the commonwealth, sheriff, sergeant, treasurer, commissioner of the revenue, justice of the peace, supervisor, and superintendent of public free schools; one copy to every judge and clerk of any court held in this state under the laws of the United States, and to each attorney and marshal in this state holding office under the United States; five copies to the general library and five copies to the law library; one copy to the university and to each college in the state; one to the board of directors of each lunatic asylum; one to the deaf, dumb, and blind institution; one to the Virginia military institute; ten copies to the clerk of the senate for the use of the senate, and fifteen copies to the clerk of the house of delegates for the use of the house. The copies remaining after the distribution above provided for he shall deliver to the secretary of the commonwealth to constitute a part of the library fund. 11. PRINTING OF ANNUAL REPORTS; THEIR DISTRIBUTION; SUPERINTEND- As Amended 1893-4, p. 178. ENT'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR MECHANICAL EXECUTION OF STATE PRINTING.-It Previous shall be the duty of the department chiefs and heads of institutions of the 1889-90, p. 680. Amendment commonwealth to furnish their annual reports to the officer to whom they are required to be made on or before the twentieth day of October of each year, who shall forthwith deliver them to the superintendent of public printing, whose duty it shall be to have them printed in accordance with section four of this chapter and ready for distribution on the first Wednesday in December. He shall have printed in octavo form and bound in one volume five hundred copies of each report, and distribute the same as follows: One copy to each member of the general assembly, five copies to each institution and head of department, twelve copies to the library, ten copies to the clerk of each house for the use of their respective houses, sixty copies shall be disposed of as the executive may direct, and the remainder shall constitute a part of the library fund; a like number of copies of the reports of the railroad commissioner, including the reports of railroad companies made to him, shall be printed in the same manner but bound in a separate volume and distributed as the other reports. In the printing of the reports provided for in this section, as in all classes of the State work, the officer preparing the report or other documents shall in all cases be responsible for the matter therein. He shall carefully edit the copy for such report or document, and eliminate all unnecessary matter and matter that contains no information; and it shall be the duty of the superintendent of public printing, in making his contracts for the printing of the reports referred to in this section, to provide that the contractor shall print such additional copies of the said reports as may be desired by the institutions or officers making the reports at such prices as may be agreed upon between the superintendent and contractor; the account for the same, when approved by the superintendent, shall be paid by the department or institution ordering said extra printing. The superintendent of public printing shall be held responsible for the proper mechanical execution of all of the state printing. 12. REPORTS OF THE COURT OF APPEALS; COPYRIGHT.-He shall contract for printing and binding fifteen hundred copies of the reports by the reporter of the supreme court of appeals of the decisions of that court in the style of print and binding to conform to the present reports of the decisions of the supreme court of the United States, and shall secure the copyright of the said reports for the use of the commonwealth, and shall deliver the volumes, when completed, to the secretary of the commonwealth. In contracting for the printing and binding of said reports he shall conform to the provisions of section four of this act in relation to As Amended 1889-90, p. 12. 1889-90, p. 114. other printing and binding, except that it shall be expressly stipulated in said contract that no payment for composition or press work shall be made until the whole has been completed and accepted, and that a like condition be made in regard to the binding. 13. IF PRINTING NOT DONE SATISFACTORILY, SUPERINTENDENT TO EMPLOY ANOTHER.-If any officer or department report to the superintendent any failure in the prompt and satisfactory execution of the printing, binding, ruling, or lithographing required by said officer or department, and in any case in which the superintendent is satisfied that the contractor has failed to comply with the stipulations of his contract, it shall be the duty of the superintendent to employ some other person to do the work, and he shall bring an action upon the bond of the defaulting contractor for any loss which may be sustained by the state in consequence of such default as soon as the same can be ascertained. 14. PRIVATE PETITIONS AND CHARTERS.—All persons presenting petitions to the general assembly asking the passage of private bills, and all joint stock companies making application for charters of incorporation, shall, before the same are considered in either house, cause to be printed, at the expense of the person presenting such petition or bill, or of the company making such application, two hundred and fifty copies of such petition or bill. 15. REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.-The superintendent of public printing shall make an annual report to the general assembly, showing the cost of all printing, binding, ruling, lithographing, engraving, advertising, postage, drayage, and expressage done for each department of the government, and the cost of all paper or stationery used; also, the cost of all paper and stationery purchased during the fiscal year and the cost of that remaining on hand at the close of the said fiscal year, and of the aggregate amount expended during the fiscal year on account of the public printing. 16. COMMITTEE ON PRINTING.