Article VII, Maine Constitution

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Article VII of the Maine Constitution is entitled Military and consists of five sections.

Section 1

	Text of Section 1: Officers, How Appointed All commissioned officers of the militia shall be appointed and commissioned by the Governor, from such persons as are qualified by law to hold such offices.

Amendments

• Maine Relating to Military, Amendment No. 1 (1919), which was approved on September 8, 1919.

Section 2

	Text of Section 2: Qualifications and Selection The Legislature shall, by law, designate the qualifications necessary for holding a commission in the militia and shall prescribe the mode of selection of officers for the several grades.

Amendments

• Maine Relating to Military, Amendment No. 1 (1919), which was approved on September 8, 1919.

Section 3

	Text of Section 3: Adjutant General The Adjutant General shall be appointed by the Governor. But the Adjutant General shall also perform the duties of quartermaster general and paymaster general until otherwise directed by law.

Amendments

• Maine Relating to Military, Amendment No. 1 (1919), which was approved on September 8, 1919.

Section 4

Text of Section 4: Standard of Organization, Armament and Discipline The organization, armament and discipline of the militia and of the military and naval units thereof shall be the same as that which is now or may hereafter be prescribed by the laws and regulations of the United States; and it shall be the duty of the Governor to issue from time to time such orders and regulations and to adopt such other means of administration, as shall maintain the prescribed standard of organization, armament and discipline; and such orders, regulations and means adopted shall have the full force and effect of the law.

Amendments

• Maine Relating to Military, Amendment No. 1 (1919), which was approved on September 8, 1919.

Section 5

Text of Section 5: Persons Exempt from Military Duty Persons of the denominations of Quakers and Shakers, Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court, Ministers of the Gospel and persons exempted by the laws of the United States may be exempted from military duty, but no other able-bodied person of the age of 18 and under the age of 45 years, excepting officers of the militia who have been honorably discharged, shall be so exempted.

Amendments

• Maine Relating to Military, Amendment No. 1 (1919), which was approved on September 8, 1919.

See also

• List of amendments to the Maine Constitution
• 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

• Maine.gov, "Constitution of the State of Maine"
• Maine.gov, "Enacted Constitutional Amendments from 1911 - Present"
• Maine.gov, "Constitution of the State of Maine 1820"
• Maine: An Encyclopedia, "Constitution, Maine"

Additional reading

• Tinkle, Marshall J. (2013). The Maine State Constitution, New York, New York: Oxford University Press
• Palmer, Kenneth T. and Marcus LiBrizzi. (1989). "Development of the Maine Constitution: The Long Tradition, 1819-1988." Maine Historical Society Quarterly
• Hatch, Louis Clinton (1919). Maine: A History, New York, New York: The American Historical Society