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Description and Holding Information
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Joint Select Comm. on the Governor's Address. Act additional to Chapter 10 … relating to the Militia, 1861
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SEE ALSO 56250, 56296 Fortieth Legislature. Extra Session. House. No. 2. On April 23, 1861, the Joint Select Committee on the Governor's Address
submitted: An Act additional to chapter ten of the Revised Statutes relating to the militia, 1861. The text added language to specify that the
militia could be called up if the President asked the Governor for help. When new companies were formed, they had ten days to elect officers.
[Version
2] Fortieth Legislature. Extra Session. House. No. 5. This version is about the state militia. The Joint Select Committee on the Governor's
Address submitted: An Act additional to chapter ten of the Revised Statutes relating to the militia. The whole number of uniformed militia could not
exceed 3,000 men. An enlistment was a legal contract. There was a list of call out reasons and who could do that. Each company had to drill two days of
the summer. There were rules for caring for the equipment. There were lists of pay and the extensive records needed to justify the pay. There were
lots of fines and directions for trials of offenses. (Digitized from a microfilm copy of title originally held by the Maine Historical Society
Library, the Maine State Library, and the Library of Congress). (Digitized from a microfilm copy of title originally held by the Maine Historical Society
Library, the Maine State Library, and the Library of Congress).
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Title:
An act additional to chapter ten of the revised statutes relating to the militia.
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OCLC Number:
1422599264
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