a solder, unless for an offence commtted whle n the actual servce of the state or of the Unted States, exceedngfve dollars, etheror both. f the fne s not pad, the court and confned not exceedng twenty-four hours, and fned not nor unless sug charge s preferred before such solder has left the judge advocate shall ssue a mttmus, forthwth to commt such servce. \ person to prson n the same manner aud wth the same effect as up- Sect. 09. Every offcer to be tred by court martal shall beput under arrest. The judge advocate shall delver to the accused a copy of the charges aganst hm, and a notce of the tme and place of tral, ten days at least before the day of tral ; aud f le objects, and the court shall be satsfed that he has not receved the same, they shall adjourn, so as to allow tho tme requred to elapse, after tho delvory of (le notce and copes. Sect. 00. Courts martal shall consst of a presdent, judge advocate, nor more than four nor less than three members, present at the organzaton of the court, and a marshal; and shall beholden between tho lrst day of December, and the last day of March, n tho day tme. There shall bo only one general and one dvson court martal, n one dvson, n one year. General courts martal shall bo apponted for the tral of all offcers above the rank of captan, by the orders of the commander-nchef, ssued to the dvsons whch n hs opnon can most convenently furnsh numbers for the same; and he shall appont a presdent, not below the rank of brgader general, and a marshal of sad court. Dvson courts martal shall l,e apponted for the tral of offcers of and under the rank of captan, bv the orders ol each commandng offcer of a dvson, n hs own dvson, ssued to tho brgades, regments and companes whch, m hs opnon, can most convenently furnsh members tor tho same ; and ho shall.appont a presdent, of the rank ofcolonel or leutenant colonel, and a marshal. noffcers of re-rments. aud other separate corps. Aud when t appears tnac an offcer..eta..«u«. or ~ «su». -- *r some suffcent cause unable to servo on a court martal, tho offcer detalng hm, havng satsfactory evdence thereof, shall certfy such nablty to the offcer orderng the court martal, and at the same tme detal the offcer next n rotaton on the roster. No senor offcer, or superor n rank to the presdent, shall bo detaled. The offcers ordered to detal members shall make returns forthwth to the offcer appontng the court, who shall transmt the same to the judge advocate. The judge advocate of each dvson shall, when ordered, attend general and dvson courts martal wthn hs dvson; but when he s prevented by nablty or legal mpedment, the offcer orderng the court martal shall appont some person to be judge advocate to the same,; f the off;er apponted presdent shall not attend at the openng of the court, the offcer hghest n rank present shall be presdent. When t s found that by reason of absence, challenge or other cause, the number of mambers of a general or dvson court martal, (besde the presdent,) qualfed to act, s less than three, the court shall adjourn for a sutable tme; and the presdent shall forthwth notfy the fact to the commandng offcer of the dvson n whch such general or dvson court martal s held; and such commandng offcer shall hmself detal from the dvson a number of offcers of the same rank as those before detaled, suffcent to complete the court. f no j udge advocate or marshal attends at the openng of the court, the presdent shall appont a judge advocate or marshal,whch appontment shall bo entered on the record and sgned by hm. The j udge advocate actng at the commencement of a tral, shall serve durng the tral, notwthstandng the attendance or appontment of auy other person afterwards. Offcers on a court martal shall rank by senorty of commsson. The court may adjcftrn, when t appears to them necessary, before a judge advocate appears, and before they are qualfed. Sect. 0. Before a court martal proceeds to the tral of an offcer, the judge advocate shall admnster to the presdent aud members, severally, the followng oath : You, A B, do swear, that wthout partalty, favor, fear, prejudceor hope of reward, you wll well and truly try the Cause now before y >u, between the state and the person (or persons, f more than one s accused t the same complant) to be tred ; and that you wll not dvulge the sentence of ths court martal untl t slall be approved or dsapprovedof, and thatyou wll not dscd*aerthe vole or opnonof a memberunless requred to gve evdence thereol as a wtness n due course ot law : so help you lod. And the presdent shall admnster to the j udge advocate tho followngoath: You, A B, do swear, that you wll fathfully and mpartally dscharge your dutes as judge ad.ocae ou tns occason, as well to th; state as to the accuse ; an l that you wll not on any account at any tme dvulge the vote or opnon of any memberof ths tral and judgment, as f he had pleaded not gulty. Persons summoned by the judge advocate or a justce of the peace, shall appear and gve evdence before a court martal, but the defendant s wtnesses shall have ther fees frst tendered to them, and the penaltes for neglect to appear shall be the same, and the judge advocate may ssue a capas, n lke manner as n crmnal prosecutons. Before tho wtnesses testfy, they shall bo sworn by the judge advocate n the folo wns frm- _ You, AB, do swear [or affrm], that the evdence you shall gve n the cause now u hearag shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothngout the truth ; so help you God, [or, ths you do under the pans and penaltes of perjury n case the wtness shall affrm.] When tho adjutant general shall be complanant for neglegt or default n makng returns, le shall not be requred to be present, and nqury, or boards of offcers, except papers or documents from the adjutant generals olf;e, whch shall be certfed by hm; but copes may be proved as n other courts. The statement of the complanant and the defence of the accused, and motons, arguments and objectons to the proceedngs, by ether party, and the answers thereto, shall be submtted to the court n wrtng; tho evdence and proceedngs n and out of the court, and opnons of the judge advocate on questons of law arsng durng the tral, shall bo put n wrtng by hm. After the prosecuton aud defence are concluded, he shall state and sum up tho evdence, and gve hs opnon to tho court upon matters of law, whch opnon wth the judgment, he shall put n wrtng. When a queston s to be decded, the judge advocate shall receve the vote of wtch member, begnnng wth the youngest and proceedng to the eldest. The presdent shall vote; and unless two thrds of tho members agreo that the accused s gulty, ho shall be j acqutted. f two-thrds ef the members shall fnd hm to bo gulty, he shall bo sentenced to bo reprmanded n orders, or to forfet a sum not exceedng two hundred dollars, or to bo dsmssed from offce, on executons from justces of the peace n cases of prosecutons for non-payment of other mltary lues and costs. ;.