1822 - Edocs

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..i monies which they have respectively received, or
uirnt to have received, as miiitia fines. And in case such
-neriff shall neglect or refuse to pay the amount of fines,
.o by him collected, or which ought to have been collect-
ed, on demand being made by the pavmaster of the regiment,
of the county of which he is, or has been sheriff, it
shall be lawful for such pay-master on giving ten days
previous notice to such sheriff, in or out of office, to recover
judgment in a summary way by motion against such
sheriff, in the name of the paymaster, for the use of the
said regiment, to which he may belong, in any court of
record in the county, in which said sheriff or. paymaster
may reside. Also to receive and receipt for all monies
collected, for fines and forfeitures, within his regiment,
and safely to keep the same until drawn out of his hands
by the commanding officer of the regiment or battalion to
which he may be attached, which said warrant shall be
given in writing by the said commanding officer, for the
:ise of the said regiment or battalion, specifying the object
to which the monies so drawn for are to be applied.
The judge advocate shall transmit to the paymaster., all
:he sentences of assessment or appropriations, which
shall from time to time be made by the court martial or
the court of assessment, and it shall be the duty of the
pay-master to receive and -file the same. The pay-master
shall previously to his entering on the duties of his
office, in addition to his other qualifications, prescribed
by this act, execute a bond to the Governor of the Territory,
with security to be approved of by the commandant
of the regiment, in the sura of one thousand dollars for
the faithful discharge of his duties as paymaster. And
he the said paymaster shall annually, in the month of
May, settle with the field officers of his regiment, or a
majority of them; the amount of all monies received and
disbursed by him, and he shall be entitled to receive five
per centum for all monies so by him received and disbursed,
or paid out as above mentioned-; immediately
after which settlement it shall be the duty of iuth paymaster
to report fully ancf at large, a detailed statement
of his accounts to the adjutant general, and also -to the
commanding officer of his corps.
24. Be it further enacted, That, there shall be appoin- Quarter master £«
ted and commissioned by the Governor, one quarter mas- neral, rank and du
ter general with the rank of ^colonel of infantry, in the l,es«
United States army, to whom there shall be annual returns
made by the regimental and brigade quarter masters,
of the state of the public arms and accoutrements,
and other public property applicable to military purposes,
and he shall make report of the same to the executive
of this Territory, and shall do and perform such other
duties, when in actual service, as are prescribed by the re-