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140 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. in which he had been enrolled, or might be enrolled, until he shall have eq nipped himself for service in such volunteer company according to law, and shall have produced a. certificate thereof, from the commanding officer of such company to the commanding officer of the battalion company to which he did or might properly belong. Penalty for with- Sec. 1190. No person enlisted in any volunteer company shall be per- <ir¤w¤1- mitted to withdraw from the same, untless ml ciqse of removal from his 3 M by 1803, _ legionary district under the penalty 0 ten dollars to recovered as 2qés. 2, pp.21g, other lines imposed by this fqhapteg, ulpqln the Svldehcehplf the coinlmahd. 2 · ing officer of the company om w l0 e s a so wit raw; an such commanding officers shall return all such cases to the first battalion court of inquiry that shall sit thereafter. Attachment t o Sec. 1200. Commanders of legions shall direct, by order to commanders b¤¤¤l¤<>¤¤· of battalions, to what battalions the different volunteer companies shall Ibm_, I,_ gm be attached and parade with on battalion duty; and shall direct how they shall be posted on legionary parades, unless differently ordered by the bri gadier-general. ENROLLMENT OF THE MILITIA. Militia districts. Sec. 1201. W here any battalion or company districts, or alteration in Ib`—;;,d_, S_3’ p_ 2,,, dgstricts taptually laitlloif, may lm] found netéessaryfé the cpngmanping o cers oegions s a assem e · e comman lng officers 0 atta ions and companies at some fit and convenient place, and may proceed to lay off or alter any such battalion or company districts, which district glial: in all Ease? ge desi gnased by ceptaip lines and bounds, and recorded y ne c er s o e respec ive cour s o inqu1ry. _ Company thvis. Sec. 1202. It shall be the duty of the commanding officers of compa- ¤°¤¤· nies to proceed forthwith to divide their companies into divisions by ibid_, ,,_4_ ,,_216_ ballot, from one to ten, for_the purpose of a regular routine of duty whtpn called gn to actual service, land go return a roster of each division, an its num er or rotation, wit in fteen days thereafter to the commanding officer of the battalion, who shall forthwith transmitthe same fo the commanding officer of the regiment or legion, who shall direct the same to be recorded hy the clerlr of the court of inquiry. _ New enrollments. Sec. 1203. The regulations prescribed by the preceding 8C0b10D shall Ibid_be observed by every commanding officer of a company, battalion, and legion or regiment, on the subsequent enrollment of anyperson therein, unless such person shall produce a certificate of his having been before drawn for such purpose, 111 which case he shall be enrolled accordingly. Omlxiricgrlzlt from bmq. 1204. Any m1l1t1a-man removing out of the bounds of one com- Othen ” ° ° °”‘•pany into another, shall apply to the commanding officer of the company TT? to which he did belong, who shall give him a discharge, certifying the · class wherein he was arranged, and whether he had performed his tour of duty or not, and also the time and date of such service, which certificate paid militia-map shall prlqducg tohthebcqptain or commanding officer of e company in o w ose oun s e shall so have removed within ten days aftep his settlexngng mid such officer is required to enroll him in the numerica c ass speci et ereln. dulgailingntot pro- Sec. 1205. Every militiaman removing from one militia district to 2**** l °¤ ¤· another and fallin g to produce the certidcate required by the preceding lhid. section, shall be arranged and enrolled in the class destined to perform the next tour of duty. Refusal to grant Sec. 1200. If any captain or commanding officer of a company shall

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_; four, upon application to him made for that purpose, he shall for such lhitl. refusal incur a penalty of thirty dollars. who to be en- Sec. 1207. Commanding officers of companies shall enroll every able· '° °d· bodied male, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, except ébmv s_ 6, p_ 21`Gf $3;% gibagetgiemlpt `§;`;)tl.Ec¥;ll1l:sI;;'zAT duty {hy the laws of the United States, 1 M¤y_ 1562, ,,_ . treats ust. seensu. s., mn.] s3,s.4, .12, .407. W‘ .W‘h , .‘ · . ‘ ia, t..i...i S3;. S;?.i;Z 2c?..?;?;,%f’6‘TI‘$3..3*;*2.;.£¥tF2.?iié`§t¥t§.?.';‘i1i°3:8;Fitz