By Virtue of an Act Passed by the Congress of the United States, on the 8th Day of May, 1792 ... by which it is Enacted, "that There Shall be an Adjutant General Appointed in Each State ; " and of an Act of this Commonwealth, Passed on the 6th Day of March, 1810, by which it is Enacted, "that the Adjutant General of the Militia Shall be Appointed, and Commissioned by the Commander in Chief:"-- I Have Appointed William H. Sumner, Esquire, to be Adjutant General of the Militia of Massachusetts ...