-4he record of the tral and judgment, wth the papers used theren, or copes thereof certfed by the judge advocate, shall be authentcated by hs certfcate and sgnature, and sealed up and trans- J mttwd by hm to tho offcer who ordered the court, who shall an nex thereto hs approval or dsapproval of tho same, and the reasons n wrtng, and transmt the same as soon as may be to the thereof offce of tho adjutant general, to be kept aud preserved. The j udge advocate snal also make, certfy, and transmt the pay roll of the court martal to the same offce. The offcer orderng the court, and tho party tred thereat, shall receve, upou request, lrom the adjutant general, a copy of the record; the party tred payng a reasonable sum for hs copy. The judgment of dsqualfcaton m>y, after approval, be reversed n whole or n part, by the comuaudor-u-chef,but all other parts of the senteuce, when approved, shall reman n full force Sect. 02. Every commssoned offcer may be tred by a courtmartal for tho followng offences : For conduct unbecomng an offcer and a gentleman when on duty, or lo the prejudce of good order and mltary dscplne. For neglect of any <luty requred u ths chapter. For dsobedence of orders, or uu act contrary to the provsons of ths chapter. For oppresson or njury of any under hs command. For a (fobnatu or attempt to break, resst or evade the laws or lawful orders gven to a person, or advsng any person so to do. For nsult to a superor offcer n tl,e exercse of hs offce. h/zrtertmo5vrfromuffs m* towueka«,rgult; tr Ph by» o rdess For recevng auy fee or gratuty, as surgeon or assstant surgenn, for a certfcate of nab<!»v ro -lo uld* <ut ana (or refusnf to examne an aud oaut u hs regment»/ caefflp.,u>«rcu. For neglect, when detaled to tram and dscplne a company, or matte complant for neglect or volaton of duty as provdel by law, or for any o.her leglect for whch a commandng offcer of tha company would t e lable. For negleet or rolusal to march, make a draft, or for dsobedenca o an order, n case of nvason or nsurrecton, as provded <q sectons oue hundred a d tweuty to one hundred and twenty-three, nclusve. For refusal or neglect to obey a precept or order to call out the m lta, or aa order us.led nobsduce nereto, n case of tumult, rot or other cause, as provded n s«*.- tons one huudred and twenty-nve to one hundred and twenty-seven, n lusve, or for advsng any.otfce or solder to d o the lke; n wh.c cases the offender shall be cashered, hesde b eng subject to fne and mprsonment, as provded n secton one hundred aud t,v. nty-sx. Sect. 03. Any fne not exceedng two huudred dollars, may bo nflcted ou any off;er, by sentence of a general or dvson court martal, as a part of, or the whole of, such sentence; and*such fnes shall be prosecuted by the judge advocate, or person apponted to act as such at the court martal, n an acton of tort, to the use of the state; and f any judgment for cost shall be rendered aganst any judge advocate n such case, the offcer to whom the executon upon such judgment s delvered, shall demand payment of the executon of the treasurer of the county n whch such judgment s rendered, and the sad treasurer shall pay the same, and t shall bo allowed to sad county, n the settlement of sad treasurers account wth the state. Boards of offcers. Sect. 0. The commander-n-chef, when n hs opnon t shall be necessary, may call boards of offcers for settlng mltary questons, or for other purposes relatve to good order and dscplne. Sect. 05. No off;er appontng a court matal, or board of. off;ers, shall order a guard for the same, unless, n hs opnon, t s uesessary for ther protecton. Sect. 00. n ths chapter the word solder shall nclude company muscans and all persons,u tho volunteer or enrolled mta, except commssoned offcers,and the wordcompany may nclude battery. Sect. 07. f elders or overseers of a socety of quakers or shakers gve the certfcate provded n the second secton, to a person who does not profess the relgous fath of ther socety, or who s not a member thereof, or who s not conscentously scrupulous of bearng arms, each elder or overseer so offendng shall forfet two huudred dollars to the use of tho state, and be mprsoned not exceedng sx months. And any person clamng to be exempted from enrolment by vrtue of suo a certfcate, who does not profess the relgous fath, or s not a member of the socety named theren, or who s not conscentously scrupulous of bearng arms, fusng to obey ts provsons, shall, except as otherwso specally provded, forfet not less than twenty nor more than fve hundred dollars. Sect. 70. The provsons of ths chapter concernng tho powers and clude the dutes mayor of the selectmen of towns, shall be construed to aud n- aldermen of any cty Sect. 7. t ever, otter shall not be lawful for any body of men wh tso- than the regularly organzed eorps of the troop* of the the Unted States, to nul.ta assocate themselves together7» a mltary company or organzaton, or to parade arms, n any n publc cty or town ot ths wh state, wthout the governortherefor, whch may lcenseof,o at any tme be revoked : nor shall t be lawful for auy cty or town to rase or approprate any toward armng, equppng, v unformng, or n any way supportng or sustanng or bo les ofmen. provdng drll rooms or armores tor J auv s, Hutu rh Sect. 72. Whoever offends aganst the provsons of tho n cedng secton, or belongs to or parades wth any such ed body of neu, wth unauttm-z ceedng the sum of arms, shall be punshed by a hue ten dollars, not or by ex- mprsonment n correcton or the common jal house of for a term not exceedng sx Sect. 73. The tenth months chapter of the revsed statutes of eghteen hundred and ffty-seven, the twenty-second and thrty-unth chao ters of the publc acts of eghteen huudred and ffty-seven sxty-secondand,h» sxty-fourthchapters of the publc acts of v, een huudred and sxty-one, the one hundred and ttartv-tnrlh chapter o the publc acts of eghteen hundred and sxtv-twn. 5 the twenteth chapter of the publc a<#s of eghteen axty-tlnee,and all laws hundred and nconsstent wth the provsons act, are hereby repealed. *ntj of thu Sect. 74. Ths act shall take effect upoh ts approval [Approved February 23, 805.] AN ACT to amend hundred and sxty. chapter one hundred aud twelve of the laws of t*u( the relatng to vea rrhtl he use of olfce copes of deeds. eghteen Secton one ot chapter one hundred and twelve of the m.nu laws ot the yey,r eghteenhuudredaud sxty-two,s hereby«... autnj-!.j ed, so that the secton as amended shall read as follows : a all actons tonchng the realty-and n all other such ttle s nutcral to actons wh,^ the ssue between the partes am nal deeds would be admssablc w/ere ornf offce copes of such regstry deeds Jrom th, of deeds may be read ncdence wthout proof or caton, when the party offerng ther such offce copy s nether u the dted, nor clams as her, nor annf/ft justfes as saroantof t/wanusl uruee or hs hers. [Approved February 2, 806.] ff AN CT explanatory of chapter nnety-four of the publc laws of e»h.«- u llt)-nne, relatng to pettous for revew. onleen hundred Sect,. The provsons of chapter nnety-four of the n»h laws of tho year one thousand eght hundred and ffty-nne L n apply tme that to pettnts act was passed, for revew grounded ou causes exstngat th whether the petton was then wnh. or has been suco fled. 4 ulua> SEct. 2. A petton for revew grounded on auy of the scrbed n sad act, then or snce exstug, may causes H be fled, wthn sx months after the passage of ths act. UUy tlm Sect. 3. Ths act shall tako effect on ts approval. [Approved February 24,805. AN ACT to amend chapter nnety-one, secton throe of the publc laws of t tletme lor makng.ppltaln f r Secton three ol chapter nnety-oneof the publc laws of e, t huudred words followng and sxty-two, : s hereby amended by addng theret h Prodded applcaton be made therefor wthn «years from and after the tme the land shall be taken authorzed h* ths act; and ths act shall tajce effect when approved hu tu* ^ [Approved February 24,806.] Soncrnor. AN ACT addtonal to chapter sxty-three ol tne publc laws of eghteen j sxty-one, and chapterssxty-sxand one hundred aud twenv-sev...,v»-.u,n laws ol eghteen huudred am sxty-two, relatng to the famles of volant! Publ»c SKct.. No acton shall be commenced or mantaned any offcer or offcers of any cty, town or plantaton, or notng under ther anv2!! drecton, for removng tho famly of anv f. from another cty, town or plantaton, to ther own, when v 0fflcu8 ud

