1822 - Edocs

iefore trial, ten
ays notice.
"wo-thirds to con-
.emn.
it review 8cc. kc.
pecial guard or-
lered.
Officers offending,
punished at discre-
tion.
Parents, guardian
Sec. kc. liable.
Register or' offi-
cers.
Judge advocate
how appointed
Pay master, his du-
ties
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act, shall order a court martial or court oi enquiry, for the
investigation of the officer, or trial, as the case may appear
to require. Every officer to be tried by a court martial
shall have ten days notice given him of the time
and place appointed for the trial and shall have a copy of
the charges exhibited against him ten days at least before
the sitting of the said court. In every court martial
for the trial of an officer not less than two thirds of the
members present shall agree in the sentence or judgment
of said court, otherwise the person charged shall be acquitted
; and when the members shall be required to give
their votes on a question or discussion, they shall begin
with the youngest in commission : Provided, that no
commissioned officer shall be allowed to resign his commission
whilst under arrest.
IS. Be it fur the?- enacted, That, when a brigade, regiment,
or battalion, assemble for review, inspection or ex-
ercise, the commanding officer shall order a guard of a
subaltern or sergeant and such number of men as he may
deem necessary, whose duty it shall be to receive and
guard all such persons as shall be ordered under their
charge by the commanding officer or inspector for misbehaving
or refusing to attend to discipline in exercising
and performing all those evolutions and other duties which
may be required of them by this law.
19. Be it further enacted, That, if any officer shall be
guilty of a breach of this law, or in any respect neglect
or violate his duty, or be guilty of any ungentlemanly
conduct, he shall be heard, tried, and if found guilty, sentenced
at the discretion of a court martial.
20. Be it further enacted, That parents shall be bound
for payment of fines incurred by their sons under the age
of twenty-one years, guardians for the payment of fines
incurred by their wards, and masters or mistresses for
the payment of fines incurred by their servants or apprentices,
and they shall be respectively charged therewith
by the court of assessment accordingly.
21. Be it further enacted, That, it shall be the duty of
the adjutant of each regiment to keep a register of the
officers belonging to his said regiment, for courts martial
and courts for the assessment of fines.
22. Be it further enacted, That, the field officers oi
each regiment, or a majority of them, shall appoint a fit
person as judge advocate, of the regiment, whose duty it
shall be to prosecute in behalf of the United States, and
also to perform such other services as mav be prescribed
by law.
23. Be itfurther enacted, That, it shall be the duty oi
the paymaster of each regiment, independently of such
duties as may be required of him by the commander ii
ehief, to demand and receive from the different sheriffs,