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He shall require to be kept careful memoranda of all public military property on hand in the state arsenal or storehouses, and in the possession of the several organizations of the Virginia National Guard or issued to the Virginia Defense Force, and shall guard such property against injury and loss to the extent of his ability. He shall require every accountable and responsible officer of the National Guard to account for every deficiency in public military property in his possession immediately after such deficiency is discovered. The Adjutant General shall have the care and control of the state military reservation near Virginia Beach, and of such other real estate as the Commonwealth may acquire for military purposes, and it shall be the duty of the Adjutant General to provide for the proper care of such property and buildings thereon. 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He shall require every accountable and responsible officer of the National Guard to account for every deficiency in public military property in his possession immediately after such deficiency is discovered. The Adjutant General shall have the care and control of the state military reservation near Virginia Beach, and of such other real estate as the Commonwealth may acquire for military purposes, and it shall be the duty of the Adjutant General to provide for the proper care of such property and buildings thereon. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1958, chapter 393; in 1989, chapter 414; in 2011, chapters 572<\/a> and 586<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":221835,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79970,"identifier":"44-19","token":"44\/1\/2\/44-19","url":"\/44-19\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/44-19\/","token":"44\/1\/2\/44-19","dublin_core":{"Title":"Adjutant General to have charge of military property","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 44-19","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Adjutant General shall have charge and care of all state military property and all United States military property issued to the Commonwealth of Virginia, and shall cause to be kept an accurate and careful account of all receipts and issues<\/span> of the same. He shall require to be kept careful memoranda of all public military property on hand in the state arsenal or storehouses, and in the possession<\/span> of the several organizations of the Virginia National Guard or issued to the Virginia Defense Force, and shall guard such property against injury and loss to the extent of his ability. He shall require every accountable and responsible officer of the National Guard to account for every deficiency in public military property in his possession<\/span> immediately after such deficiency is discovered. The Adjutant General shall have the care and control of the state military reservation near Virginia Beach, and of such other real estate as the Commonwealth may acquire for military purposes, and it shall be the duty of the Adjutant General to provide for the proper care of such property and buildings thereon. For the maintenance, upkeep and improvement of the military reservation or reservations, the Adjutant General may expend from the appropriation to the Department of Military Affairs such amounts as may be necessary.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADJUTANT GENERAL TO HAVE CHARGE OF MILITARY PROPERTY (\u00a7 44-19)\n\nThe Adjutant General shall have charge and care of all state military property\nand all United States military property issued to the Commonwealth of Virginia,\nand shall cause to be kept an accurate and careful account of all receipts and\nissues of the same. He shall require to be kept careful memoranda of all public\nmilitary property on hand in the state arsenal or storehouses, and in the\npossession of the several organizations of the Virginia National Guard or issued\nto the Virginia Defense Force, and shall guard such property against injury and\nloss to the extent of his ability. He shall require every accountable and\nresponsible officer of the National Guard to account for every deficiency in\npublic military property in his possession immediately after such deficiency is\ndiscovered. The Adjutant General shall have the care and control of the state\nmilitary reservation near Virginia Beach, and of such other real estate as the\nCommonwealth may acquire for military purposes, and it shall be the duty of the\nAdjutant General to provide for the proper care of such property and buildings\nthereon. For the maintenance, upkeep and improvement of the military reservation\nor reservations, the Adjutant General may expend from the appropriation to the\nDepartment of Military Affairs such amounts as may be necessary.\n\nHISTORY: 1930, pp. 950, 952; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7\u00a7 2673(11), 2673(13); 1944, p.\n24; R. P. 1948, \u00a7 44-19; 1958, c. 393; 1989, c. 414; 2011, cc. 572, 586.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}