7 ! Sect. 3. Any person volatng any of the provsons of ths act shall pay a fne of not less than four hundred, nor more than me thousand dollars, and forfet all vessels, boats, craft and apparatus employed n such unlawful fshng, for each offense, and all penaltes heren named may be recovered n an acton of debt, n the name and to the use of the county, or u the name of any person sung therefor, one-half of such fnes to be pad to the person prosecutng, the other halt to the county.where the offense s commtted. Sect. 4. All acts and parts[of acts, nconsstent wth ths act. are hereby repealed. Sect. 5. Ths act shall take effect when approved by the governor. [Approved February 24, 8(55.] N ACT to ncrease the salary of the regster of probate fa- the county of Hancock. From and after the passageof ths act the salary of the regster of probate for the county of Hancock, shall be fve hundred dollars, nstead of three hundred and seventy-fve dollars, as now provded. [Approved February 24,865.J AN ACT to repeal an act enttled -An Act to promote safety of travel on ralroads, approved March fourteen, eghteen hundred sxty. Sect.. The act enttled an act to promote safety of travel on ralroads, approved March fourteen, eghteen hundred sxty, s hereby repealtd. Ths act shall take effect when approved by the governor. [ApprovedFebruary24, 865.J AN ACT to enable the banks of ths state to l«come bankng assocatons un ler the or other.offcer of such bank shall volate ether of these provsons, laws of the Unted Stales. he shall forfet the sum o%>ne hundred dollars for each offense, to Sect.. Any bank ncorporated by the laws of ths state may be recovered upon ndctment, one half part thereof to the complanant, and the other to the state. become a bankng assocaton under the laws of the Unted States. And when two-thrds n nterest of ts stockholders shall have gven ther assent to the change ard converson ot» bank nto such to close up ts affars as speedly as the same can reasonably be t shall be the duty of the drectors of any such bank bankng assocaton, and the requste forms have been compled done, and for that purpose from tme to tme to make a dvson of wth, such bank shall be deemed to have surrendered ts state charter : subject, however, to all the provsons of law made and pro- pro-rata, whenever and as fast as the same can be done wthout en- so much^f ts captal and surplus earnngs among ts stockholders vded for banks whch have surrendered ther charters, n regard to dangerng the securty and rghts of the outstandng bll holders ther labltes, the collecton of debts and the closng of ther concerns. }ut sad bank shall be held lable for the redempton of Sect. 3. Whenever the drectors of any such bank or a major- aud other credtors of sad bank. ts blls for three years after the su; render of ts charter. ty thereof shall, after the wrtten request of any one or more. f When a bank, at a legal meetng of ts stockholders, the stockholders, refuse or fal to make any dvson of ts captal has voted to become a natonal assocaton, and two-thrds of ts and surplus earnngs as aforesad, t shall be the duty of the bank stockholders n nterest have authorzed the drectors to make the commssoners upon request of any stockholder to examne nto certfcate and execute the papers requred by the laws of the Unted Stales, the casher shall publsh notce thereof for thrty days what porton of ts captal and surplus earnngs, f any, can prop- the state and fnancal condton of sad bank and to determne n a newspaper prnted n the county n whch such bank s establshed, and f there be no newspaper prnted n the county, then ther decson to the presdent of sad bank ; and the drectors shall erly and safely be dvded among the stockholders; and to certfy n one publshed u an adjonng county. Sect. 3. At a meetng of the stockholders of any such bank as aforesad, each stockholder shall be allowed to cast one vote for cv»r y oku.ro.» tk«.tock owned by hm or tor on the (feston of convertng sad bank nto a natonal bankng assocaton aforesad ; and every stockholder who s absent may vote by proxy, or may gve hs or her assent n wrtng to such surrender aud converson, whch shall be equally vald. Skct. 4. Any stockholder who has not assented to or joned n authorzng such-converson, aud shall, wthn thrty days from the expraton of the notce thereof heren provded to be gven by the casher, notfy sad bank of hs desre to surrender hs shares theren, shall be enttled to receve the far market value of sad shares at the tme of declarng the last dvdeud, wth nterest thereon, upon hs surrenderng hs certfcate of stock. And the sad bank shall pay the sad far market value, wth nterest as aforesad, wthn thrty days after such notce. And f there be j any fractonal shares or parts of shares of such surrenderng bank, ther value shall be n tho same ratable proporton, aud the holders of such shares or porton of shares shall be pad the same proporton as above determned on surrenderng the certfcate of the same to sad bank. And t tho partes cannot agree upon the value of the shares at the tme above mentoned, the far market value shall be apprased and determned by the bank commssoners, who shall be summoned for that purpose, whose decson shall be fnal. And the bank so surrenderngts charter may reduce ts captal stock to tho extent of the par value of the shares so surrendered, or may dspose of such surrendered shares or fractonal parts of shares to any person or persons wthout any reducton ot captal. Sect. 5. Any bank establshed by authorty of ths state, whch shall aval tself of the provsons of ths act, to become a bankng assocaton under the laws of the Unted States, shall, before surrenderng ts chartor, gve securty to the state, to the satsfacton an acceptance of the bank commssoners, ether by furnshng to the State a suffcent bond or l»y depostngstocks or other securtes wth the state treasurer, or by both; that all blls of sad bank, ssued before or after becomng such assocaton, and actually n crculaton, shall bo fully and promptly redeemed on demaud by such assocaton, and when so redeemed shall not be re-ssued or agan put nto crculaton, but shall be destroyed ; provded, however, f at the tme of ts beng authorzed to act as a natonal bankng assocaton t shall be made to appear to the bank commssoners that such assocaton cannot mmedately procure from the comptroller of the currency of the Unted States crculatng notes to use as currency, n place of the blls so requred to be redeemed and destroyed, they may authorze such bank to re-ssue and contnue n crculaton such blls for a perod, to be fxed by such c^n mssoners, not exceedng twelve months after beng authorzed to act as a natonal bankng assocaton, and not subsequent to the re- ** cept of such crculatng notes of the Unted States, as t shall bo enttled to receve by tho provsons of the act of congress to provde a natonal curroncy; provded that nothng heren contaned shall authorze any bankng assocaton at any tme to have n crculaton blls of all knds exceedng the amount permtted under the act of congress establshng such assocaton. A certfcate of the bank commssoned antho.zng tho re-ssue of such crculaere All^conver be 8uff^ent ev,je,?ce of V* a[jankn-^8^ A J ACT to arne d chapter two hundred and eghty of the publc laws of eghteen stroyed. and evdence thereof furnshed to sad commssoners. jne the queston of necessty and the extent thereof, the sad corporaton may make applcaton to the ralroad commssoners of lurdredandsxy-four. Sad bond to bo canceled and securtes gven up at the expraton > Sect.. (Chapter two hundred and eghty of the publc laws of J of three years. ths state to vew the premses and determne whether, and how eghteen hundred and.sxty-four, s hereby amended by strkng out Sect, 7. When a bank has surrendered ts charter for the purposes aforesad, the offcers thereof shall furnsh to the secretary of, of the traffc and approprate busness ofthe sad corporaton. much of such estate s necessary for the reasonable accommodaton all ot sad chapter alter the word * wtness. Ths act shall take effect upon ts approval. state a certfcate of ther havng become a bankng assocaton under the laws of the Unted States, aud the secretary shall cause no- forth a defnte descrpton of the estate, gvng the name of tho The sad applcaton shall be n wrtng and shall set [Approved February 24, 865.] tce to be publshed n the state paper, and also n some newspaper, owner or owners or other partes nterested, and a hearng thereon A V ACT to oroect menhaden or porges n the w aters of the coast of Mane. prnted n the county, or one adjonng to that where such bank s ; shall be had, at the expense ofthe sad corporaton, at such tme and [Sect.. so person shall set or use any sene wthn three mles located, and the charter shall thereupon be deemed to be surrendered, subject to at such place n the vcnty of thepremses, as the sad commssoners shall appont, of whch notce shall begven to all partes nter- o the shore u any waters of ths state, for the purpose of takng meuladen or porges; but a net lor meshng menhaden or porges, thermovsons of ths act. Sect. 8. When tffe charter of any bank shall be surrendered to ested, n such manner as the sad commssoners shall drect, fourteen days at least before the day apponted for th<? sad hearng. ol no more than one hundred and thrty meshes deep, shall not be the state, n pursuance of the provsons of ths act, all the assets, d emed a sene. real and personal, of the sad bank, shall mmedately, by act of f-ect. 3. f the sad commssoners shall adjudge aud determne, All vessels, boats, craft and apparatus of every knd law, a«d wthout any conveyance or transfer, to be vested n and employ ed nseneng menhaden or porges, or havng on board any became the property ot sad assocaton for carryng on thebusuess such fsh taken n volaton of the provsons of ths act, shall be of bankng formed as aforesad. lable for any fnes and costs, and may be sezed and held as heren Sect. 9. Nothng heren contaned shall be construed as releas- provded ; ad any person or persons may seze and detan sad property, not exceedng twenty-tour hours, n order that t may be attached by due process of law to satsfy any judgment that may be rendered. ng such assocaton from ts oblgaton to pay and dscharge all the labltes ncurred by the bank before becomng such assocaton. And the supreme judcal court shall have jursdcton n equty to restran and enjon any person or corporaton from crculatng theh s of any bank whch has closed ts busness, or become a bankng assocaton under the laws of the Unted States, contrary to the provsons of ths act or of the laws of the state. Sect. 0. Whenever the shares of any stockholder n any bank organzed under the laws of ths state are attached upon mesne process, and the stockholders of such bank elect to convert the same nto a natonal bankng assocaton, n the mode provded n ths act, the len upon such shares created by the attachment shall be contnued upon the shares n the natonal bankng assocaton, whch shall be receved n leu of the same by the owner thereof; and ncase the owner of the shares so under attachment shall declne to enter the natonal bankng assocaton, and clam the value of hs stock, the offcers of such bank shall cause the value of the same to be estmated n all respect., n the manner prescrbed n the fourth secton, when the stockholder has not assented to, or joned n authorzng the converson provded n ths act, and, shall wthout charge hold the amount thereof as keepers for the offcer, untl the shares shall be sezed and sold on the executon ssued upon the judgment obtaned n the acton n whch the attachment s made and exstng, or the attachment shall be vacated by lapse of tme or otherwse. Sect.. n all cases where any bank wthn ths state has heretofore surrendered, or shall hereafter surrender ts charter, such bank s hereby prohbted from recevng any moneys on depost after the frst day of Aprl, eghteen hundred and sxty fve, and also from re-ssung any of ts blls thereafter whch may be or shall thereafterwards come nto ts possesson, aud f any casher forthwth, or at such tme as the sad bank commssoners n ther certfcate may fx, make a dvson n accordance therewth; and whenever sad drectors or a majortv^wauf blu. fal to co.ply wth such decson, any one or mo-e>ol the stockholders ot e«d bank may make complant thereof to any one of the justces of the supreme judcal court who may hear the same ether u term tme or vacaton, and such justce after notce to sad drectors and hearng upon sad complant, may make such decree aud ssue such order n relaton to such dvson as he may deem proper, and the \ drectors of sad bank shall be bound to act accordngly; and the sad justce may mpose upon such drectors as have been delnquent such reasonable costs as he may deem proper and just, ncludng reasonable expenses. Sect. 4. The provsons of the three precedng sectons of ths act shall not apply to banks whch have converted or shall hereafter convert ther assets nto natonal bankng assocatons under acts of congress and the acts of ths state for facltatng such converson. Sect. 5. Ths act shall take effect from and after ts passage. [Approved February 24,805.] AN ACT to fx the sum to be pad hereafter by the Btate to persons enlsted or draf:ed nto the servceof the Unted States. Sect.. No bounty sh ll hereafter be pad from the treasury of ths state to persons enlsted or drafted nto the mltary or naval servce of the Uuted States, and assgned to the quota of ths state, under any call of the presdent heretofore made, beyond the sum of oue hundred dollars per man ; provded, however, that ths act shall not apply to recruts enlsted pror to the publcaton of order number thrty-two, ssued from the offce of the adjutant geueral, under d-te of November four, eghteen hundred sxty-four. Ths act shall take effect when approved. [Approved February 24, 865.] AN ACT n relaton to the collecton of taxes. That chapter sx of the revsed statutes of ths Stale be amended by strkng out secton eghty-two n sad chapter, and substtutng the followng, to wt: Sect. 82. The voters of a town at ther annual town meetng for the electon of town offcers, may choose a collector or collectors of taxes and agree what sum shall be allowed as a compensaton for the performance of ther dutes; but f none are chosen, or f those chosen refuse to serve or gve the requste bonds, the assessors may appont a