three hundred and fourteen of the laws of nineteen hundred and one, is hereby amended to read as follows: § 184. Formation of association; by-laws.-The officers of any regiment, or battalion or squadron not part of a regiment, and members of any troop, battery, company, division, company of signal corps, field hospital, hospital corps or field music may organize themselves into an association, of which the commanding officer shall be president, and by a vote of two-thirds of all their members, form by-laws, rules and regulations not inconsistent with this chapter, and which shall conform to the system prescribed in general regulations and be submitted to the commanding officer of the national guard or naval militia, as the case may be, for his approval, and, when approved by him, such by-laws, rules and regulations shall be binding upon all commissioned officers and enlisted men therein, but they may be altered in the manner provided for their adoption, from time to time, as may be found necessary. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 17. AN ACT to amend the military code, relative to the composition and strength of organizations and alterations thereof, and the creation and organization of a field hospital. Became a law, February 26, 1906, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Section twenty-one of chapter two hundred and twelve of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled "An act in relation to the militia, constituting chapter sixteen of the general laws," is hereby amended to read as follows: § 21. Composition and strength. The organization forming the national guard at this date, such others as may be organized hereafter, and such persons as may enlist or be appointed or commissioned therein shall constitute the national guard of this state. The present brigades, regiments, battalions, squadrons, troops, batteries, companies and companies of signal corps, shall remain as now established, but the governor shall have power to alter, divide, annex, consolidate, disband or reorganize the same, and create new organizations whenever, in his judgment, the efficiency of the state forces will be thereby increased, and he shall, at any time, have power to change the organization of regiments, battalions, squadrons, troops, batteries, companies and signal corps so as to conform to any organization, system of drill or instruction, now or hereafter adopted for the army of the United States, and for that purpose the number of officers and noncommissioned officers of any grade in regiments, battalions, squadrons, troops, batteries, companies and companies of signal corps may be increased at his discretion. The governor shall have power to fix and from time to time to alter the maximum number of privates which shall form part of any organization irrespective of but not exceeding the maximum prescribed therefor in this chapter. The aggregate force of the national guard in time of peace, fully armed, uniformed and equipped, shall be not less than ten and not over eighteen thousand enlisted men; but the governor shall have power, in case of war, insurrection, invasion or imminent danger thereof, to increase the force beyond the said eighteen thousand, and organize the same as the exigencies of the service may require. § 2. Section thirty-six of chapter two hundred and twelve of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled "An act in relation to the militia, constituting chapter sixteen of the general laws," is hereby amended to read as follows: § 36. Field hospital. There shall be attached to the headquarters of the national guard, one field hospital, which shall consist of one surgeon, of the grade of major; three assistant surgeons, each of the grade of captain; two field hospital sergeants, first class, who shall rank with hospital stewards; four field hospital sergeants, who shall rank with assistant hospital stewards; eight field hospital corporals; thirty-five field hospital privates, one field hospital musician, and one cook. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 18. AN ACT to amend the military code, relative to pay and allow ances. Became a law, February 26, 1906, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Section one hundred and fifty-one of chapter two hundred and twelve of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninetyeight, entitled "An act in relation to the militia, constituting chapter sixteen of the general laws," as amended by chapter three hundred and fourteen of the laws of nineteen hundred and one, as amended by chapter seventy-five of the laws of nineteen hundred and three, is hereby amended to read as follows: 151. Duty pay. Each officer and enlisted man ordered for duty by the governor, or under his authority by the commanding officer of the national guard or the commanding officer of the naval militia, shall receive the duty pay herein specified for every day actually on duty, except when so ordered for inspection, muster or small arms practice, or parade or review or field service not extending beyond one day; a musician or private one dollar and twenty-five cents; a corporal, one dollar and forty cents; an assistant hospital steward, color bearer or a sergeant, one dollar and sixty cents; a first sergeant, guidon sergeant, veterinary sergeant, drum-major, band-master, hospital steward, ordnance sergeant, commissary sergeant, quartermaster sergeant, sergeant-major, signal sergeant, or a signal sergeant of a squadron of cavalry or battalion of light artillery, two dollars; a first class sergeant of a signal company, two dollars and twenty-five cents; a sergeant of a signal company, two dollars; a corporal of a signal company, one dollar and seventy-five cents; a first class private of a signal company, one dollar and fifty cents; a field hospital corporal, one dollar and fifty cents; a first class private of a field hospital, one