Kansas Constitution
Article 8, § 1 — Composition; exemption
Kansas Const. art. 8, § 1
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Kan. Const. art. 8, § 1.
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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.
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History
Adopted by convention, July 29, 1859; ratified by electors, October 4, 1859; L. 1861, p. 60; L. 1887, p. 339; November 6, 1888.
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