Article 17, Wyoming Constitution

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Article 17 of the Wyoming Constitution consists of five sections.

Section 1

Text of Section 1: Of Whom Militia Constituted The militia of the state shall consist of all able-bodied qualified residents of the state, and those nonresidents who are accepted into service, between the ages of seventeen (17) and seventy (70) years; except those exempted by the law of the United States or of the state. But all residents having scruples of conscience averse to bearing arms shall be excused therefrom upon conditions as shall be prescribed by law.

Section 2

	Text of Section 2: Legislature to Provide for Enrollment, Equipment and Discipline The legislature shall provide by law for the enrollment, equipment and discipline of the militia to conform as nearly as practicable to the regulations for the government of the armies of the United States.

Section 3

	Text of Section 3: How Officers Commissioned All militia officers shall be commissioned by the governor, the manner of their selection to be provided by law, and may hold their commission for such period of time as the legislature may provide.

Section 4

	Text of Section 4: Flags No military organization under the laws of the state shall carry any banner or flag representing any sect or society or the flag of any nationality but that of the United States.

Section 5

	Text of Section 5: Governor to Be Commander-in-Chief; Powers The governor shall be commander-in-chief of all the military forces of the state, and shall have power to call out the militia to preserve the public peace, to execute the laws of the state, to suppress insurrection or repel invasion.

See also

• State constitution
• Constitutional article
• Constitutional amendment
• Constitutional revision
• Constitutional convention
• Amendments
  • Initiated constitutional amendment
  • Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
  • Publication requirements for proposed state constitutional amendments
  • Rules about constitutional conventions in state constitutions
  • State constitutional articles governing state legislatures

External links

Suggest a link

• Wyoming State Legislature, "Wyoming Constitution"
• Wyoming History.org, "Wyoming Becomes a State: The Constitutional Convention and Statehood Debates of 1889 and 1890 — and Their Aftermath"
• History.com, "September 30, 1889: Wyoming legislators write the first state constitution to grant women the vote"
• Legal Genealogist, "State Constitutions: Wyoming"

Additional reading

• Keiter, Robert B. and Tim Newcomb. (2011). The Wyoming State Constitution, New York, New York: Oxford University Press