What colors, &c. and by his duty. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That each battallion and regiment fhall he provided with whom to be the ftate and regimental colours by the field furnished. officers, and each company with a drum and fife or bugle-horn, by the commiffioned officers of the company in fuch manner as the legiflature of the refpective states fhall direct. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That Adjutantgeneral in there fhall be an adjutant-gèneral appointed each state in each ftate, whofe duty it fhall be to diftribute all orders from the commander in chief of the flate to the feveral corps; to attend all public reviews when the commander in chief of the state shall review the militia, or any part thereof; to obey all orders from him relative to carrying into execution and perfec ting the fyftem of military difcipline established by this act; to furnish blank forms of dif ferent returns that may be required, and to explain the principles on which they should be made; to receive from the feveral officers of the different corps throughout the state, returns of the militia under their command, reporting the actual fituation of their arms, accoutrements and ammunition, their delin quencies and every other thing which relates to the general advancement of good order and difcipline: All which the feveral officers of the divifions, brigades, regiments and battallions, are hereby required to make in the ufual manner, fo that the faid adjutant-general may be duly furnished therewith: From all which returns, he fhall make proper abftracts, and lay the fame annually before the commander in chief of the state. Rules of Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the difcipline. rules of difcipline, approved and established by Congress in their refolution, of the twen ty-ninth of March, one thousand seven hundred and feventy-nine, fhall be the rules of discipline to be observed by the militia throughout the United States, except fuch deviations from the faid rules as may be rendered neceffary by the requifitions of this act, or by fome other unavoidable circumftances. It fhall be the duty of the commanding officer at every mufter, whether by battallion, regiment or fingle company, to caufe the militia to be exercised and trained agreeably to the faid rules of discipline. rank. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That all officers commiffioned officers fhall take rank accord- how to take ing to the date of their commiffions; and when two of the fame grade bear an equal date, then their rank to be determined by lot, to be drawn by them before the commanding officer of the brigade, regiment, battallion, company or detachment. wounds, Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That if Provifion any perfon, whether officer or foldier, belong in cafe of ing to the militia of any state, and called out &c.. into the service of the United States, be wounded or disabled while in actual service, he shall be taken care of and provided for at the public expenfe. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That it Brigade in shall be the duty of the brigade infpector, to spector's attend the regimental and battallion meetings duty. of the militia compofing their feveral brigades, during the time of their being under arms, to infpect their arms, ammunition and accoutrements; fuperintend their exercife and manœuvres, and introduce the fyftem of military difcipline before defcribed throughout the brigade, agreeable to law, and fuch orders as they fhall, from time to time, rective from the VOL. II. N fpector's duty. commander in chief of the state; to make returns to the adjutant-general of the state, at Brigade in- least once in every year, of the militia of the brigade to which he belongs, reporting therein the actual fituation of the arms, accoutréments and ammunition of the feveral corps, and every other thing which, in his judgment, may relate to their government and the general advancement of good order and military difcipline; and the adjutant-general shall make a return of all the militia of the ftate, to the commander in chief of the said state, and a duplicate of the fame to the President of the United States. Artillery, &c. now And whereas fundry corps of artillery, caexifting, valry and infantry, now exift in feveral of the faid states, which by the laws, customs or usages thereof have not been incorporated with, or fubject to the general regulations of the militia: to retain Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That fuch their pri- corps retain their accustomed privileges, fubject, nevertheless, to all other duties required by this act in like manner with the other militia. vileges. JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Speaker of the House of Reprefentatives. RICHARD HENRY LEE, Prefident pro tempore of the Senatc. APPROVED, May eighth, 1792: GEORGE WASHINGTON, Prefident of the United States. CHAPTER XXXIV. An Act relative to the Compenfations to certain Officers employed in the Collection of the Duties of Impoft and Tonnage. •B Additional fpecific al July next to certain furveyors Section 1. E it enacted by the Senate and Houfe of Reprefentatives of the United States of America in Congress affembled, That from and after the last day of June next, in addition to the fees and emoluments which may accrue to the officers employed in the collection of the duties of impoft and tonnage, lowanfirft by the provifions already made, they fhall fe verally have, and be entitled to the respective allowances following, to wit; The furveyors and collecof Newburyport, Salem, Saint Mary's and tors. Wilmington in North-Carolina, the yearly fum of one hundred dollars, each; the furveyors of Beverley, North-Kingston, EaftGreenwich, Warren, Bristol, Pawcatuck-river, Providence, Patuxet, New-Haven, Lewellensburg, Alexandria, Beaufort, Hertford, Winton, Bennet's creek, Plymouth, Windfor, Skewarkey, Murfreesborough, Nixonton, Indian-town, Currituck-inlet, Pafquotank-river bridge, and Newbiggen creek, the yearly fum of eighty dollars, each; the surveyor of Portfmouth, the yearly fum of fixty dollars; the furveyors of Ipfwich, Portland, Newport, Stonington, Middleton, Bermuda-Hundred, Peterburg, Richmond and Savannah, the yearly fum of fifty dollars, each; the surveyors of Gloucester, New London and Swansborough, the yearly fum of thirty dollars, each; the furveyors of Hudfon, Little Egg-harbor, Suffolk, Smithfield, Urbanna, and Fredericksburg, the yearly fum of twenty dollars, each; the collector of the district of Wilmington in Specific al lowance and collec tors. Additional North-Carolina, the yearly fum of one hundred and fifty dollars; the collectors of the from firft diftricts of Portsmouth, Gloucefter, Albany, July next to certain Annapolis, Vienna, Nottingham, York-town, furveyors Dumfries and Louifville, the yearly fum of one hundred dollars, each; the collector of the district of Fairfield, the yearly fum of eighty dollars; the collectors of the diftricts of Marblehead, Plymouth, Barnftable, Nantucket, New Bedford, Dighton, York, Biddeford and Pepperelborough, Bath, Wiscaffet, Machias, Newport, New-Haven, Perth Amboy, Great Egg-harbor, Wilmington in Delaware, Chefter, Cedar-point, George-town, Hampton, South Quay, Wafhington, Plankbridge and George-town in South-Carolina, the yearly fum of fifty dollars, each; the naval officer of the district of Portsmouth, the yearly sum of one hundred dollars; the naval officers of the diftricts of Newburyport, Newport, Providence, Wilmington in North-Carolina and Savannah, the yearly fum of fifty dollars, each; the collector of the diftrict of Salem and Beverley, one fourth of one per centum on the amount of all monies by him received on account of the faid duties; and to the collectors of the diftricts of Portfmouth, Newburyport, Gloucefter, Marblehead, Plymouth, Nantucket, Edgartown, New Bedford, Dighton, York, Biddeford and Pepperelborough, Portland, Bath, Wifcaffet, Penobfcot, Frenchman's-bay, Machias, Newport, Providence, New-Haven, Fairfield, Perth Amboy, Burlington, Great Egg-harbor, Wilmington in Delaware, Oxford, Vienna, Snowhill, Annapolis, Nottingham, Cedar-point, Georgetown in Maryland, Hampton, York-town, Yeocomico, Dumfries, Foley-landing, Cherry |