missioner is appointed to collect such materials, compile and index them, using the card or other index system. The commissioner shall prepare a short history of each company, battalion, regiment, or other organization.

Louisiana, 2 Marr's Ann. Rev. Stat. 1915, secs. 4505-9.

500. Enumeration of veterans. The county tax assessors are required to make full enumeration of all persons, residents of their counties, who served in the Army or Navy of the Confederate States or in any of the organizations of the State of their residence from 1861 to 1865, whether as officers, enlisted men, militia, or home guard for local defense, or in any other military or naval capacity in the War of Secession. The enumeration shall be made on blanks prepared by the secretary of Arkansas History Commission, in alphabetical order, in duplicate, showing the present address, date and place of birth, State and county of enlistment and date, the name and number of the companies or regiments in which service was performed, and how terminated. The original list shall be filed in the office of the probate judge and the copy forwarded to the Secretary of Arkansas History Commission.

Arkansas, Kirby's Dig. Stat. 1911, Supp., sec. 5937a-e. Similar provisions: Indiana, 4 Burns' Ann. Stat. 1914, secs. 10055a, 10055b; Kansas, Gen. Stat. 1915, sec. 9484; Nebraska, Laws 1915, ch. 128, sec. 7151-2.

501. Collection of data in reference to soldiers. The department of history and archives shall make special effort to collect data in reference to soldiers from Alabama in the War between the States, both from the War Department at Washington and from private individuals, and to cause the same to be prepared for publication as speedily as possible.

Alabama, 1 Code 1907, sec. 803.

Similar provisions applying to military rosters of the Revolutionary, Indian, Mexican, and other wars: Arkansas, Kirby's Dig. Stat. 1911, Supp., sec. 3881L; Georgia, Laws 1918, No. 434, p. 137; Mississippi, 2 Hem. Ann. Code 1917, sec. 3453; Laws 1918, ch. 201.

502. Collection of historical material placed in Confederate museum. Appropriation is made for the purpose of collecting muster rolls or Arkansas relics, battle flags, and other material necessary for the completion of the history of the part of Arkansas in the War between the States, to be placed in the Confederate museum at Richmond, Va.

Arkansas, 2 Acts 1917, No. 474, p. 2212. Similar provisions: Alabama, Gen. Acts 1915, No. 777, p. 885; Florida, 2 Comp. Laws 1914, sec. 2839d.

Similar provision as to historical records of North Carolina being placed in soldiers' home at Camp Russell: North Carolina, 2 Revisal 1908, ch. 112, secs. 5309-14.

503. Land office commissioner authorized to collect historical material. The commissioner of land office is authorized to purchase, receive, and collect books, papers, records, relics, and other memorials connected with early history of Maryland, prior to the Revolution, during and since the Revolution. He shall have charge of such material and preserve, print, rebind, repair, and classify the same. Any gifts to the State shall be under his care and protection.

Maryland, 1 Code Pub. Civil Laws 1911, art. 54, sec. 18.

504. Organizations incorporated as auxiliaries to State historical society to collect historical material.-Organizations of the Loyal Legion, Grand Army of the Republic, Women's Relief Corps, etc., or other local societies may be incorporated as auxiliaries to the State historical society to gather and preserve incidents, experiences, or biographies of soldiers, sailors, or citizens of this State in any way relating to the War of the Rebellion. Each society shall have one vote in any general meeting of the State historical society. Each may make a report of its work annually, which may be included in the publications of such State societies. On application any auxiliary society may make the State society custodian of the records of such auxiliary.

Wisconsin, Stat. 1917, sec. 44.03-07.

505. Duties of secretary of Virginia military records.-Provision is made for a secretary to collect all muster rolls, records, and materials showing the officers and enlisted men from Virginia in the military, marine, or naval service of the Confederate States, and the names of all Virginians in whatever rank in such service, whether regulars, volunteers, conscripts, militia reserves, home guard, or local troops. He shall be known as the secretary of Virginia military records; he shall turn over all such material to the State librarian, together with a separate transcript of the same, and the librarian shall cause the originals to be transmitted to the War Department of the United States for its roster now under preparation.

Virginia, Acts 1906, ch. 44, p. 32.

506. Military records shall be preserved. The adjutant general shall keep all records of Florida volunteers, commissioned or enlisted. for the war between the States, Indian, Spanish-American, and all other wars or insurrections. He shall establish and maintain as part of his office a bureau of records of the services of Florida troops in such wars, and shall be the custodian of all records now in possession of or which may be acquired by the State. Such records, relics, trophies, colors, and histories shall be catalogued and arranged or filed for general reference and protection in the capitol.

Florida, 1 Comp. Laws 1914, sec. 735. Similar provisions: Missouri, Laws 1917, sec. 8334, p. 331; New Jersey, 4 Comp. Stat. 1910, secs. 75, 78, pp. 4876-77; Vermont, Gen. Laws 1917, sec. 6033.

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507. Military records shall be preserved.-All military records' banners, and relics of the State, except when in lawful use, shall be preserved in the office of the adjutant general as an enduring memorial of patriotism and valor of the soldiers of Idaho.

Idaho, Const. art. 14, sec. 4. Similar provisions: Illinois, Const. art. 12, sec. 5; Montana, Const. art. 14, sec. 4; South Dakota, Const. art. 15, sec. 6.

508. Records of lots.-The commissioners of the land office shall have custody of all books containing deeds and transfers of soldiers' lots.

Maryland, 1 Code Pub. Civil Laws 1911, art. 54, sec. 15, p. 1319.

