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1814 145 (1814)

handle is hein.ssl/ssct0380 and id is 1 raw text is: M[A S1SSION, 18I CHAP. , .,n AAt foe (caililing rules and a'tielc4i for thi government ot the Militia or the State, or any part thereol, %vhen called iito actual service uii- dler tie authority olr this State. B E it enveicl bl the Goernor anld Couc1i L and M ,ouse of Representative. in General Court assembled, T[hat the officers and soldiers or the militia of this state, or any part thereof, when called into actual service under the authority 'of this state, .iall lie aineiiablc and subjeet to tril 1)y general and re-mnental courts-martial, aceoiig to the rule aud r ei;lations hereia'ter provided. § . Le Bit firler enacted, 'That a general court- Mi&I-tial shall lie ordered bi the commandilIg officer of 9 vi'iitia iin service I and a regimental court-martial .$hill be ordeared by the eoinmanting officer of ally re- Siment of iuthntry or eavalry, or battalion of artille- ry, belonging to said militia in service. - § a. Be it further enacted, That a general court- martial shall consist pf not more than thirteen, nor less than nine members, exclusive of the judge advo- cate ; and the president and the judge advocate shall be named by the officer ordering the court. And a regimental court-martial shall consist of not more than five, nor less than three members ; the president to be named by the officer ordering the same. And said courts shall be detailed, and organized, according to the rules and usages of war. § 4. Be it further enacted, That members of said courts-martial, when convened, shall take the follow. ing oath, to lie administered in general court-martial, by the judge advocate, and in relgimental eourts-mar- M ilitia in ser. vie ametiable. Io courtli.rlrr til. Cencral and reglimental court-Inartial, by whom or- dered. Gencral court; martUl. Regimental court nirtirl