I D A H O S T A T E C O N S T I T U T I O N
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
APPROVED JULY 3, 1890
ARTICLE XIV
MILITIA
SECTION
1. PERSONS SUBJECT TO MILITARY DUTY. All able-bodied male
persons, residents of this state, between the ages of eighteen
and forty-five years, shall be enrolled in the militia, and
perform such military duty as may be required by law; but no
person having conscientious scruples against bearing arms, shall
be compelled to perform such duty in time of peace. Every person
claiming such exemption from service, shall, in lieu thereof, pay
into the school fund of the county of which he may be a resident,
an equivalent in money, the amount and manner of payment to be
fixed by law.
SECTION
2. LEGISLATURE TO PROVIDE FOR ENROLMENT OF MILITIA. The
legislature shall provide by law for the enrolment, 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, and pass such laws to promote volunteer organizations as
may afford them effectual encouragement.
SECTION
3. SELECTION AND COMMISSION OF OFFICERS. All militia officers
shall be commissioned by the governor, the manner of their
selection to be provided by law, and may hold their commissions
for such period of time as the legislature may provide.
SECTION
4. PRESERVATION OF RECORDS, BANNERS, AND RELICS. All military
records, banners, and relics of the state, except when in lawful
use, shall be preserved in the office of the adjutant general as
an enduring memorial of the patriotism and valor of the soldiers
of Idaho; and it shall be the duty of the legislature to provide
by law for the safekeeping of the same.
SECTION
5. NATIONAL AND STATE FLAGS ONLY TO BE CARRIED. All military
organizations under the laws of this state shall carry no other
device, banner or flag, than that of the United States or the
state of Idaho.
SECTION
6. IMPORTATION OF ARMED FORCES PROHIBITED. No armed police
force, or detective agency, or armed body of men, shall ever be
brought into this state for the suppression of domestic violence
except upon the application of the legislature, or the executive,
when the legislature can not be convened.
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