33-4-9. Oath of office.Commissioned officers of the national guard shall take and subscribe to the following oath of office: 'I, _______, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and of the Governor of the State of South Dakota; that I make this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office of _______, in the National Guard of the United States and of the State of South Dakota, upon which I am about to enter, so help me God.' Source: PolC 1877, ch 30, §22; SL 1887, ch 100, §32; CL 1887, §1948; RPolC 1903, §2487; SL 1917, ch 297, §24; RC 1919, §10577; SDC 1939, §41.0130.
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