LEVIN WINDER, ESQ. GOVERNOR

where such arms, or any part thereof, are supposed to
be, to regain the possession of such arms wherever the
same may be found; and it shall moreover be the duty
of such captain to proceed as is herein after directed,
to bring to punishment, according to this act, every
person offending in the disposing, buying or conceal-
ing such arms.

MAY SESS.
1813.

14. AND BE IT ENACTED, That any non-
commissioned officer or soldier who shall attempt to
transfer a right to the said arms in his custody, or to
any part thereof, by sale or otherwise, to any person
or persons, accompanied with actual delivery, as well
every person so offending as every person purchasing
or concealing the said arms, knowing the said arms to
be the property of the public, shall forfeit and pay, for
each offence, the sum of forty dollars, to be recovered
in the name of the State of Maryland, by motion in
the county court of the county wherein the offence may
have been committed: Provided, Such person shall
have ten days previous notice of such motion, or no-
tice of such motion shall have been previously left ten
days at his last place of abode, and the right of the
state to such arms shall not, by such, or any other mode
of transfer, be impaired or taken away.

Persons dispo-
sing of public
arms -penalty

15. AND BE IT ENACTED, That in case of loss
of arms, satisfaction for the same to be awarded by a
company court martial, shall be made by the person or
persons who shall have received the same to the state, at
the following prices: for a musket, twenty dollars; for a
ramrod, one dollar; for a bayonet, two dollars; for a
cartouch box, two dollars; for a pistol, five dollars;
for a sword, ten dollars; for a pair of holsters, five dol-
lars; and for a rifle, thirty dollars.

Prices of arms,
&c.

16: AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any mili-
tia-man, or other person, shall sell, buy, or give away
any part of the public arms, or carry the same out of
the bounds of his regiment, with intent to defraud the
state, he shall be considered as guilty of a misdemean-
or, and being convicted thereof at any time within five
years, on information or indictment in any county
court, shall be amerced in a sura not exceeding one
hundred dollars, and imprisoned for a term not exceed-
ing. sixty days, at the discretion of the court

Penalty for
disposing of
arms.

17. AND BE IT ENACTED, That each non-com-
missioned officer or private who shall have been, or
may be armed by the public, shall be fined not ex-
ceeding one hundred cents for each article of his ac-
coutrements which shall be out of order; and it shall
be the duty of the captain or commanding officer of
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Penalty for
permitting
arms, &c. to
be out of order