sutable person to act as constable and collector for the collecton of taxes. [Approved February 24, 865.] -AN AOT n relaton to the assessment of taxes. n any proceedng now or hereafter commenced, wheren the power and authorty of assessors to make an assessment upon any property shall arse, the rule prescrbed by Secton ffty-three ot chapter sx of the revsed statutes, and the provsons of chapter one hundred and thrty-eght of tho publc laws of eghteen hundred sxty-two, shall not be construed as a conclusve rule and lmtaton upon the assessors n makng the assessment. [Approved February 24,805.] a <a tv«fk... after such hearng, that the estate n queston s necessary for the use of the corporaton as aforesad, they shall furnsh to the sad corporaton a certfcate of ther adjudcaton, together wth a defnte descrpton of the estate so found by them to be necessary to the sad corporaton, w hch shall be fled wth the clerk of the courts n the county n whch the land les, and thereupon the sad corporaton may enter upon, locate, and take the sad estate to the extent set forth n the sad certfcate; aud the provsons of chapter ffty-one of the revsed statues and of all subsequent acts amendatory thereof shall be applcable to all further proceedngs n relaton to the takng of the sad estate, and the estmaton and payment of damages therefor. Sect. 4. Nothng n ths act shall be construed to authorze the takng of any meetng house, dwellng house, or publc or prvate buryng ground, wthout the consent ofthe owners. Sect. 5. Ths act shall take effect when approved. [Approved February 24, 865.] AN ACT to ncrease the salary ofthe regster of probate for the county of York. Sect.. That the salary of the regster of probate for the county of York shall be nne hundred dollars, nstead of the salary now establshed by law, commencng on the frst day of January, n the year of our Lord one thousand eght hundred and sxty-fve. Ths act shall take effect from and after ts^approval by the governor. [Approved February 24, 865.] AN ACT to ncrease the salary of the judge and regster of probate for the county of Aroosook. Sect. J. From and after the thrty-frst day of March, eghteen hundred sxty-fve, the salary of the judge and regster of probate for the county of Aroostook, shall be three hundred dollars each, nstead of the sums now allowed by law. Ths act shall be n force from and after ts approval by the governor. [Approved February 24, 860.] AN ACT to smplfy ndctments for perjury. Sect.. ndctments aganst persons for commttng perjury before any court or trbunal drawn substantally as herenafter provded, shall be deemed suffcent n law, vz: STATE OF MANE., ss. At the supreme judcal court begun and holden at, n and for sad county of, on the Tuesday ot, n the year of our Lod one thousaud eght hundred nnd. The jurors for sad state, upon ther oath present, that A B of, n the. county of, (add.lon.) at, n the county of, on the day of, u the year of our Lord one thousand eght hundred and, appeared as a w tness n a proceedng n whch C D and E F were partes, then and there beng heard before a trbunal of competentjursdcton,and commttedthe crme of perjury, by testfyng as follows : (here set out the matter swern to and alleged to be alsej whch sad testmony was materal to the ssue then and there pendng n sad proceedng; aganst he peacc of sad state and contrary to the form of the statuten such case made and provded., Foreman., County Attorney. Al ndctments aganst persons for commttng perjury n swearng or affrmng to any materal matter n any complant or other wrtng n relaton to whch an oatl. or affrmaton s authorzed by law, shall be deemed suffcent n law, when drawn substantally as follows: STATE OF MANE., ss. At the supreme judcal court begun and holden at, n and for sad county of, on the day of, n the year of our Lord one thousand eght hundrea and. The jurors for sad slate, upon ther oath present, that A B of, u be county of, ladlton.) at, u Ue county of, on tle day of, n the year ol our Lord one thousand eght hundred and, before G H, esqure, then and there havngcompetentaulorty to admnster oaths, commtted the crme of perjury by falsely swearng(or affrmng) to materal maler n a wrtngsgned by the ad A B, and dated the day of, A. )., 8 ; aganst the peace ol sad stale, and contrary to the form of the statute n such case made and provded., County Attorney. ;, Foreman. [Approved February 24,865.] AN ACT to ncrease the salary and dutes of the slate lbraran. Sect.. Secton twelve of chapter twenty fve of the publc laws of eghteen hundred and sxty-one s hereby ameuded by strkng out the word sx aud nsertng nstead thereof the word ten and by addng to the end of sad secton the words followng, vz : and the lbraran shall employ hs lesure tme n preparng un ndex of the publc focuments of the state. Ths act shall take effect upon ts approval. [Approved February 24, 665.] AN ACT addtonal to chapter one huudred and forty of the revsed statutes, relatng to the state prson. Sect.. f any person not standng n the relaton of husband or wle, parent or chld to the pncpal offender, shall conceal, harbor, or u any way ad any convct, knowng hm to be such, who shall have escaped from the state prson, or shall furnsh such convct any food, clothng, weapon, matches, or any artcle whatever, or nformaton that would ad such convct to escape recapture, he shall be punshed by mprsonment u the state prson for a tem of tme not more than tho whole tme for whch the convct was seutenced,or by fne not exceedng fve hundred dollars. t any convct has volated or shall volate secton thrty-two of chapter one hundred aud forty of the revsed statutes, ether by assaultng an offcer or other person employed n the government of the prson or by escapng or attemptng to escape tberelrom, the warden shall certfy the fact to the county attorney for the county of Kuox who shall prosecute sad convct, that he may be punshed n accordance wth secton thrty-two ofj_tlo chapter to whch ths s addtonal. Sect. 3* The nspectors, wth the approval of the governor and councl., may fx anew or regulate front tme to tme,the compensaton of the varous offcers of the prson whenever they shall deem t advantageous to the State to do so. Sect. 4. Ths act shall take effect when approved by tho governor. [Approved February 25,8t?5.j AN ACT requrng notares publc to pay a duty to the state. Sect.. N person appontedto the offce of notary publc shall enter upon the dscharge of hs dutes untl he has pad to the treasurur of state, or of hs county, the sum of fve dollars. Skct. 2. Each county treasurer shall account to the state for all sums receved by hm under the provsons of ths act, n the samo manner as he s requred to account for dutes receved under the provsons of chapter one hundred and fourteen of the revsed 8t Sbct?3. Ths act shall take effect when approved by the governor. [Approved February 25, 865.]

