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Volunteers

to be under

command of officers of regular forces.

Annual inspection.

Disbanding

of corps.

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(b) delivering up in good order (fair wear and tear only excepted) all arms, clothing, and appointments, being public property or property of the corps, issued to him; and

(c) paying all money due or becoming due by him under this Ordinance or under any regulations made thereunder or under the rules of the corps, either before or at the time or by reason of his quitting it;

and thereupon he shall be struck out of the muster roll of the corps by the Commandant.

(2) If any volunteer gives such notice and the Com- mandant refuses to strike him out of the muster roll, and the volunteer considers himself aggrieved thereby, the volunteer may appeal to a magistrate, who shall hear and determine the appeal, and may, for the purposes thereof, administer oaths and examine any person as a witness, and, if it appears to the magistrate that the arms, clothing, and appointments issued to the volunteer, being public property or property of his corps, have been delivered up in good order (fair wear and tear only excepted), or that he has paid or is ready to pay sufficient compensation for any damages that such articles may have sustained, and that all moneys due or becoming due by him under this Ordinance or under any regulations made there- under or under the rules of the corps, either before or at the time of or by reason of his quitting it, have been paid, the magistrate may order the commandant forthwith to strike such volunteer out of the muster roll of the corps, and such deter- mination shall be binding on all persons.

(3) Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, every volunteer, other than a member of an auxiliary unit, shall be deemed to have engaged himself to serve for a period of at least three years from the date of his first admission to the corps, and if he quits, or is discharged from, the corps before the expiration of the first year of the said period he shall pay to the Commandant the sum of sixty dollars, if after the expiration of the first year and before the expiration of the second year the sum of forty dollars, and if after the expiration of the second year and before the expiration of the third year the sum of twenty dollars: Provided that no such sum shall be payable by a volunteer who, in the opinion of the Commandant, bona fide intends to leave the Colony forthwith for a period of at least one year, or who quits his corps for any other cause which the Commandant may consider reasonable and bonâ fide: Provided also that nothing in this sub-section shall relieve any volunteer from the obligation to comply with the provisions of sub-section (1) if he wishes to quit the corps.

6. Whenever any volunteers are on actual military ser- vice, or are undergoing drill, exercise or inspection together with His Majesty's regular forces, or are voluntarily doing duty together with such forces, they and their officers shall, subject to any regulations made under this Ordinance, be under the command of the officers of His Majesty's regular forces, so, nevertheless, that the volunteers shall, when the circumstances of the service admit, be led by their own officers under such command.

7. An annual inspection of the corps shall be held by a general or field officer of His Majesty's army.

8. The Governor may disband or discontinue the services of the corps or any part thereof whenever it may seem to him expedient to do so.