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STATE OF MAINE.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
February 11, 1843.

Laid upon the table, and 200 copies ordered to be printed for

the use of the House.

W. T. JOHNSON, Clerk.

No. 26.]

AN ACT

IN RELATION TO THE

[SENATE.

MILITIA OF MAINE.

[WM. R. SMITH & Co.....Printers to the State.]

STATE OF MAINE.

IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND

FORTY-THREE.

AN ACT to amend the Sixteenth Chapter of the Revised Statutes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen2 tatives in Legislature assembled as follows:

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SECTION 1. The said chapter shall be amended 4 by striking out the fourth section thereof.

SEC. 2. The sixth section shall be amended as 2 follows: by striking out the word "thirty" in the 3 second line, and inserting instead thereof the words 4 "thirty-five". Also by striking out the word "seven” 5 in the fourth line, and inserting instead thereof the 6 word "ten," so that the section will read as follows: 7 Sec. 6. All persons liable by law to the perform8 ance of military duty, who are, or may be between 9 the ages of thirty-five and forty-five years of age, and 10 all persons who have done, or shall hereafter do duty 11 for the term of ten years in any company of Artillery, 12 Cavalry, Light Infantry, or Riflemen; shall be ex13 empted from all military duty, except that of being 14 detached or called forth to execute the laws of the

15 United States or of this State, to suppress insurrec16 tions, and repel invasions, and of keeping themselves 17 constantly furnished with the arms and equipments 18 required by the laws of the United States, and the 19 duty of carrying, or sending them on the first Tues20 day of May annually to the place of inspection or view 21 of arms of the company within the bounds of which 22 they may reside, and in which they may be enrolled, 23 and the duty of attending the election of company 24 officers.

SEC. 3. The fourteenth section shall be amended 2 as follows: by striking out in the eleventh line, all 3 between the words "of" and "between" and insert 4 after the word "thirty" the word "five", so that the 5 section will read as follows:

6 Sec. 14. No company of Cavalry, Artillery, Light 7 Infantry, or Riflemen shall be raised at large when 8 any of the standing companies shall thereby be re9 duced to a less number than forty effective privates, 10 exclusive of conditional exempts and two musicians, 11 and including corporals; and if any officer of Cav12 alry, Artillery, Light Infantry, or Riflemen shall en13 list any belonging to a standing company, or residing 14 within the bounds thereof, for the purpose of forming 15 or recruiting his company, when by means thereof 16 such standing company would be reduced to a less 17 number than forty effective privates borne on the roll, 18 exclusive of those between the ages of thirty-five and 19 forty-five years, such enlistment shall be void; and

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