8 shall not be necessary to setforth the manner n whch or the means by whch the death of the deceased was caused, but t shall be suffcent n every ndctment for murder to charge that the defendant dd felonously, wlfully and of hs malce aforethought, kll and murder the deceased; and t shall be suffcent n every ndctment for manslaughter to charge that the defendent dd felonously kll and slay the deceased. Ths act shall take effect when approved. [Approved February 25,8t3«>.] AN ACT addtonal to chapter seventy-three of tffe revsed statutes, concernng conveyances by deed, etc. Sect.. l auyperson havng any deed or other evdence of tle of any real estate not recorded, shall, upon a tender to such per- 8on of the requste fees, or a depostof the same wth the regster, neglect to record such deed or other evdence of ttle, or refuse to allow the same to be recorded, for the space of thrty days after havng personal notce served upon hm n wrtng by any parson havug an nterestn such estate, any justce of the supreme judcal court, n term tme, or durng vacaton, upon complant tnere- j! tbegjleasure of the governor and councl, but not more than four, vce of the councl, aud commssoned to hold ther offces durng of, may ssue hs order and cause such grantee or hs hers to be ; years under one appontment. They shall be allowed ten cents a brought before hm for examnaton, and f suffcent cause fur j mle for ther actual travel each way, and two dollarsa day for thenservces when actually employed, and shall take charge of the gen- county. And sad commssoners or a majorty of them, shall de- bestaccord wth the nterests, and \yshes of the ctzens of sa. such neglect or refusal s not shown, may order such djed or other evdence of ttle to be recorded and payment of costs. eral nterests of the nsttuton ; see that ts affars are conducted termne, alter sad seven years have expred and not before, at Ths act shall take effect upon ts approval. n accordance wth the requrementsof the legslature, and of such what tme accordng to the nterests and wshes of sad ctzens, [Approved February 25,8t)5.J by laws as the board from tme to tme adopt for the orderly and. the constructon of sad court house shall be commenced, not, however, to exceed twenty years. economcal management of ts concerns ; see that proper dscplne AN.aCT to provde support for the famles of solders. s mantaned theren ; provde employment for the nmates, and Sect.. Sect. 3. The prevous sectons of The ctes, towns and plantatons ths act shall be wholly vod n ths state shall bnd them out; dscharge or remand them as s herenafter provded; appont a superntendent subject to the approval of and and rase money, by of no effect, unless the town of Skowhegan aforesad shall taxaton or otherwse, to on be appled to ad n the fcupport of or the wfe and dependent before the frst day of wdowed November, u the present year, wthout mother, and chldren durng the pleasure of the governor and councl, aud appont such under the age expense to sad county of of eleven years, Somerset, provde a sutable court beng nhabtants room of such cty, town other offcers as n thsr judgment the wants of the nsttuton requre; prescrbe the dutes of all the offcers thereof, exercse a vg-, a safe and convenent place n or plantaton, and other accommodatons for the sad of any solder, salor, or court and marne, who may offcers, and also be actually n the mltary sad town of Skowhegan, or naval servce of the Unted wheren to States or of ths llaut supervson over ts concerns; remove ts subordnate offcers secure persons charged wth crmes or offences durng each sesson state, n any recognzed company, battalon or regment of the Unted States or of tns state, or on board of any armed vessel of the Unted States durng the present rebellon, who hasbeen mustered n for a perod of servce of not less than nnety days; the money so rased to be expended under the drecton of the muncpal authortes of sad ctes, towns and plantatons, as heren prescrbed. There shall be pad u money the sum of seventy-fve cents per week for a wfe and depeudent wdowed mother, and ffty cents per week for each chld of such solder, salor or marne under the age of eleven years; provded,however, that no person shall be pad ths ad fur more than one month pror to the tme of makng applcaton, and no applcaton shall contnue n force longer than to December thrty-frst of the year n whch t s made; but the benefcary may at the tme of recevng the last payment of any year, gve notce that the contnuance of the ad wll be needed, and such notce shall be deemed equvalent to a new applcaton for the ensung year, and the sum so pad shall not n any case exceed two dollars and a quarter per week for all the persons thus dependent upon one solder, salor or marne; and such ad shall be furnshed to such persons as are heren authorzed to rc-ceve t belongng to the famly of any such solder, salor or marne klled n battle or by the casualtes of war; and such ad may, at the dscreton of the muncpal authortes, be furnshed to the persofs heren authorz- ] edto receve t, belongng to the famly of any such s.lder, salor, or marne who may be dscharged from the servce n consequence of any dsablty resultng from the casualtes of war, and not from hs own fault; or who may be dsabled as aloresad and dscharged n consequence of the expraton of the tme of servce, for a perod not exceedng sx months after such death or dscharge, provded that n case of dscharge he shall not sooner recover from such dsablty. The ctes, towns and plantatons n ths state are hereby authorzed and empowered to rase any addtonal sum or sums ol money over and above the amount to be rembursed by the state, by taxaton or otherwse, to ad n the support of the dependent famly of such solder, salor or marne u the servce of the Unted States or of ths State, as set forth u the frst secton of ths act, n order to provde such support as may be deemed necessary n cases lot met or or adequately provded for by the provsons of ths act. Sect. 3. The money so appled by any cty, town or plantaton, as authorzed by the frst secton of ths act, shall be rembursed from the state, treasury to such cty, town or plantaton. Sect. 4. No such rembursement shall be made u any case, untl an account of the expendtures, duly cetfed and sworn to by a majorty of the proper muncpal authortes of eachety, town and plantaton n the state, furnshng the ad as aforesad, shall be made and fled wth the governor and councl, whch account shall set forth the name of the solder for whose famly expense has been ncurred; also the name aud age of each person who receved ad, and the sum pad for each of sad persons. Accounts thus made out aud fled wthn the tme herenafter precsrbed, shall be examned by the governor and councl, aud f fouud correct and duly vouched, shall be approved. Sect. 5. Such accounts shall be made up to the frst day of Jan uary n each year, and shall be fled wth the governor and councl on or before the frst day of February followng, and shall beexam ned and passed upon on or before the frst day of May annually. f approved, the amouut allowed shall be pad by the state treasurer to the cty, town or plantaton whoso clam has thus been establsh ed Ṡect. 6. The provsons of ths act shall bo so construed, that for any ad furnshed to releve persons desttute exceedng theamount to be rembursed by the state, payment may be recovered of the town where such persons have ther legal settlement, upon the condtons aud wth tle lmtatonsexpressedn secton twenty-fourof chapter tweuty-lour of the revsed statuses. rovcu-d, that no pauper dsabltes shall bo created, anl no settlement shall bo affected by any ad or supples whch could be furnshed under the provsons of ths act. Sjot. 7. The word plantaton, when t occurs n ths act, s ntended to nclude plantatons duly organzed for electon purposes. And any person enttled to the ad provded for n ths act, who may resde n any unorganzed plantatonn ths state,shall receve t u the nearestduly organzed cty, town or plantatonu ths state. Sect. 8. Ths act shall