1.—The Corps shall consist of two or more troops, each troop to consist
of not more than 50 men (including officers), to be called the "Natal
Carbineers."
2.—There shall be one Lieutenant-Colonel, one Major, the Adjutant, the
Surgeon, and Quartermaster, to be elected by the corps; and one Captain, one
Subaltern, and noncommissioned Officers to each troop, to be elected by the
troop.
3.—They shall wear a simple and inexpensive uniform.
4.—Their arms shall be a single or double-barrelled gun and a sword.
5.—They shall be called out for exercise 20 days in the course of the year.
6.—They shall be bound to proceed to the appointed place of meeting without
delay (within two hours after receiving notice), and to serve in any part of
the County of Pietermaritzburg, or in any part of the District, not being
more than 30 miles from the general place of rendezvous.
7.—Non-commissioned officers shall call out the troop.
8.—Any part of the Corps, provided not less than twenty men (with
discretionary power in the commanding officer to increase the number), may
be called out within the limits aforesaid, to support the authority of the
civil power, when it appears likely to be resisted.
9.—It shall be in the power of the commanding officer, in cases of great
emergency, for the protection of the town, to call out the corps, or part of
the corps, without waiting for orders from Government, and also when
Governors, or other distinguished persons are arriving at, or leaving the
colony.
10.—Rules shall be framed by the Corps, in accordance with the provisions of
Ordinance No. 11, 1865, for enforcing discipline. Offenders shall be tried
by court martial, chosen by the Corps; punishment shall be by fine; the
amount of fines to go to the general fund of the Corps.
11.—The uniform of the Corps shall be blue, with white facings, consisting
of a shell jacket, overalls (strapped), helmet of leather, with white cover,
and forage cap.
BYE LAWS
1.—Applications, for leave of absence, shall be laid before, and decided
upon, by a Board, consisting of the Colonel and four members of the Corps.
2.—If any member be desirous of leaving the Corps, he may do so by giving
six months' notice thereof to the commanding officer, or at any time by
finding a substitute (to be approved of by the committee named in the 1st
Bye-law,) or on payment of £5 to the funds of the Corps.
3.—The commanding officer shall have power at any time to call for
volunteers, in case their services be required, without the limits of the
county.
4.—It shall be the duty of officers commanding troops, at the request, in
writing, of any member thereof, on sufficient cause being shown by the
applicant, to call a court martial, to investigate any cause complained of,
either against officers or men.
5.—The court martial shall consist of a President and six members, the
former to be drawn from the commissioned officers of the Corps, by rotation,
the latter by ballot from the whole Corps; the Quarter Master to be Acting
Judge Advocate. The proceedings of such court martial shall be forwarded to
the commanding officer, for his approval, and it shall be lawful for such
commanding officer to authorise and approve of the sentence of every such
court martial, or he may order such court to reassemble once, and reconsider
their finding, or sentence, and no sentence of any such court martial shall
be carried into execution until confirmed by the commanding officer; and it
shall likewise be in the power of such commanding officer to remit the
whole, or any part of such sentence, as to him may seem fit.
6.—Any member of the Corps absenting himself from drill or service, unless
absent on leave (except in cases of sickness or indisposition, when a
certificate from the regimental surgeon, or his assistant, must be
produced), shall be fined in a sum not exceeding £10.
7.—Any member guilty of insubordination, disobedience of orders, or
drunkenness when on duty, shall be liable to a fine, not exceeding £2 for
the first offence.
8.—It shall be lawful for the commanding officer, on any member appearing at
muster in a slovenly state, either in person or accoutrements, to inflict a
fine, not exceeding 5s., on any offender who has been twice warned, and if
the irregularities are further persisted in, after the infliction of such
fine, to order a court martial on the party so transgressing.
9.—Any member not appearing at muster at the appointed time, shall be liable
to a fine not exceeding 6s., according to the order of the commanding
officer. The trumpet for saddling up shall sound half-an-hour before the
time appointed for muster, and again five minutes before roll-call.
10.—The quarterly musters shall take place on the first Monday, and four
following days in March, June, September, and December, in each year, the
Corps to muster on the Market Square, at 6 a.m., for three hours, and at 4
p.m., for two hours' drill on each day.
11.—In the event of any officer dying, or retiring from the corps, his
successor shall be elected by nomination and ballot; the commanding officer
to have power to fill up all vacancies temporarily, whether occasioned by
death or otherwise. No new election shall be made without fourteen days'
previous notice.
12.—It shall be competent for the commanding officer to call a general
meeting of the corps, or upon receiving a requisition signed by not less
than ten members thereof, for the purpose of altering the Rules, or amending
Bye-laws, etc.
13.—No member of the Corps shall be considered eligible for promotion as
commissioned or non-commissioned officer, until he shall have received a
certificate of his fitness or capability from the Adjutant, and be approved
of by the Lieutenant-Colonel.
14.—An Orderly Book shall be kept, in which the Rules, Bye-laws, etc., as
sanctioned by Ordinance, shall be entered; such Orderly Book to be open at
all times for inspection by any member of the Corps. The expenses of
printing, advertising, etc., shall be paid out of the general fund of the
Corps.
