1864 Conn. Acts 95
| dc.coverage.spatial | Connecticut | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-23T03:51:32Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-11T14:13:00Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-16T23:37:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1864 | |
| dc.description.abstract | An Act In Addition To And In Alteration Of "An Act Relating To The Militia," chap. 73, § 8: It shall be the duty of the quartermaster general to provide a suitable armory for each company of active militia, upon a certificate from the adjutant general, that such company has organized according to law, and has made requisition for an armory, through the commanding officer of said company, as a drill room and place to preserve its arms and equipments; and also to provide for the expenses of cleaning and keeping in good repair the said arms and equipments, in such manner as he may prescribe. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of the quartermaster-general to provide a suitable armory for each company of active militia, upon a certificate from the adjutant-general, that such company has organized according to law, and has made requisition for an armory, through the commanding officer of said company, as a drill room and place to preserve its arms and equipments; and also to provide for the expenses of cleaning and keeping in good repair the said arms and equipments, in such manner as he may prescribe; also, for the storage of any field piece or pieces in the hands of any artillery company, or battery; provided, that the storage of any field pieces shall not exceed the sum of fifteen dollars annually; and the quartermaster-general may authorize the commanding officer of any company or battery to make contracts for such armory, cleaning, repairs or storage, subject to his approval or rejection. If the quartermaster-general deem it expedient," every regimental band that shall conform to the provisions of this act, and the act to which this is in addition, shall be allotted from the State treasury the sum of seventy-five dollars per annum, as rent for a suitable room for practice and the purchase of music. And the comptroller of the state shall draw an order on the treasury, for such sums as may be required for the purposes in this section specified, on a certificate from the quartermaster-general that such companies and bands are in possession of such suitable armories and rooms as aforesaid, and that no injury has been done to the property of the State therein deposited; such order may be made to the quartermaster-general, commanding officer, or pany or band, if approved by the quartermaster-general. | |
| dc.description.summary | The section requires the quartermaster-general to provide armories for organized militia companies, cover costs for maintaining and storing their equipment (with limits on artillery storage expenses), and allow approved contracts for these services; it also provides annual state funding for regimental bands for practice space and music, with payments issued by the state comptroller upon certification that proper facilities are maintained and state property is unharmed. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/3343 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyHathi | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.a0002073088&seq=435 | |
| dc.subject | ARMED FORCES | |
| dc.title | 1864 Conn. Acts 95 |