not authorze rembursng money appled to ad the wle, chld or parent as aforesad, of any commssoned offcer n the mltary or naval servce as aforesad, or money appled to ad the famly of any solder, salor or marne who may desert the servce, after notce of such deserton shall be receved by the cty, town or plantatonof hs resdence. Sect. 9. The governor and councl shall have power to send for persons and papers n order to ascertan the amouut due to each cty, town and plantaton under ths acr. Sect. 0. f any cty, town or plantaton, or the muucpal offcers thereof, shall neglect or refuse to comply wth the provsons, of ths act, accordng to ts true ntent and meanng, and to the satsfacton of the governor and councl, such cty, town or plantaton, or the muncpal offcers thereof, as the case may be, shall forfet and pay the sum ofone hundred dollars, one-half to the use of the aggreved party am one-half to the county where the cause s tred, to be recovered by ndctment n auy court proper to try the same. Sect.. Any one of the persons named n the frst secton of ths act, as enttled to ad, who shall be temporarly absent from tlo#tateor u»wn wthout abandonng re«klenc.; theren, shall renereu K V uuuuj.wnu! Sect. 3. The Secretary of state shall furnsh an attested copy of ths act to the muncpal offcers of the several ctes, towns and plantatons of the state, wthn twenty days after ts approval by the governor. Sect. 4. All acts and parts of acts nconsstent wth ths act are hereby repealed, and ths act shall take effect and be n force from and alter the frst day of Aprl, n the year of our Lord one thousand eght hundred and sxty-fve. [Approved February 25,865.J AN ACT to amend chapter one hundred and forty-two of the revsed statutes, relatng to the reform school. Sect.. Capter one hundred forty-two of the revsed statutes s hereby amended by strkng out all of the frst secton, and nsertng the followng as anew secton thereof: The government of the state reform school, establshedfor the nstructon,employment, and reform of juvenle offenders, n the town of Cape Elzabeth, n the county of Cumberland, shall be vested n a board of fve trustees, who shall be apponted by the governor, wth the ad- at pleasure, and appont others n ther stead ; determne the cornpeusaton to be allowed them, subject to the approval of the governor and councl, and prepare and submt to the nspecton of the governor and councl a code of by-laws whch shall be vald when sanctoned by them. [Approved February 25, lsg5.] AN ACT addtonal to chapter eghty-one of the revsed statutes, relatng to cvl aatons. Sect.. Any defeudaut, or any one or more of several defendants, whose real estate or nterest theren or whose personal property, s attached on mesne process, may have the same released from such attachment by gvng the securty authorzed by ths act. f real estate or any nterest theren, s attached, he or they may apply to any justce df the supreme judcal court, n term tme or vacaton, by petton, n wrtng, brefly settng forth the names of the partes to the sut, the cout and county n whch the same s returnable or pendng, the fact of the attachment, the partcularreal estate, or nterest theren, whch he or they desre to have released therefrom, the value of the same, and that the pettoners desre to have the beneft of ths act by gvng the securty heren provded. Sect. 3. Such justce shall ssue a notce n wrtng whch shall be served on all the persons lvng n the state who are pa tes to the sut, and also upon the attorney of the plantff, not less than ten d tys before the tme theren appontedfor hearng the partes. Sect. 4. f t shall appear upon the hearng that the real estate; or uterest theren, descrbed u the petton, s of equal or greater value than the amount of property drected to be attached n the wrt, the justce shall drect the party pettonng to gve bond to the plantff n such sum, and wth such suretes as he may order, wth condton that the judgment whch the plantff may recover, n the sut, and hs costs on the petton, shall be pad wthn thrty days after such recovery. f t shall appear that such real estate, or nterest theren, s of less value than the amount drected to be attached, the condton of the bond shall be vared so as to requre that a sum equal n amount to the value thereof as found by the justce, shall be pac^»n such judgment, together wth the costs on the pettou as af^efc wthn thrty days alter the recovery thereof. Sect. 5. The petton and proceedngs thereon shall be fled n the offce of the clerk of the court n whch the sut s returnable or pendng, and shall be recorded as part of the case ; and the bond requred by the justce, when approved by hm n wrtng, shall also be fled u sad offce for the ute of the plantff. Sect. 6. Tte clerk of the court shall delver to the party pettonng as aforesad, an attested copy of the petton aud proceedngs, wth an offcal certfcate attached thereto under the seal ot the court, that the bond requred theren, has been duly fled n sad clerks offce; and sad copy and certfcate, beng recorded n the regstry of deeds for the county n whch the real estate, or nterest theren, descrbed n the petton, s stuate, shall vacate the attachment thereof. Sect. 7. When personal property s attached, and actual possesson thereof taken by the attachng offcer, the same proceedngs shall be had as are above authorzed, wth the addtonal provson that the offcer makng the attachment shall also be notfed as requred by secton three. And the attested copy and certfcate thereto attached, authorzed by secton sx, when delvered to such offcer by the party pettonng, shall vacate the attachment, and the offcer shall return the property to such party on demand therefor. Sect. 8. When stock or shares n a baukng or other corporaton are attached, or personal property, whch, by reason of ts bulk or other specal cause, cannot be mmedately removed, and such at- taohnent s duly fled wth the clerk, casher or treasurer of such corporaton, or wth the clerk of the town, as the case may be, under the provsons of chapter eghty-one aforesad, the proceedngs shall bethesaue as are authorzed by the last secton, exc.-ptthat the copy and certfcate shall be fled wth the clerk, casher or treasurer of the corporaton, or wth the clerk of the town, as the case may be, wth whom the attachment was fled; and when so fled shall vacate such attachment. Skct. 9. n cases of attachment under the trustee process, any one or mure of the prncpal defendants whone property s thus attached, may have the beneft of ths act, and the proceedngs shall be the same as provded n sectons two, three, four and fve, except that the condton of the bond to be gven to the plantff shall requre, the party gvng t to pay the amount for whch the court shall fnally adjudge the trustee or trustees chargeable, f any, on the judgment whch the plantff may recover, not, however, exceedng the afnount of such judgment, together wth the plantffs costs on the petton, wthn thrty days after the recovery thereof. The notce requred n secton three shall also be gven to each of the alleged trustees named n the pettou, and such trustee may appear before the justce and be heard, f he deems t necessary. And the justce shall requre the party pettonng to gve bond to each supposed trustee named n the petton, wth such suretes as he may order, and n a sum suffcent to protect hm aganst any judgment whch the plantff may recover aganst hm, and whch he shall have pad, and also suffcent to cover