dollar and thirty-five cents; a noncommissioned officer performing the dutics of a grade higher than his own shall receive the pay of such higher grade; a private acting as a noncommissioned officer shall receive the pay of the grade in which he is acting; each enlisted man who has served a full term of enlistment shall be entitled to additional pay at the rate of twenty-five cents per day during the second five years of his service and a further addition of twenty-five cents per day for each succeeding five years of service; a lieutenant, two dollars and fifty cents; a captain or company commander, three dollars; a major and a lieutenant-colonel, four dollars per day; a colonel or commanding officer of a regiment, or of a battalion or squadron not part of a regiment, five dollars; a brigadier-general, six dollars; a major-general, eight dollars; staff officers, the pay of officers of the line of equal grade; chaplains the pay of captains. Officers and men of the naval militia shall be paid according to their assimilated grade with those of the land forces herein set forth. When on duty or assembled therefor, in case of riot, tumult, breach of the peace, insurrection, invasion or war, or whenever called in aid of the civil authorities, commissioned officers shall be entitled to and shall receive the same pay and allowances as commissioned officers of the army or navy of the United States of equal grade and term of service as the case may be. Each officer and enlisted man, mounted and equipped, shall be paid a reasonable compensation per day for each horse actually used by him. § 2. Sections one hundred and fifty-seven and one hundred and fifty-nine of said chapter, as amended by chapter three hundred and fourteen of the laws of nineteen hundred and one, are hereby amended to read as follows: 157. Allowances for military organization; military fund.—— On the certificate of the adjutant-general, the comptroller shall annually draw his warrant in favor of each county treasurer specified in such certificate, for the organizations of the active militia mentioned therein as follows: fifteen hundred dollars for each battery of light artillery and each troop, and one thousand dollars for each company of signal corps and field hospital, to be expended for mounted drills and parades, and for the feed and shoeing of horses in the service of the state; two hundred and fifty dollars for each company of signal corps, field hospital, separate troop, battery, separate company or division; and for each regiment, battalion and squadron not part of a regiment, company of signal corps, field hospital, separate troop, separate battery, separate company and division, for the purpose of defraying other necessary military expenses, a sum equal to one dollar and sixty cents for each of its enlisted men present for duty at each of the five compulsory drills or parades required in this chapter, which sums, together with the fines and penalties collected from delinquent enlisted men, shall constitute the military fund of such regiment, battalion or squadron not part of a regiment, company of signal corps, field hospital, separate troop, battery, company or division. Separate troops, batteries, companies and divisions, if organized into squadrons, battalions or regiments, shall thereby not be deprived of the allowances granted each in this section. Muster and inspection when ordered shall be counted as one of the five compulsory parades required to obtain the annual allowance. § 159. Allowances for headquarters.-On the certificate of the adjutant-general, the comptroller shall, annually, draw his warrant upon the treasurer for the following sums, namely: twelve hundred dollars for the headquarters of the naval militia, and for each brigade headquarters; fifteen hundred dollars for each regimental headquarters; five hundred dollars for each battalion and squadron headquarters, one hundred dollars additional for each naval battalion provided it contains a special division. For brigade headquarters in brigades covering a territory of more than ten counties, five hundred dollars, and in brigades whose organizations are located in fifteen or more counties, eight hundred dollars additional shall be allowed. For the headquarters of each regiment whose organizations are located in more than four counties, an additional one hundred dollars shall be allowed for each county in excess of four, in which a company organization of such regiment is stationed. For the headquarters of each separate battalion whose organizations are located in more than two counties, an additional one hundred dollars shall be allowed for each county in excess of two, in which a company organization of such battalion is stationed. The funds thus allowed shall only be expended by the respective commanding officers on the approval of the adjutant-general. 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 19. AN ACT in relation to tax sales heretofore made by the treasurer of the county of Genesee. Became a law, February 26, 1906, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. The treasurer of the county of Genesee is hereby authorized to publish once in each week for six successive weeks in the newspapers designated by the board of supervisors of such county to publish the session laws, the notice required by section one hundred and thirty of the tax law, of lands in such county heretofore sold by him for taxes and unredeemed, notwithstanding the fact that such notice was not published within the time required by such section, and upon the expiration of three months after the first publication of such notice, such publication shall have the same force and effect as if it had been duly published as required by section one hundred and thirty of the tax law. § 2. Upon the expiration of three months from the first publication of the notice provided for in section one of this act, |