-The joint standing committee on printing of the two houses of the general assembly shall have authority to supervise and give directions in all that relates to the public printing and binding and all other subjects embraced in this act, and it shall be the duty of the said committee to examine the books of the office and investigate the transactions of the superintendent of public printing, and make a report to the general assembly at each regular session and at such other times as the committee deems proper. 17. MESSENGER OF SUPERINTENDENT.-The superintendent of public printing shall have the authority to employ a messenger, at a salary not exceeding fifty dollars per month. The auditor of public accounts is hereby authorized to issue his warrant monthly on the treasurer, upon the certificate of the superintendent of public printing, for the payment of said messenger. Sec. 277. [This section, though amended by acts 1889-90, p. 12, was restored as it appears in the code by acts 1891-2, p. 94.] CHAPTER XX. SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS (AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING Sec. 299 a. To provide more efficient police regulations for the government and control of the capitol square in the city of Richmond.-1. The police of the capitol are hereby empowered to exercise within the limits of the capitol square all the powers, duties, and functions which are exercised by the police of the city of Richmond within the limits and jurisdiction of said city. 2. Any dog found on the capitol square without its owner may be driven beyond the limits of said square, and if necessary clubbed or killed. 3. It shall be, and is hereby declared, unlawful for any person to bring any dog or allow any dog to follow or come with him into the capitol square unless such dog is held in control by leash or otherwise; and any person violating this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not less than one dollar nor more than ten dollars. 4. The police justice of the city of Richmond shall have jurisdiction to try cases of misdemeanor arising under the preceding section, and all other offences committed in the capitol square of which he would have jurisdiction if committed within the corporate limits and jurisdiction of said city; and the capitol police, or any member thereof, shall have the same authority to arrest and to swear out warrants for offences committed on the capitol square as policemen of the city of Richmond have to arrest or to swear out warrants for offences committed within the jurisdiction of said city. TITLE 11. PUBLIC DEFENCE. CHAPTER XXI. VOLUNTEER MILITIA CONSTITUTE THE ACTIVE FORCE; REGULATIONS FOR Sec 313. How battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions As Amended formed. The commander-in-chief may organize and assign a sufficient 1893-4, p. 662. number of volunteer companies, batteries, or troops, not less than six nor more than ten, into a regiment of Virginia volunteers; and if a sufficient number of regiments of Virginia volunteers are formed he may organize and assign them into brigades and divisions. But if such regiments are not assigned to a brigade of Virginia volunteers they shall report to and receive their orders direct from the adjutant-general of the state, and shall be entirely distinct from the brigade and division organization of enrolled militia of the district in which they may be formed: provided, that in case of insurrection or invasion, or whenever the commander-in-chief may think the public good demands it, he may assign the aforesaid regiment or regiments of Virginia volunteers to any militia organization, and require them to report to and receive all orders from the general officer who may be in command thereof: provided, that in the city of Portsmouth the two or more companies now in service, and those that may hereafter be formed, shall form a separate battalion, and report direct to the adjutant-general of the state, except in cases of insurrection, invasion, and so forth, as herein before provided. Sec. 317. Staff of major-general, brigadier-general, &c.-The As Amended 1897-8, p. 405. staff of a major-general shall consist of one assistant adjutant-general, one assistant inspector-general, one ordnance officer, one quartermaster, one commissary, one surgeon, and one chaplain, each with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and two aides-de-camp, with the rank of major, who shall be commissioned by the governor on receipt of a certificate of their appointment. The staff of a brigadier-general shall consist of one As Amended 1891-2, p. 977. assistant adjutant-general, one assistant inspector-general, one ordnance officer, one quartermaster, one commissary, one surgeon, one judge-advocate general, one engineer, general officer, one inspector-general of rifle practice, and one chaplain, each with the rank of major, and two aidesde-camp, with the rank of captain, who shall be commissioned by the governor on receipt of a certificate of their appointment. The staff of each regiment of infantry, artillery, and cavalry shall consist of one surgeon, with the rank of major; one chaplain, one assistant surgeon, one ordnance officer, one quartermaster, one adjutant, one commissary of subsistence, one judge advocate, one engineer officer, and in the case of infantry regiments, one inspector of rifle practice, each with the rank of captain, who shall be commissioned by the governor when a certificate of appointment shall have been furnished by the commandant of the regiment. Each battalion of infantry shall be composed of not less than three companies, and commanded by a major, elected as prescribed in section three hundred and fourteen, and commissioned by the governor upon certificate of election. The staffs of battalions of infantry and cavalry shall be appointed by the commandant of the battalion, and shall consist of an adjutant with the rank of captain, one surgeon with the rank of captain, one assistant surgeon, one quartermaster, one commissary of subsistence, one judge advocate, one engineer officer, and in cases of battalions of infantry and cavalry one inspector of rifle practice and one chaplain, each with the rank of first lieutenant, who shall be commissioned by the governor; one