8 manding officer of a company, shall exercise and 9 discipline as well as inspect his company on said day. 10 Every commanding officer as aforesaid, shall in addi11 tion thereto, parade his company for exercise and 12 discipline on two other days, at the hour aforesaid, by 13 his own order.

SEC. 17. There shall also be an inspection and re2 view in each year, and the commanding officer of 3 each division within which such volunteer corps may 4 be located, shall order such troops to parade in the 5 month of September annually, at such time as he 6 shall deem expedient, regard being had to the scat7 tered or compact situation of the troops. The com8 manding officer of the brigade shall appoint the place 9 and give notice thereof to the commanding officer of 10 the division. But if the troops to be inspected com11 pose a regiment or battalion, the commanding officer 12 thereof, shall appoint the place and give notice to the 13 commanding officer of the brigade, and the place 14 appointed for inspection and review shall be as central 15 as in the judgment of the officer appointing the place 16 may be convenient. Provided, That no officer, non17 commissioned officer or private, shall be obliged to travel

18 more than twenty miles from the armory of the com19 pany to which he belongs, to any review of a regi20 ment or less body of men, and that no larger body 21 than a brigade be ordered to parade at the same time 22 and place, except by order of the major general.

SEC. 18. Each and every company of the volunteer 2 militia, which for any year shall have performed all 3 the duties required by this act, shall have had at all 4 the several trainings, reviews, and inspections required 5 by this act, at least fifty officers, non-commissioned 6 officers, musicians, and privates present in uniform, 7 duly equipped and doing duty, shall be entitled to 8 receive from the state the sum of one hundred dollars 9 as a reward for meritorious services to the use of such 10 company, and by them to be disposed of in such 11 manner as a majority thereof may determine. And 12 the governor and council, on receiving satisfactory 13 evidence that the services and conditions required in 14 this section have been performed and complied with 15 by any such company, shall draw their warrant on the 16 treasurer of state in favor of the treasurer of any 17 such company for the sum aforesaid. And any such 18 company, at any meeting of the same, by a majority

19 of the votes of the company may choose by ballot a

20 treasurer who shall give bond to the members of said 21 company with sufficient surety or sureties for the faith22 ful performance of his duties, and shall hold his office 23 during the pleasure of the company, and until another 24 treasurer is chosen, on whom shall devolve the care 25 of the funds of the company, and keeping all proper 26 accounts relating to the same. The commander of 27 the company shall preside at the election of the trea 28 surer of his company, and shall give him a certificate 29 of his election.

SEC. 19. It shall be the duty of the commanding 2 officers of all volunteer companies, on or before the 3 first day of November annually, to make out and 4 certify to the adjutant general a list of all persons 5 belonging to their respective companies, describing 6 the duties performed by each individual in his com7 pany throughout the year, and in all cases where the

8 reward for meritorious services is claimed under the 9 provisions of this act, there shall be a return made to 10 the adjutant general as aforesaid, setting forth the 11 several days on which said company were ordered on 12 duty, either for inspection, ordinary trainings or re

13 view, with the number of officers, non-commissioned 14 officers and privates present in uniform, duly equipped 15 and doing duty on each of said days, required by this 16 act.

SEC. 20. Any commanding officer of a company 2 who shall make any false return in relation to such 3 service with the intent thereby to authorize the re4 ceiving from the state treasury the aforesaid reward, 5 such officer on conviction thereof by a court martial, 6 shall be deprived of his commission, and deemed dis7 qualified ever after from holding a commission under 8 this state, and shall be liable in an action of debt to 9 answer to the state for all moneys drawn from the 10 treasury thereof by reason of any such false return. Fines and Penalties.

SEC. 21. Every non-commissioned officer, musician 2 or private, who shall unnecessarily neglect to appear 3 on the days, and at the times and places appointed for 4 such duty, agreeably to the provisions of this act, 5 shall pay two dollars for each and every such neglect. SEC. 22. Whenever any volunteer company which 2 has received any arms and equipments from the acting 3 quartermaster general, shall be disbanded, the acting

4 quartermaster general is required to receive said arms 5 and equipments on presentation of the same by the 6 officers of said company or their agents.

SEC. 23. No adjutant shall be entitled to any pay 2 for services, excepting such adjutants as are attached 3 and do duty in such regiments and battalions as may 4 be formed out of the volunteer militia, provided for 5 by this act.

SEC. 24. It shall be the duty of the adjutant general 2 to furnish the necessary blanks for all returns required 3 by this act.

SEC. 25. An act, to repeal the forty-second section 2 of the sixteenth chapter of the revised statutes, ap3 proved March 11, 1842, and an act to govern and 4 discipline the militia, approved March 22, 1844, are 5 hereby repealed, and so much of the sixteenth chapter 6 of the revised statutes, and the act to amend the six7 teenth chapter of the revised statutes, approved 8 March 24, 1843, as was repealed by said act, approved 9 March 22, 1844, and is not inconsistent with the pro10 visions of this act, are hereby revived.