Article 8, Kansas Constitution

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Article 8 of the Kansas Constitution is labeled Militia. It has four sections.

Section 1

Text of Section 1: Composition; Exemption The militia shall be composed of all able-bodied male citizens between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five years, except such as are exempted by the laws of the United States or of this state; but all citizens of any religious denomination whatever who from scruples of conscience may be adverse to bearing arms shall be exempted therefrom, upon such conditions as may be prescribed by law.

Section 2

	Text of Section 2: Organization The legislature shall provide for organizing, equipping and disciplining the militia in such manner as it shall deem expedient, not incompatible with the laws of the United States.

Section 3

	Text of Section 3: Officers Officers of the militia shall be elected or appointed, and commissioned in such manner as may be provided by law.

Section 4

	Text of Section 4: Commander in Chief The governor shall be commander in chief, and shall have power to call out the militia to execute the laws, to suppress insurrection, and to 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

• Kansas State Library, "Kansas Constitution"
• Kansapedia: Kansas State Historical Society, "Wyandotte Constitution"
• Kansapedia: Kansas State Historical Society, "Kansas Constitutions"

Additional reading

• Heller, Francis H. (2011) The Kansas State Constitution, New York, New York: Oxford University Press
• Wilder, D.W. (1875). The Annals of Kansas
• Cutler, William G. (1883) History of the State of Kansas, Chicago, Illinois: A. T. Andreas