Article X, Oregon Constitution

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Article X of the Oregon Constitution is entitled The Militia and consists of three sections.

Section 1

	Text of Section 1: State Militia The Legislative Assembly shall provide by law for the organization, maintenance and discipline of a state militia for the defense and protection of the State.

Amendments

• Amendment proposed by H.J.R. 5, 1961, and adopted by the people Nov. 6, 1962.

Section 2

	Text of Section 2: Persons Exempt Persons whose religious tenets, or conscientious scruples forbid them to bear arms shall not be compelled to do so.

Amendments

• Amendment proposed by H.J.R. 5, 1961, and adopted by the people Nov. 6, 1962.

Section 3

	Text of Section 3: Officers The Governor, in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief of the military forces of the State, shall appoint and commission an Adjutant General. All other officers of the militia of the State shall be appointed and commissioned by the Governor upon the recommendation of the Adjutant General.

Amendments

• Amendment proposed by H.J.R. 5, 1961, and adopted by the people Nov. 6, 1962.

Section 4

	Text of Section 4: Staff Officers; Commissions Repealed.

Amendments

• Amendment proposed by H.J.R. 5, 1961, and adopted by the people Nov. 6, 1962.

Section 5

	Text of Section 5: Legislature to Make Regulations for Militia Repealed.

Amendments

• Amendment proposed by H.J.R. 5, 1961, and adopted by the people Nov. 6, 1962.

Section 6

	Text of Section 6: Continuity of Government in Event of Enemy Attack Repealed.

Amendments

• Created through H.J.R. 9, 1959, and adopted by the people Nov. 8, 1960.
• Repeal proposed by H.J.R. 24, 1975, and adopted by the people Nov. 2, 1976.

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

• Oregon State Legislature, "Constitution of Oregon"
• State of Oregon Blue Book, "Constitution of Oregon: 2011 Version"

Additional reading

• Johnson, David Alan. (1992). Founding the Far West: California, Oregon, and Nevada, 1840-1890, Berkley, California: University of California Press
• Carey, Charles Henry. (1922). History of Oregon, Portland, Oregon: The Pioneer Historical Publishing Company