32 VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS, NOVEMBER SESSION, 1808.

ed and appropriated as other fines are by this act, and the act to which this is a supplement. And be it enacted,
That it shall be the duty of the brigade inspector of each brigade, to attend on the clays appointed by the bri-
gadier or commanding officer of his brigade, for the meeting, training and instructing, of officers of the different
regiments and extra battalions in his brigade, and to train and discipline the same under and agreeably to the
directions of the brigadier or commanding officer of the brigade; that for every and each meeting on which he
shall neglect to attend, he shall be fined twenty dollars, not having a reasonable excuse, to be adjudged of by a
court-martial. And be it enacted, That each and every brigade inspector, for his services in training and in-
structing the regimental officers of the brigade, shall be entitled to, and allowed a salary of, ——— dollars, in
addition to his present salary, provided he obtains a certificate from his brigadier or commanding officer of his
having faithfully discharged his duty, which salary shall be paid in the manner directed by the act to which this
is a supplement, " the question was put, That the house assent to the two first clauses thereof? The yes and
says being required, appeared as follow: "

AFFIRMATIVE.

Hebb Hodges Brown Bayly Porter Boyle Streett R Steuart
Blakistone P Stuart Stevens Ennalls Veazey Hopper Davis Bland
Hopewell Parnham Edmondson Frazier Hart Spencer Bayard Tilghman
Angler Stansbury Kerr Dennis Herbert Wright Hughlett Downey
Brice Harryman Seth Mitchell Beall Forwood Young M'Mahon 42
Moffitt Randall

NEGATIVE.

Bell Grahame Griffith T N Williams J H Thomas Gabby Gaither Hilleary
Merriken Dorsey Page Bennett Sappington Bowie S Thomas Tomlinson
Blake Gale Perrie Baer J Thomas Carroll Veatch Reid 27

Ireland Cottman Wilson

So it was resolved in the affirmative.

On motion, the third clause of said amendment was withdrawn.

On motion, the question was then put. That the following be inserted after said amendment? to wit: "And
be it enacted. That if any noncommissioned officer or private who has a musket or gun, shall appear in the
ranks or at any time during exercise without it, he shall be fined, at the discretion of a company court-martial,
in a sum not exceeding one dollar nor less than twenty-five cents, unless he can make a reasonable excuse to
the commanding officer of the company, battalion, extra battalion or regiment, as the case may be. " The yeas
and nays being required, appeared as follow:

AFFIRMATIVE.
Angier Harryman Bayly Porter Hopper Forwood Hughlett Tilghman
Brice Randall Cottman Veazey Spencer Streett Young Canby
Moffitt Brown Griffith Hart Wright Davis R Steuart Gaither
Parnham Stevens Mitchell Boyle Bennett Bayard Bland M'Mahon 34
Stansbury Seth

NEGATIVE.

Hebb O Williams P Stuart Gale Perrie T N Williams J Thomas S Thomas
Blakistone Merriken Chapman Ennalls Herbert Baer Downey Veatch
Hopewell Blake Dorsey Frazier B. all J H Thomas Bowles Hilleary
Hodges Ireland Edmondson Dennis Wilson Sappington Carroll Reid 36
Belt Grahame Kerr Page

So it was determined in the negative.

On motion, the question was then put, That the following be inserted after the last amendment? viz. " And
be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for any person not enrolled in any uniformed company, and sub-
ject to militia duty, to join any uniform militia company willing to receive him as a member thereof, although
the said company may be attached to a brigade different from the one in which he is or may be enrolled, any
thing in the act to which this is a supplement to the contrary notwithstanding. " The yea and nays being re-
quired, appeared as follow:

AFFIRMATIVE.

Hebb Grahame Edmondson Page Hopper Sappington Young Hilleary
Blakistone P Stuart Bayly Perrie Spencer J Thomas Gabby M'Mahon
Belt Chapman Cottman Herbert Wilson Forwood Gaither Tomlinson
Blake Dorsey Ennalls Beall J H Thomas Hughlett Veatch Reid 30
Ireland Randall Mitchell

NEGATIVE.

Angier Merriken Stevens Frazier Hart Bennett Bayard Downey
Brice Stansbury Kerr Dennis Boyle Baer R Steuart Bowles
Hodges Harryman Seth Porter Wright Streett Bland Carroll
O Williams Brown Gale Veazey T N Williams Davis Tilghman S Thomas 31

So it was resolved in the affirmative.

On motion, the question was then put, That the following be inserted after the last amendment? to wit:
"And be it enacted. That when sixty-four persons subject to militia duty, and attached to a regiment or extra
battalion not in uniform, shall associate for the purpose of forming a uniform militia company, it shall be the
duty of the governor and council to commission such persons as shall be recommended by a majority of the com-
pany so associated. " The yeas and nays being required, appeared as follow: