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suitable persons residing in said precincts as judges of elec- tion, who slrnll, at the time and place appointed after quali- fying themselves and appointing a clerk, proceed to hold the aforesaid elections agreeably to notice; and no person shall be eligible to militia oflices who is not a resident of such precinct, and liable to do militia duty aforesaid; and when the said election shall have closed, the Judges thereof shall make the return of the persons, so elected, within ten days, to..the Gov- ernor, or Commander-in-Chief of the militia, who shall ther<:- upon, issue commissions to the same, as officers of the Militia of Texas. SEC. 4. Be ·it fm·tlter ordained and decreed, &c., That eaeh company shall contain not less than fifty-six men, rank and file; and whenever there shall be found, in any precinct, one hundred and twelve men subject to militia duty, the Cap- tain of said precinct shall subdivide and lay off the same into two or more precincts; and when there shall be found, in any two adjoining precincts of one Municipality, more than OM hundred and sixty-eight men so liable as aforesaid, the Cap• tains of said adjoining precincts in conjunction, shall sub- divide the same into three or more precincts, as the case may he, and appoint a head or rendezvous therefor-holding in · view the distance and convenience of mustering-, and make return thereof to the offi.ee of the Alcalde of the :\[unicipalit.y as soon as practicable; and if the said Captains should dis- agree as to the mode or manner of laying olf said precinct~, the same shall be referred to the Judges and Alcalde, whose decision thereon shall be final. SEC. ,3. Be it further orda·i11ed and decreed, &c., That whenever there shall be found to exist in any Municipality, more than three Companies, the Captain or Comriumdant, on giving due notice thereof, shall call together the subalterns of said companies, and proceed to elect OD!! :Major; if of four companies, one Lieutenant-Colonel; if of five or more com- panies, one Colonel for the command of said com- p:mies, which shall constitute a Regiment for said :Muni<'ipalitv. That if there shaJl be found to exist more than one Regiment in any one l\fnnieipnlity, the whole number of field and company officers sha)l, on rhie notice given by the senior Colonel of snid Re~1ment, proceed to elect n Brigadier-General out of the smd field
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