sergeant-major, one commissary sergeant, one hospital steward, and one quartermaster sergeant, who shall be each furnished a certificate of appointment by the commandant of the battalion. Each battalion of artillery shall be composed of not less than two nor more than five batteries and commanded by a major of artillery elected as prescribed in section three hundred and fourteen, and commissioned by the governor. The staff of a battalion of artillery shall be appointed by the commandant of the battalion, and shall consist of an adjutant and an inspector, each with the rank of captain of artillery, one surgeon with the rank of major, and one assistant surgeon, one quartermaster, one commissary of subsistence, one ordnance officer, and one chaplain, each with the rank of captain, who shall be commissioned by the governor; one sergeant major, one commissary sergeant, one quartermaster sergeant, one ordnance sergeant, one hospital steward, one chief bugler, and two guidons, who shall be each furnished a certificate of appointment by the commandant of the battalion. An assistant surgeon with the rank of captain may be commissioned by the governor to serve with each battery of artillery and troop of cavalry. Sec. 352. Liability of officers not affected by resignation.—Until an officer or his legal representative receive from the adjutant-general notice that the property accounts of such officer have been examined and found correct the liability of such officer, or of his estate, for public property for which he is responsible shall be in no way affected by resignation, discharge, change in official position, or death. Upon the death or desertion of an officer responsible for public property his immediate commander shall at once cause the property for which such officer was responsible to be collected and a correct inventory made by actual count and examination; which inventory shall be forwarded to the adjutant-general in order that any deficiency may be made good from the estate of the deceased or deserting officer. Compensation for such deficiency may be recovered in the manner provided in section three hundred and fifty. The adjutantgeneral shall examine all the accounts mentioned in this section within sixty days after the return is made, and notify at once the officer, or his legal representative, of the result of said examination. If the adjutantgeneral approves the accounts, the officer, or his legal representative, shall be acquitted and released of all pecuniary liability. Sec. 366. Term of Enlistment.-The term of enlistment shall be three As Amended years; but any soldier who has received an honorable discharge by reason 1897-8, p. 615. of the expiration of his term of service may be re-enlisted and mustered in and for a term of one, two, or three years, as he may elect. All terms of service shall commence at noon on the day of enlistment. Sec. 372 a. To place on the retired list members of Virginia vol- 1891-2, p. 983. unteers who have served ten years.-1. Any officer, non-commissioned officer, or private in the Virginia volunteers who shall have served for ten years as an active member in the Virginia volunteers may, upon his own application through the regular military channels to the commander-in-chief, be placed upon the retired list of the organization to which he may belong, and may only be required to answer any summons in aid of the civil authorities and to attend the annual inspection and muster of his command: provided, further, that any commissioned officer, non-commissioned officer, or private who may have honorably left the service of the Virginia volunteers, after having served ten years therein, may upon his application in like manner be placed upon the retired list. In all cases officers shall be commissioned in their respective rank as retired officers with commissions of the same grade as when retired; non-commissioned officers shall receive warrants as of the retired list with the rank held when retired. All retired officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates retired shall be borne upon the rolls of their respective commands as such. They shall be a part of said commands and shall so remain unless dismissed from the service by court-martial or discharge at their own request. 2. That in computing the term of service necessary to be placed upon the retired list herein provided for, the time of service of any applicant in the army of the Confederate States of America shall be considered a part of said ten years' service provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed as exempting commissioned and non-commissioned officers and privates from jury service. Sec. 373. Appointment of adjutant-general; his salary; duties of As Amended 1891-2, p. 977. adjutant-general.—The governor of the state shall appoint the adjutantgeneral, whose term of office shall be during the term of the governor appointing him. The salary of the adjutant-general shall be fifteen hundred dollars per annum. The adjutant-general shall distribute all orders from the commander-in-chief; attend at all public reviews when the commanderin-chief shall review the Virginia volunteers or any part thereof; obey all orders from him relative to carrying into execution and perfecting the system of military discipline established by the laws of the state and of the United States; furnish blank forms for the different returns and rolls as may be required; receive from the several officers of the different corps throughout the state returns of the Virginia volunteers under their command, reporting the actual condition of their uniforms, arms, accoutrements, and ammunition, their delinquencies, and every other thing which relates to the advancement of good order and discipline; all of which the several officers of the Virginia volunteers are hereby required to make, so that the adjutant-general may be furnished therewith; and from all said returns he shall make proper abstracts, and lay the same annually before the commander-in-chief; and he shall annually, on or before the first Monday in January, make a return in duplicate of the Virginia volunteers of |