Laws of the Republic of Texas, in two volumes. Volume 01. Page: 47
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,er who shall leave his confinement before he shall be set a.
liberty by his commanding officer, or by a superior officer, shall
be cashiered. Non-commissioned officers aud privates charges
with crimes, shall be confined and tried by a court martial, or
.eleased by a proper authority.
ART. 70. No officer ar soldier who shall be put in arrest
shall continue in confinement more than eight days, or such time
as a court martial can be assembled.
ART. 71. No officer commanding any guard, or provost
martial shall refuse to receive or keep any prisoners committed
to his charge by any officer belonging to the forces of the republic,
provided the officer at the same time deliver an account ia
writing, signed by himself, of the crime with which the said
prisoner is charged.
ART. 72. No officer commanding a guard, or provost
martial shall presume to release any person committed to his
charge without authority for so doing, nor shall he suffer any
person to escape in the penalty of being punished for it by a
court martial.
ART. 73. Every officer or provost martial, to whose charge
prisoners shall be committed, shall, within twenty-four hours
after such commitment, or as soon as he shall be relieved from
his guard, make report in writing, to the commanding officer of
their names, their crimes, and the names of the officers who
committed them, on the penalty of being punished for disobedience
or neglect, at the discretion of a court martial.
ART. 74. Any commissioned officer convicted before a
general court martial, of conduct unbecoming an officer and a
gentlemen, shall be diismissd the service.
ART. 75. In cases when a court martial may think it proper
to sentence a commissioned officer to be suspended from
command, they shall have power also to suspend his pay and
emoluments for the same time, according to the nature and
heinousness of the offence.
ART. 76. In all cases, when a commissioned officer is
cashiered for cowardice or fraud, it shall be added in the sentence,
that the crime, name and place of abode, and punishment
of the delinquent, be published in the newspapers, ir and about
the camp, or where he usually resides, after which it shall be
deemed scandalous for an officer to associate with him.
ART. 77. The commanding officer of any post or detachment,
in which there shall not be a number of officers adequate
to form a general court martial, shall, in cases which require the
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