all legal costs of such supposed trustee n the sut, together wth the cost allowed hm by the justce at the hearng of the petton, f he appears and such bond shall be approved by the justce aud tled n the clerks offce for the beneft of such trustee. And the copy and certfcate authorzed n secton sx, when delvered to the trustee or trustees, shall vacate the attachment of all goods, effects and credts of the party pettonng, n the hands or possesson of such trustee or trustees. Sect. 0. The clerk of the> court shall be pad two dollars for a^mrtfcate^prov^dedby^^^c^ x-^andth^ shall receve seventy-fve cents for recordng the same. t Py f^d^ds When reexecuton shall ssue therefor accordngly. Sect., Ths act shall take effect when approved. [ Approved February 25, 865.] AN ACT to change the place of holdng the supreme judcal court n the county of Somerset and to change the shre town of Somerset county. Sect.. The several terms of the supreme judcal court whch are now requred to be loldeu at Norrdgew\-ck, n and for the county of Somerset, shall, after the frst day of November n the present year, be holden at Skowhegan, n sad count/; and all wrts, process of auy knd, and all proceedngs, shall, after that tme, be made returnable accordngly ; and all wrts processes and proceedngs commenced pror to that tme and whch would otherwse be returnable to the December term of sad court at Ncrrdgewock, shall be entered and have day n sad court at Skowhegan. After the expraton of seven years from the passage of ths act, the county commssoners of the raunty of Somerset, or a majorty of them, are hereby authorzed and empowered to cause a court house to be erected at Skowhegan, sutable for the accommodaton of the courts of sad county, and to procure a loan of money for that purpose, and assess taxes for the payment of the same u such amounts, and at such tmes, as n ther judgment shall of sad court to be held as aforesad, to the acceptance of a majorty of sad county commssoners, and shall execute and delver to them a good and suffcent lease, or other nstrument to secure the use thereof to sad county for the purpose aforesad, durng such tme as sad court shall be held at sad Skowhegan, and untl sutable buldngs for the accommodaton of the courts are erected as before provded. Sect. 4. Before the expraton of the seven years aforesad, the town of Skowhegan shall convey to sad county of Somerset a convenent and commodous lot of land, stuate n the vllage of Skowhegan, and sutable for the erecton thereon of the buldngs aforesad, and satsfactory to a majorty of the county commssoners, whch shall reman the property of sad county so long as sad buldngs shall be occuped for the purposes aforesad; and f they neglect so to do, ths act shall become null and vod. Sect. 5. The county commssoners aforesad, shall on or before the tenth day of November mxt, caase notce of the fact that the town of Skowhegan las provded a sutable eourtrootn and all other thngs requre*^by the thrd secton of ths act, to be publshed n all the publc newspapers prnted u md county, and also n the Lewston Daly Journal, and n the Kennebec Journal or other state paper, prnted at Augusta, the frst publcaton to be made between the frst and tenth days of November aforesad, and to be f-ntnued n all the daly and weekly ssues of each of sad papers r three weeks successvely thereafter. Seot. 6. Tle nhabtants of Skowhegan are hereby authorzed to rase money for the purposes named n ths act. Taxes, therefor, may be assessed at such tmes, and n such amounts, as they may vote. Sect. 7. f the nhabtants of Skowhegan shall, at any tme before the erecton and completon of sutable county buldngs, neglect or refuse to provde a sutable court room and all other thngs requred by secton three, then ths act shall be vod, and wholly cease to be of any further effect. Sect. 8. Whenever sutable buldngs shall have been erected as authorzed by sectou two of ths act, the county commssoners, or a majorty of thorn, shall make known the fact by publshng notce n the sarne newspapers and for the same length of tme as above requred; and sad commssonersshall cause the records n all the county offces, ncludng the regstry of deeds, regstry or probate, the records of the court of county commssoners, and all and fles of the former court of common pleas, of the late dstrct court, ard of the supreme judcal court, to be removed to the places prepared for them n the county buldngs at Skowhegan ; and all of sad courts shall thereafter be held at Skowhegan, whch shall from that tme forward be the shre town of the county Sect. 9. Untl such removal, the offce of tle clerk of the courts except durng term tme, aud the regstry of deeds, and of/probate shall be and reman at Norrdgewock as now by law provded. Sect. 0. The legal voters of sad county of Somerset, shall at the annual electon of state and county offcers, to be held n September, eghteen hundred sxty-fve, wthn ther several towus aud plantatons, gve n ther ballots for or aganst the changeof the place of holdng the supremejudcal court u sad countv, and of changng the shre town of sad county as herenbefore provded; and all those voters n favorof changng the shre town aud the records place.of holdng sad court, as provded n ths bll, shall gve n ther ballots wth the word {-yes wrtten or prnted thereon ; and those opposed, wth the word -no wrtten or prnted thereon; and the same shall be receved, sorted, counted and returned n the same manner as votes for county offcers ; and the governor shall mmedately after the same shall have been counted, make proclamaton of the result, and cause the same to be publshed n the several papers publshed n sad county of Somerset, three weeks successvely, after the frst publcaton thereof; and f t shall appevr that the majorty of such ballots shall have wrtten or prnted thereon the word no, then ths act shall be null and vod. Sect.. All acts and parts of acts nconsstent wth ths act, are hereby repealed. Ths act shall take effect when annroved by the govergor. [Approved February 25,865.J AN ACT to amend chapter two hundred forty-four of the publc laws of eghteen hundred sxty-four, relatng to the regstr.uton of brths, marrages and deaths. Sect.. The clerk of every cty, town and plantaton n ths state shall record n a book kept for that purpose, the.brths, marrages and deaths occurrng n ther respectve ctes and towns, and shall on or before the second Monday of May, annually, make duly certfed returns thereof to the secretary of-st ate for each year eudng wth the last day of March. t shall be the duty of the secreary of state to receve such returns and fle them n hs off ;e. Sect. 3 Every person authorzed by law to unte persons n marrage, shall make a record of each marrage solemnzed before hm, and annually, on or before the ffteenth day of Aprl, delver to the clerk of the cty, town or plantaton n whch such rte was performed, a copy of such record for the year endng the last day of March. Sect. 4. t shall be tho duty of the assessors of the several ctes, towns and plantatons n ths state, annually whle takng the nventory of poms and estates n the month of Aprl, to ascertan by nqury the brths and deaths occurrng durng each year endng the last day of March, and make return thereof to the clerks of ther respectve ctes, towns and plantatons on or before the last day of Aprlannually. Sect. 5. f any person shall wlfully neglect to perform any of jlllpomd *>y provsons ortsb