509. Michigan citizens who served with the New York Artillery.All persons who during the Civil War served in Batteries B and G, First Regiment New York Light Artillery, and who at the time of their enlistment were citizens and had not lost their legal residence in Michigan, and who were duly mustered into and honorably discharged from the United States service, and who were never credited to this or to any other State shall, upon satisfactory proof thereof filed with the adjutant general, be considered as having enlisted from this State and have their names enrolled on the books and records of that office and be credited to the several localities and districts of this State for the period they actually served, and shall be recognized after such enrollment as Michigan soldiers and entitled to all rights and benefits as such.

Michigan, 1 Howell's Ann. Stat. 1912, secs. 1673–74.

510. Soldiers' records to be kept by counties.-The board of supervisors is authorized to purchase a docket and to employ some suitable person to record the names of all soldiers and sailors of said county who enlisted in the service of the Confederate States of America, and to record such history of the several companies as the board may desire recorded.

Mississippi, Laws 1906, ch. 139; 2 Hem. Ann. Code 1907, sec. 3777. 511. Custodian of the records of the Montana Grand Army of the Republic. The governor is authorized and directed to appoint a custodian of the records, mementos, relics, documents, and archives of the Grand Army of the Republic and history of the residents of Montana who served in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States during the Civil War. Such person must be a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. All books, history, etc., shall, when the department of the Grand Army of the Republic of Montana ceases to exist, become the property of the State.

Montana, Laws 1915, p. 218; 3 Rev. Codes Supp. 1915, sec. 270. 512. Rolls of honor to be prepared. The several cities and towns are authorized and empowered to prepare rolls of honor, containing the

names of persons who are in the service of the United States during the period of the war with the Imperial German Government and with the Empire of Austria. Said rolls of honor shall be posted in conspicuous places within the limits of said cities and towns, and shall be revised from time to time. Any person who shall mutilate, deface, and otherwise despoil the rolls of honor, so called, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Rhode Island, Laws 1918, ch. 1618.

513. Soldiers' records to be kept by towns.-A town may appoint a person to prepare at public expense a soldiers' record, to contain the name of each soldier and sailor furnished by such town during the War of the Rebellion, with particulars of his age, birthplace, enrollment, rank, promotions, bounty received from the town and from individuals, etc.; also the names of soldiers and sailors, native or well known inhabitants of the town, who served for another town or State, the name of every deserter and the facts of his desertion, the names of those who furnished substitute, paid commutation, or furnished representative recruits, and other facts relating to military history of every sailor and soldier of such town.

Vermont, Gen. Laws 1917, sec. 4022-6.

514. Admission to record of roster of any organized camp of veterans. The clerk of the corporation court of any city or circuit court of any county shall admit to record a full and complete roster of any organized camp of Confederate veterans, giving the names of the veterans and the organization to which each belonged, and also all lists of ex-Confederate soldiers and sailors reported in his city or county, and all former residents of said city or county who enlisted or served in the Confederate Army or Navy in another State or county. Virginia, Acts 1910, ch. 277, p. 392.

515. Clerk of court required to keep military records. The clerk of the court of each county is required to record lists of the residents of such counties or cities who, through the selective draft law, have become members of the military forces of the United States. Such record books shall be properly indexed. The adjutant general shall furnish a list of the names of those who joined volunteer companies from such counties or cities, which shall also be indexed. Any person who has joined either the naval or military forces of the United States or its allies may have his name spread upon said record, upon application and proof of service, or some person may make application for him, and when done his name shall be placed upon the said record.

p. 500.

Virginia, Acts 1918, ch. 331, 516. Recording discharges. Honorable discharges of officers, soldiers, and marines from the Army and Navy of the United States

may be recorded by town clerks. A fee of twenty-five cents is to be paid by the person offering such discharge or certificate for record. Connecticut, Laws 1915, p. 1966, ch. 109; 1 Gen. Stat. 1918, sec. 1920. Similar provisions: Maine, Rev. Stat. 1916, ch. 84, sec. 7, p. 1174; Michigan, 1 Howell's Ann. Stat. 1912, secs. 1725-28.

517. Index to the war and militia records. An index to the war and militia records in the archives of the office of the adjutant general shall be made, not to cost over $2,500.

Massachusetts, Resolves 1913, ch. 16, p. 1125.

518. Index to soldiers' and sailors' record. The secretary of state is authorized and directed to compile and publish for distribution a general alphabetical index of all the names mentioned in the different volumes constituting the published Record of Michigan Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Rebellion. Such general index shall conform as nearly as may be, in style and material, to the volumes as published, and shall show in which organization, volume, and page each name may be found.

Michigan, Pub. Acts 1913, No. 165, sec. 1.

519. History of each soldier and sailor to be furnished upon application. The adjutant general is authorized and directed to furnish the military or naval history of each soldier and sailor so far as is practicable and possible from records of the War and Navy Departments, or other authentic sources, who enlisted from or was credited to this State during the Civil or Spanish-American War; to furnish certificates of military or naval history of soldiers and sailors whose muster out rolls or discharge papers have been lost, without expense to applicant; and to issue regimental records and other military publications upon application.

Michigan, 1 Howell's Ann. Stat. 1912, sec. 1750.

520. Fees charged.—The adjutant general may receive a fee of fifty cents for searching his office for the military record of any soldier, sailor, or marine and $1 for furnishing a certified copy of such record, but no charge shall be made in proof for pension, admittance to soldiers' home, exemption from jury duty, or in lieu of lost discharges. New Jersey, Laws 1915, ch. 52.

521. Records of the Grand Army of the Republic to be accessible.The records of the Grand Army of the Republic in the room at the capitol reserved for said organization shall be accessible to all members of the Grand Army of the Republic and others engaged in collecting historical information.

New York, Pub. Buildings Law, sec. 5.

522. Object of department of archives and history. The object and purpose of the department of archives and history shall be to classify, edit, annotate, and publish from time to time such records as may be deemed expedient and proper, including military rosters of the